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Places in the area of Sagres that you can make a visit,

The Cabo de São
Vicente, swept by the wind, located in the extreme southwest of Europe. The
Romans called it Sacred Promontory and in the Middle Ages, believed that was the
end of the world: Today, the landscape still appears impressive, with large
boulders facing the Atlantic where the waves carved deep caves.

According to
legend, it was in the isolated peninsula of Ponta de Sagres that prince Henry
the Navigator, built...

A walk through the
streets of Sagres invariably leads to the docks, where the trawlers departing
for the high seas to the end of the day to return the night laden with fresh
fish. Some rest anchored or waiting on the mainland, with a new painting or
calafetagem-hull. The sale of fish daily it is here, at auction, an auction
followed closely by buyers, to the silence of a spectator more curious.
This is a beach
sheltered from the winds north and west, inserted in the wide inlet defined...

Although less
sheltered that Beliche (it is one of the best alternatives in days of wind north), ...

It is the first
beach south of the coast, setting up a wide bay to the nascent cable, S.
Vicente, that protects the...

Once entry, a
deviation to the left leads to the beach of Martinhal...

This Forte,
dedicated to St. Anthony, was built in reinados of D. Manuel or D. John III,
in date...

Coming to this
intersection, you can follow the right towards Vila do Bispo, or follow the
left towards Costa Vicentina, and discover the
Telheiro Beach and
Ponta Ruiva Beach
entirely in their natural state.
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