Quião Beach

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Quião Beach (Praia do Quião in Portuguese) is an extensive maritime beach of Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal, located just South of Cape Santo André in the parish of A Ver-o-Mar. The peaceful Quião Beach has white sand and several rocks.

In northern Quião, of complicated access, the traditional Sargassum seaweed gathering is still practiced; it is spreed and laid in the beach for sun drying, leaving a pleasant sargassum brease in the beach, before being pilled to make "medas". This area is protected by dunes of old disappeared masseiras and, given its quietude, is used by some individuals to get together.

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