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Lisbon: Belém to Cabo da Roca
Lisboa, PT · 5 stops · 84 km (52.4 mi) · about 2 h 50 min driving · 14 spoken stories
Head west from Lisbon's waterfront through Cascais to Sintra and the continent's edge. You'll see the Jerónimos Monastery, surf-hammered cliffs at Boca do Inferno, Pena Palace perched above the mist, and finish at windswept Cabo da Roca. Best for coastal explorers and seafood lovers; allow 2 hours 50 minutes.
Photo: Alvesgaspar, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
From Belém Tower, Lisbon to Cabo da Roca
The stops
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Jerónimos Monastery
The Jerónimos Monastery or Hieronymites Monastery is a former monastery of the Order of Saint Jerome near the Tagus river in the parish of Belém, in the Lisbon Municipality, Portugal.
“Here we are at the Jerónimos Monastery, the great stone thank you note for Portugal's Atlantic voyages.”
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Cascais old town and fishing harbour
lunchCascais is a town and municipality in the Lisbon District of Portugal, located on the Estoril Coast. The municipality has a total of 214,158 inhabitants in an area of 97.40 km2. Cascais is an important tourist destination.
“Welcome to Cascais, a town on the Estoril Coast that has been drawing visitors for well over a century.”
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Boca do Inferno
Boca do Inferno is a chasm located in the seaside cliffs close to the Portuguese city of Cascais, in the District of Lisbon. The seawater has access to the deep bottom of the chasm and vigorously strikes its rocky walls, making it a popular tourist attraction.
“This is Boca do Inferno, the Mouth of Hell, a chasm cut into the seaside cliffs just west of Cascais.”
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Guincho Beach
Praia do Guincho is an Atlantic beach located on Portugal's Estoril coast, 5 km from the town of Cascais, and is located in the municipality of Cascais, more precisely in the parishes of Cascais e Estoril and Alcabideche, in the District of Lisbon.
“Guincho Beach, five kilometres from Cascais and firmly inside the Sintra Cascais Natural Park.”
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Pena Palace
The Pena Palace is a Romanticist palace in São Pedro de Penaferrim, in the municipality of Sintra, on the Portuguese Riviera. The castle stands on the top of a hill in the Sintra Mountains above the town of Sintra, and on a clear day it can be easily seen from Lisbon and much of its metropolitan area.
“Pena Palace crowns the Sintra mountains, and on a clear day you can pick it out from Lisbon and much of the city's metropolitan area.”
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