A total of 26,102 people took part in the free physical activities and beach sports on offer this summer at Praia da Rocha’s sports area.
This is a figure topped only by numbers in 2010 (29,220) and 2014 (26,494).
Activities included yoga, zumba, and water-gymnastics.
The sports area also hosted a variety of competitions, such as beach football and volleyball and surfing.
Portimão council said the initiative “could not have been more positive”, adding: “It was an excellent (summer) season, with a number of participants in July that is usually only registered in August.”
