Odeceixe
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Odeceixe is a Portuguese
civil parish/freguesia
in the northern part of Aljezur Municipality. It lies within the Southwest Alentejo and Vicentine Coast Natural Park
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The village of Odeceixe lies on steeply rising ground on the south bank of the Ribeira de Seixe which at this point forms the boundary between the Algarve and Alentejo Region
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The parish includes Praia do Odeceixe at the mouth of the Ribera de Seixe. This has one of the few official naturist
beaches in Portugal.
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
civil parish/freguesia
Freguesia
Freguesia is the Portuguese term for a secondary local administrative unit in Portugal and some of its former colonies, and a former secondary local administrative unit in Macau, roughly equivalent to an administrative parish. A freguesia is a subdivision of a concelho, the Portuguese synonym term...
in the northern part of Aljezur Municipality. It lies within the Southwest Alentejo and Vicentine Coast Natural Park
Southwest Alentejo and Vicentine Coast Natural Park
Southwest Alentejo and Vicentine Coast Natural Park is a natural park in the Alentejo Region of south-central Portugal.It is one of the 30 Natural Park areas which are officially under Portuguese protection in the country.-see also:...
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The village of Odeceixe lies on steeply rising ground on the south bank of the Ribeira de Seixe which at this point forms the boundary between the Algarve and Alentejo Region
Alentejo Region
Alentejo Region is one of the NUTS 2 regions of Portugal. It covers all of the historical Alentejo Province, but the Lezíria do Tejo Subregion also covers areas of the Estremadura Province.-Subregions:* Alto Alentejo Subregion...
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The parish includes Praia do Odeceixe at the mouth of the Ribera de Seixe. This has one of the few official naturist
Naturism
Naturism or nudism is a cultural and political movement practising, advocating and defending social nudity in private and in public. It may also refer to a lifestyle based on personal, family and/or social nudism....
beaches in Portugal.
Adjacent parishes
The parish is bordered by:- north - São Teotónio
- east - Marmelete
- south - RogilRogilRogil is a Portuguese civil parish/freguesia in Aljezur Municipality. It lies within the Southwest Alentejo and Vicentine Coast Natural Park.The village of Rogil lies on a plateau at about 95 metres above sea level...
- west - Atlantic OceanAtlantic OceanThe Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions. With a total area of about , it covers approximately 20% of the Earth's surface and about 26% of its water surface area...
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