Local guides
Places we love around our homes — sights, food, beaches and the practical bits, gathered by the people who live there.
Costa da Caparica
The Serra da Arrábida and Portinho da Arrábida
A green limestone ridge that drops straight into a turquoise sea between Sesimbra and Setúbal — the most striking landscape close to…
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Sesimbra — a fishing town with a castle and a beach
A fishing town in a sheltered south-facing bay on the far side of the Arrábida hills, with warmer, calmer water than the…
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Cascais — the town, the harbour and the beaches
The old fishing town turned resort at the western end of the Lisbon coast railway — compact, walkable, and made for a…
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Cabo da Roca and the Guincho coast
The westernmost point of mainland Europe, and the run of cliffs, dunes and one enormous Atlantic beach between there and Cascais.
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Sintra — the Pena Palace and the Quinta da Regaleira
A cluster of palaces and gardens in wooded hills half an hour west of Lisbon — one of the busiest day trips…
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Parque das Nações and the Oceanário — modern Lisbon by the water
The 1998 world's-fair site, now a riverside district of wide promenades and gardens, with one of the best aquariums in Europe —…
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Cacilhas — the ferry to Lisbon, the Ginjal quay and the old frigate
The ferry terminal across the Tejo from Lisbon, with seafood restaurants, a riverside walk under the cliff, and a nineteenth-century sailing frigate…
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