Away from it all
The Praia do Carvalho is east of the town of Carvoeiro, in Benagil, which has now been converted into a luxury development. Access to the beach is quite hard to find, so you'd better go with a good map. Once you arrive at this small beach (about 300 meters wide at low tide) you can see you've arrived at a great spot. To reach the beach you have to walk down a tunnel dug into the rock which leaves you in the middle of the beach, next to what must have at one time been a bar. There's also another building on the rock on the west side, which seems to have been some sort of cave-house. Surrounded by