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Sintra
Beaches
Praia da Adraga
In
June 2003 the Beach of the Adraga was considered one of 20 better
European
beaches, in the opinion of the readers and journalists
of the The Sunday Times - the Adraga appears cited in third
place, being the only Portuguese beach to appear in the list
of the choices of the readers of the English
periodical.
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Praia Grande
It's a famous beach, very popular with
teenagers. It's
protected from the North wind and considered by the ecologists
the most clean Portuguese beach. It has more than 2 kms of
thin sand. Here, every year, you can see surf and bodyboard
national and international
championships, on the north part
you'll find a salt water pool,
an experience that you wont want to
miss.
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Praia das Maçãs
A really pleasant beach, that used to be frequented by the
burguesy and also by Sintra inhabitants that arrived here using
the famous electric car that you can still use during summer
time. Close to it you can find a megalithic monument,
a prehistoric grave known as Tholos from 3000 and 2500 Bc.
There's also a Moorish fountain, from the Muslim era,
that according to the legend was built for a Moorish princess
that was in love with this beach.
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Praia do Guincho
We can say that coming from the
south, Guincho closes the
denominated Costa do Estoril and is one of the
most famous places in Portugal for the tourists to
visit, it
represents the perfect union between the ocean and an interesting dune
and sand ecosystem that lives in harmony with the pines and
several different tips of vegetation typically Mediterranean
that have adapted wisely to the extreme environmental
conditions.
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Azenhas do Mar
Just after Praia das Maçãs, Azenhas do
Mar
is a wonderful village by the sea.
Its white houses perched on the
North Slope, is one of the most appreciated and interesting beaches, with
swimming pools dug out of the rock. The belvedere of Azenhas do Mar is built on
cliffs that drop fearlessly to the ocean.
It is a popular place both in
Summer and Winter, due to the grandeur of the view it offers. There, you can
admire the Atlantic Ocean in all its splendor and, with a little luck, watch
fishing trawlers sail far away.
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