Sao Pedro do Estoril

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Sao Pedro do Estoril
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São Pedro do Estoril (Portugal)
Sao Pedro do Estoril
Basic data
Region : Lisboa
Sub-region : Lisbon metropolitan area
District : Lisbon
Concelho : Cascais
Freguesia : Cascais e Estoril
Coordinates : 38 ° 42 ′  N , 9 ° 23 ′  W Coordinates: 38 ° 42 ′  N , 9 ° 23 ′  W

São Pedro do Estoril is a village in the municipality of Cascais e Estoril , Cascais county , in the Lisbon district .

View of São Pedro do Estoril, in front the Pedra do Sal crag

Culture and sights

The Forte de São Pedro do Estoril, a listed fortress from the 17th century, is the most famous building in the area .

The Forte de São Pedro do Estoril
View of the narrow sandy beach of the place

The place is known for its sandy beach, Praia da Bafureira . It is popular with the residents of the greater Lisbon area as a destination for excursions and bathing, as a result of which a number of beach bars and nightspots have settled along the pedestrian zone on the beach. National and international surfing competitions also take place here.

Its upstream rock tip, the small cape Pedra do Sal ( Portuguese for: salt stone), is designated as a national biosphere protection zone. With the Centro de Interpretação Ambiental da Pedra do Sal (CIAPS), a museum and visitor center has been set up here, in which event rooms, exhibition halls and restaurants are also set up for the diverse activities of the center. On the eastern steep slope of the cliff, two Neolithic - Copper Age dome tombs were discovered and excavated in 1944 . The protected area was a reason to lead the European long-distance hiking trail E9 (here also the Portuguese hiking trail GR-11) here.

With the Clube de Petanca de São Pedro do Estoril founded in 1997, a pétanque club is active in the town.

Sons and daughters

traffic

São Pedro do Estoril is a stop on the Linha de Cascais suburban train line , which runs from Lisbon to Cascais.

The A5 motorway coming from Lisbon ends in the vicinity, with the Cascais exit.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Forte de São Pedro. In: Pesquisa Geral - Pesquisa do Patrimonio. Direção Geral do Património Cultural , accessed April 3, 2018 (Portuguese).
  2. ↑ Portrait of the location on the website of the Portuguese railway company CP , accessed on September 28, 2013
  3. ↑ Website for the visitor center ( memento of January 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) on the website of the district administration, accessed on September 28, 2013
  4. ^ Association website ( memento of November 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on September 28, 2013