Palheiros
Striped wooden houses.
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Costa Nova, or Costa Nova do Prado, is a beach and village on Portugal's west coast, on a sand strip between the Atlantic and the Aveiro lagoon. It belongs to the municipality of Ílhavo, about 9 km in a straight line from Aveiro. The village grew after the lagoon's mouth to the sea was opened from 1808. Its name, «new coast», is said to contrast with the «old coast» at São Jacinto, while «Prado» recalls a wide green meadow that once lay here. It is one of Portugal's best beaches for water sports, with an ocean front and a calm lagoon front, and has one of the area's oldest sailing clubs. It is best known for a row of striped wooden houses called «palheiros», painted with broad red, blue, yellow and green stripes on white, originally stores for fishing gear. The tall red-and-white striped Aveiro lighthouse stands nearby, and sand dunes run down to the beach. A cycle path links it to nearby beaches. The striped houses face the lagoon, and morning light shows them best.
Striped wooden houses.
Red and white.
Sand dunes.
Gafanha da Encarnação, Ílhavo, near Aveiro, Portugal
In the morning.
Yes, on the ocean and lagoon.