CasaLevante

Beaches
A few hundred metres from Casa Levante you will find the sandy beach of the lagoon. An ideal place for a stroll in the evening and a perfect spots for kids to play at its calm shore. From here you have a view of Armona, the island in front of Fuzeta's coastline. Within ten minutes a ferry or water taxi will take you to the small village on the island, which boasts 7 kilometres of sandy, unspoiled beach at the Atlantic coast. Here you can enjoy the sun, the ocean and the beach without the usual crowds of summer tourists elsewhere in the Algarve. From the most western part of the island you could, after a beautiful stroll on the beach, take a ferry or water taxi to Olhão.

Ria Formosa
The Ria Formosa has been a nature reserve since the mid-eighties and stretches out from Faro to the small village of Cacela Velha. This reserve is continuously shaped by tidal changes and its many islands are easily reached by ferry. The Ria Formosa is a safe haven for many water birds. Because there are no polluting industrial activities here, the quality of the sea water is excellent and lots of salt is traditionally gathered here from the beautifully situated saltpans. We highly recommend a walk through the saltpans, or a boat trip through the creeks and streams of the lagoon. This lagoon, with its many beaches, is also the place where shellfish are gathered and crustaceans are caught, which are then sold at the market or freshly prepared in the local restaurants.