Praia de Valadares

Praia de Valadares is located on the western coast of northern Portugal.

The forest areas in Praia de Valadares have a mix of pine trees and eucalyptus.

The beach is divided by north and south (Praia de Valadares Norte and Praia de Valadares Sul), both considered Blue Flag beaches.

Nowadays, the oldest building in Praia de Valadares is Sanatório Marítimo do Norte (a sanatorium where diseases like tuberculosis were treated), built in 1916.

In the 1970s and 1980s, there was a wide spread of drug consumption and sale in Praia de Valadares, which decreased in the 1990s as a consequence of the growing urban development.