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The Guincho beach viewed from north, with the Fortess of Guincho in the back. Praia do Guincho (English: Guincho Beach) 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.
The Estoril coast is relatively close to Lisbon, the Portuguese capital; it extends from Carcavelos, 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) from the capital, and stretches as far as the beach of Guincho (sometimes referred colloquially as the Costa de Estoril-Sintra or Costa de Lisboa). Estoril includes several smaller boroughs and localities along the ...
An advertisement for Estoril and its amenities; first half of the 20th century. In 1896, King Carlos I of Portugal, a lover of all maritime activities, installed in Cascais Citadel the first oceanographic laboratory in Portugal. The King himself led a total of 12 scientific expeditions to the coast; these ended in 1908 with his assassination in ...
Looking down the coast of Praia de Apúlia with one of historic windmills The shallow coast of the Praia de Ofir The clear waters on the coastal bar of Praia de Cabedelo/Luzia Mar A vista to the protective fort along the Praia de Modelo in Caminha The dunes of the beach of Póvoa do Varzim
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View of the municipality View of Cascais Bay Praia da Rainha (Queen's Beach), a beach in the centre of Cascais. Cascais is situated on the western edge of the Tagus estuary, between the Sintra mountains and the Atlantic Ocean; the territory occupied by the municipality is limited in the north by the municipality of Sintra , south and west by ...