Manta Rota is a small town in the civil parish

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...

 of Vila Nova de Cacela

Vila Nova de Cacela

Vila Nova de Cacela, or simply Cacela, is a town and civil parish in the municipality of Vila Real de Santo António, the southeasternmost of the Algarve, Portugal. Cacela is an exclave of the municipality of Vila Real de Santo António, one of only three in Portugal to have exclaves. A lagoon and...

, municipality of Vila Real de Santo António, in the Algarve, Portugal

Portugal

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. Manta Rota is an important tourist destination due to its sandy beaches by the Atlantic Ocean

Atlantic Ocean

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Location

Manta Rota beach is located 10 km west of Vila Real de Santo Antonio, 10 km East of Tavira, and about 40km East of the city of Faro.

Points of Interest

Manta Rota Beach is located at the very edge of Ria Formosa Natural Park, an important wetland where migratory birds can be observed in abundance.