Nothing to see here folks,just miles of clean fluffy sand and a very rough,murky sea. If you like that sort of thing,fine. I prefer small pebble filled coves with Crystal clear water, like you get in the Greek Islands.
Ok,but no cigar.

A perfect natural beach with miles of sand.

Boardwalks from the free car park make it accessible. There are a few concessions in the season with shades and sun beds. The majority of people bring their own sunshades.

There are a couple of restaurants nearby plus the ones in Manta Rota for snacks and coffees.

Depending upon the tide, there are long walks on firm sand up to Altura, or for playing ball games. Good for children paddling. Swimming is best towards high tide when you don't have to walk out so far.

My husband and I visited Portugal in September 2016,and we were on this beach every day for the 10 days we were there. The beach has sand dunes before it,and is so long,it runs for miles. There is a boardwalk that runs beside it,and on one of the reviews I read previously,it said the boardwalk had dog mess spoiling it. Well the people who maintain it must have noted this,as we didn't see any dog mess at all. There were a few cigarette ends,but nonetheless it didn't spoil it for us. You can hire loungers,and big sun shade/umbrella type things,we didn't as we wanted to lie near the water. The beach has lifeguards on site,and they are very active,so it seemed very safe to us. If you are taking kids here,you won't be disappointed,the beach is massive,and has plenty of sea shells to collect. Apparently there is a naturist side,and a gay side,but we never seen any sign of either. One other good thing is that there is only one chap who sells food on the beach,he passed us a few times,but he didn't make a pest of himself. There are also toilets near the lifeguard station,and showers to clean the sand off of you at evenly spaced out sections. All in all this is a great beach,no complaints from us here!!