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Praia dos Pescadores or the Fishermans Beach is a beach on the Atlantic south coast of the Algarve, in the town of Albufeira which is within the Municipality of Albufeira, Portugal. The beach is one of the two beaches which front the town of Albufeira with Praia do Túnel at the western end and Praia dos Pescadores lying to the eastern end of the towns seafront. The town and its beaches are located west 23.9 mi by road of the regions capital of Faro.

Description
In the days before Albufeira had a harbour and mariner the Praia dos Pescadores was were all the local fishermen operated from and the beach scene would have been very different to the site you see today. Then the beach would have been full of brightly painted fishing boats pulled up on this beach when not at sea and much of the tourist activities took place on the Praia do Túnel. Today the Praia dos Pescadores is now used for tourism and is a very busy beach especially in the summer season. The beach is 200 m in length and is divided by a protruding cliff from Praia do Túnel at the western end of the seafront. There are also cliffs at the eastern end and to the back of the beach there is an amphitheatre of the towns whitewashed buildings to the north and west, the beach is accessed through downtown Albufeira. At the eastern end of the beach there is an outdoor foot escalator from the Pau da Bandeira bluff to the Praia dos Pescadores and Albufeira old town.