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Blue Flag Beaches in Algarve

Algarve is one of Portugal's Blue Flag coastlines — 93 beaches across 13 beach towns, mapped below with certification status for each.

Every flag here is a season's award for water quality, safety, and environmental management — what a Blue Flag beach means covers the certification in depth.

See Algarve on the map
13
Beach towns
93
Beaches mapped
93
Certified 2026

Beach towns

Albufeira25 beaches mappedAljezur4 beaches mappedCastro Marim5 beaches mappedFaro4 beaches mappedLagoa6 beaches mappedLagos4 beaches mappedLoulé12 beaches mappedOlhão5 beaches mappedPortimão8 beaches mappedSilves2 beaches mappedTavira4 beaches mappedVila do Bispo10 beaches mappedVila Real de Santo António4 beaches mapped

Beaches

Castro Marim

Albufeira

Portimão

Vila do Bispo

Loulé

Aljezur

Silves

Olhão

Faro

Tavira

Lagoa

Vila Real de Santo António

Lagos

Run the beaches for a town in Algarve? The Government Portal puts your daily water quality and safety flags on these pages.

Field notes — quick answers

How many Blue Flag beaches are in Algarve?

We currently map 93 certified Blue Flag beaches in Algarve, Portugal, across 13 beach towns — each listed below with its certification year.

What does Blue Flag certification tell you about Algarve's water?

A Blue Flag is awarded season by season for excellent bathing-water quality plus safety, services, and environmental management. Certified Best Beaches is an independent directory, not affiliated with FEE, the certifier.