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Galápos Beach

tourist — Tue, 17 Feb 2015 22:51:28 +0000

Transparent waters, the imposing Arrábida Moutain houseds the fine white sand and the calm sea that makes this a place not to be missed!

Protected by the imposing Capuchin Convent, the Galapos Beach is a small natural haven where you can spend a beautiful day at the beach, dive or spearfishing.

The sea is calm, tranquility which makes it ideal for swimming.

When crossing the mountain one can´t remain indifferent to the beauty of the surrounding landscape. Need to go through a winding road, the scenery is breathtaking and worth the effort.

The Arrábida is a place to explore leisurely, and simultaneously a very high biodiversity with thousands of different species of terrestrial and marine fauna and flora.

Portinho da Arrábida, Beach & Small Village

tourist — Tue, 17 Feb 2015 22:45:28 +0000

Portinho Arrábida is a small village belonging to the parish of San Lorenzo, county and district of Setúbal, better known by the beach adjacent to the town. It is located in the Capuchin Convent that surrounds the north west of Setubal (about 13 km) and to the east of Sesimbra about 21 km) and the South Atlantic Ocean, near the mouth of the river Sado. Arrabida Portinho Beach Located between the Alpertuche beache (to the west) and the Galapos beach (to the east) is a beach, near the town, sandy and rocky . Is a bay of calm, clear waters, great for diving. To the east the beach widens, always accompanied by the green slopes of the Arrábida mountains. On the western side are situated restaurants. The place serenity is interrupted in the summer by crowds of visitors and the unfortunate watercraft, plaguing swimmers. During low tide, you can access, swimming or by the cliff, to the nearby Rabbits beach. The seabed is a natural reserve. Recently it has been improved the access to the beach, with car parks, which makes it easier for visitors to come to the beach and allows the traffic to flow in Portinho.

Comporta Beach

tourist — Tue, 17 Feb 2015 19:34:50 +0000

A wide sandy beach framed by dunes and pine trees out of sight, bathed by cold and calm waters, that were a well kept secret. Then came the towers of Troia, which increased the beach occupation and after that were the tourist villages and this beach became a fashion spot for vacations.

Comporta has become the seaside chapel of the “beautiful people”, waging a consistent transfiguration in terms of infrastructure. The snapshot refinement wave brought, however, a sea of people and especially of cars incompatible with the status of the Sado Estuary Nature Reserve. It became famous, but with “in-behavioral” peaks in the high season.

The alternative tribe tends to go further south to the Carvalhal Beach.

How to go:

Comporta is about 120 kms from Lisbon, route which takes about an hour and a half to go. Most can be made on the IP1 with output in Alcacer do Sal, then deflected right into N253. The detour to the beach is the first left after the Rice Museum. The alternative is to take the ferry in Setubal and then Trojan south on N253.In the Santiago do Cacém road (N261) there is a deviation to the Carvalhal, which is about four kilometers ahead.