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In the waterfront, the district is bounded by Rua do Varzim Sport Club street, the street is now mostly pedestrian, and Rua Gomes de Amorim (EN13 Highway) on the east, Avenida
Repatriamento dos Poveiros and its expansion (Rua 27 de Fevereiro) cross the district.
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The district's main beach is Lagoa, in Lagoa Cove, there are others in the cove's flanks, such as
Beijinhos and Verde Beach to the south and Fragosinho to the North. Lagoa has a surfing spot and the beachfront is, currently, mostly pedestrian and has beach bars.
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English) is taken from it. The district is the northwards expansion of Póvoa's traditional beach district, the
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It was mostly developed between the 1970s and the 1980s with high-rise buildings in the area of a dried-up saltwater lagoon, and it is the north expansion of the city's traditional beach district,
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Axis Vermar Hotel (ca. 58 m, 15 floors) was designed by architect Rui
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