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- The beaches in Póvoa de Varzim are an extensive and continuous group of golden sandy beaches forming small bays or coves along the shoreline in northern Portugal. These do not have any barrier and are in fact a single beach, over 12 km long, under the name Praia da Póvoa de Varzim (Póvoa de Varzim Beach). Division may be arbitrary and serve localization porpoises. Historically, the waterfront has been used for trading, fish industry, health and leisure since remote periods. The fish industry in Póvoa de Varzim developed during the Roman Empire and is one of the earliest tourist areas in Portugal attracting visitors since early 18th century. Some of its beaches are rich in marine life. In 2016, all its coastline were blue flag beaches, including all the urban area from Cape Santo André to the seaport. Most of these also meet criteria under "Praia com Qualidade de Ouro" (Gold Quality Beach) attributed by the Portuguese environmental organization Quercus, which is based in stricter criteria, including excellent water quality for five years in a row and better-scoring microbiological tests than those defined by the EU. Beaches (called Praia in Portuguese) are managed by traditional Povoan families, known as Banheiros who are descendant of fishermen who left fishing for this business some generations ago. These families often exhibit their Siglas poveiras family mark in their belongings, in the same way as the fishermen did. Although most fishermen stopped using family marks, the Banheiros kept the tradition live to the present day. (en)
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- A massive honeycomb worm reef. These reefs are important for the sustainability and diversity of marine life (en)
- Local tidal pool specimens: Actinia fragacea and Ophiothrix fragilis (en)
- Purple Asterias rubens in a tide pool. (en)
- Rio Alto Grey dune, north of Estela Golf course. (en)
- Sand lily in a foredune, Estela. (en)
- Yellow flower in Barranha grey dunes (en)
- Blue Lysimachia, Orange ones also occur. Barranha grey dunes (en)
- The sea hare Aplysia fasciata grazing in a tide pool (en)
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- Tide pools (en)
- Sand dune ecosystems (en)
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- Asterias_rubens_P%C3%B3voa_Varzim.JPG (en)
- Black_sea_hare_Povoa_de_Varzim.JPG (en)
- Flor_Duna_Aguçadoura.jpg (en)
- Lysimachia PVarzim.jpg (en)
- Ofiuroanemona.jpg (en)
- Pancratium maritimum PVarzim.jpg (en)
- Recife_Barroeira_Quiao_PVarzim.JPG (en)
- Rio_Alto_grey_dune.jpg (en)
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- The beaches in Póvoa de Varzim are an extensive and continuous group of golden sandy beaches forming small bays or coves along the shoreline in northern Portugal. These do not have any barrier and are in fact a single beach, over 12 km long, under the name Praia da Póvoa de Varzim (Póvoa de Varzim Beach). Division may be arbitrary and serve localization porpoises. (en)
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- Póvoa de Varzim beaches (en)
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