Lisbon is one of the very few European capitals with many pleasants beaches by the sea easily accessibles in public transport.
Lisbon is located at the Tage’s mouth, the water mass in front of the city isn’t the sea, but a river - although it is also called “ straw sea”, the ocean is further West and the beaches also.
Some beaches offer straw huts, bars and restaurants, sometimes kids’ playgrounds, beach volleyball or Beach football courts. You can also find boards’ rentals there. Beaches are usually clean, the water is invariably cool.
Here are some of the nice beaches around Lisbon.
In the South.
What about taking a boat before joining the beach? Go to the River stop in Belem. 25 minutes by ferry and 1.25 euros later, you are in Trafaria. A small town, a small beach and its fishermen small boats few kilometres from the centre of Lisbon, which could also be 300 kilometres from here in Algarve.
15-20 minutes’ walk later, you are in a big and beautiful beach across the ocean: Praia de São João. Some bars open during the season and this is one of the best places to enjoy a sunset.
In the West.
This is one of the longest beaches in Lisbon, nearly a kilometre 300 of fine sand. The ideal meeting point for sports lovers with equipment to play beach volleyball or beach football, with surf schools to more easily compare Portugal with California. The promenade is punctuated with many bars, cafes and restaurants. It is busy and chilled. 40 minutes’ away from the centre of Lisbon.
Further west bypassing some options, we arrive in Cascais where 4 smaller beaches follow each other over a kilometre. Between beautiful posh houses and fortifications, the city reminds a bit of Brittany or Normandy.
Praia dos Pescadores or “the fisherman’s Beach” is the closest to the leisure port and the old town. Pleasant between the ancient fortifications and the sailboats.
Praia da Rainha has the air of a rocky creek. Smaller and more cut out, she gives a hindsight into the diversity of the Portuguese sea line.
Praia da Conceição is a big beach in Cascais, bordered with beautiful 19th century houses. By following the pedestrian path, you arrive to Estoril and Praia das Moitas.
Still in Cascais, you will find La Boca do Inferno, cliffs and an arch sculpted by the waves. Impressing how the ocean makes the man instantly humbler at high tide. It is very touristy but it is interesting in giving a foretaste of the wilder coast in the north of Cascais.
If you have the time and the curiosity (and incidentally a vehicle), don’t hesitate to go discover it. You will follow the coast for 10 kilometres before arriving to the beaches of Cresmina and Guincho in the shape of a moon crescent. Beautiful waves, a large beach and a landscape between dunes and rocks with Sintra Hills in the background. The beach is very appreciated by surfers and kite surfers.
Further north, the coast alternates between cut out cliffs and small creeks accessibles by car or by foot. It is superb, wild, regenerating and peaceful all at once.
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