Beach Life Portugal

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In Carcavelos this is how we roll 🚲 Get a "Bicas" public bike or scooter with app at any bike station (the closest to our apartments are at Rua de Luanda, at Riviera Hotel or at Carcavelos train station). You can even take them on some buses (check photo 8 and 9) and trains. Explore the bike paths! You can also ride on the street, on the right side - it's a vehicle like any other. Some people even ride up to Lisbon by the bike paths and the ocean road... 101782 people have used the Bicas bikes already, join them! Have fun! 🚲🌊☀️

Go to the beach, it's just down the street ☀️🌊💙

Sometimes starfishes show up at the beach. How beautiful are they? If you see one please don't touch it, just watch - let's preserve wild life⭐🌊 📌Avencas Beach. When leaving our apartments, walk to the left and you'll find Parede Beach. If you continue towards Cascais (facing the ocean, turn right) you will find Praia das Avencas, which is the next beach. It owes its name to a plant - the Avenca - which grows here. This plant has a long tradition of medicinal use in Portugal. The beach has been classified a "Zone of Biophysical Interest" as a result of its ecological importance. You can walk on the wooden paths to read more about the living beings of this beach and to experience watching it yourself. Have you been here? 😊🏖️🌊




📸 Margarida Gouveia

Summer's almost here, get your beach body now!! 🌊☀️ 🏖️

Fonte dos Ingleses, the British Fountain, is located at Carcavelos Beach and hosts a well with freshwater and a rounded water cistern. The oldest reference brings us to 1895, a military map, which refers to it as Fonte dos Ingleses, the British Fountain. The British troops built here the third line of the famous Lines of Torres and it was supposed to allow to embark for a potencial need of escaping the French troops in their invasion of 1810. It is believed that this well and water cistern were built back then for being the water supplier for the ships.

Avencas Beach. When leaving our apartments, walk to the left and you'll find Parede Beach. If you continue towards Cascais (facing the ocean, turn right) you will find Praia das Avencas, which is the next beach. It owes its name to a plant - the Avenca - which grows here. This plant has a long tradition of medicinal use in Portugal. The beach has been classified a "Zone of Biophysical Interest" as a result of its ecological importance. You can walk on the wooden paths to read more about the living beings of this beach and to experience watching it yourself. Have you been here? 😊🏖️🌊

@ Avencas

This is Praça do Junqueiro (square), located in front of Carcavelos beach. During the first Napoleonic invasion to Portugal (1807) the British troops came to help us against Junot and disembarked at Quinta do Junqueiro. Many years later, in 1958, Quinta do Junqueiro turned into a modern square - Praça do Junqueiro - that was sided by habitation buildings. Today this square is not only for habitation, it is the home of great restaurants and shops. This is in the same neighborhood of our apartments. Do you like this square?






📸 1st photo by
📸 2nd photo by Histórias da História de Cascais
@ Praça Do Junqueiro Carcavelos

The Graffiti art in Portugal was born in Carcavelos in the late 80s ➳ 8 spots in our home town where you can see amazing graffiti
https://www.beachlifeportugal.com/graffiti

You can see this one and more at Mercado (Market) de Carcavelos, close to the train station and the Santini ice cream factory. This one in particular was made by Mosaik



@ Mercado de Carcavelos

COVID-19 - Is it safe to come to Portugal? We do think it is, come to check with your own eyes (bring the mask, it's mandatory!!)

The Portuguese government has been taking necessary public health measures since the beginning of the pandemic.

All people must adopt a social distance (2 meters) and the use of face masks is mandatory in public transport and services, shops and supermarkets, in closed spaces or in places with many people.

In order to prevent the spread of the virus and the possibility of contagion, all services should take hygiene and sanitisation measures according to the indications of the Directorate-General for Health, with specific recommendations for various sectors of activity.
In Tourism, the “Clean & Safe” seal, defined by Turismo de Portugal, was implemented, which allows tourists to have greater security and confidence in the use of accommodation establishments, in the various tourist services and tourist attractions.

Travel within Portuguese territory / Border restriction:
There are no specific restrictions on mobility within the Portuguese territory or to cross land borders, but social distancing rules and the use of face masks should always be observed

Check more information at https://www.visitportugal.com/