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May 19, 2024

　　The lighthouse complex at Cabo de São Vicente contains a small but excellent museum that gives a good overview of Portugal’s maritime-navigation history, displays replica folios of a 1561 atlas and gives information on the history of the lighthouse.

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Fortaleza do Beliche
Costa Vicentina
　　Built in 1632 on the site of an older fortress, Fortaleza do Beliche is 4.8km northwest of the town centre, and 1.2km southeast of the lighthouse at Cabo de São Vicente. Although it once housed a hotel, erosion has made the ground unstable and the interior is off-limits to visitors,...
Cabo de São Vicente
Costa Vicentina
　　Europe’s southwesternmost point is a barren headland 6km northwest of Sagres' town centre that was the last piece of home that Portuguese sailors once saw as they launched into the unknown. It's a spectacular spot: at sunset you can almost hear the hissing as the sun hits the sea. A...
Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Graça
Costa Vicentina
　　Within the Fortaleza de Sagres, this small whitewashed church dating from 1570 is a simple barrel-vaulted structure with a gilded 17th-century altarpiece. Elephants and antelopes feature on its tiled altar panels. ...
Praia do Martinhal
Costa Vicentina
　　One of the prettier beaches in the Sagres area, 2.5km northeast of the centre, Martinhal is backed by a resort development, so it's a little complex to find by car, but it's an easy 800m walk north from the port. The water is calm and the angle of entry shallow,...
Farol de São Vicente
Costa Vicentina
　　The lighthouse complex at Cabo de São Vicente contains a small but excellent museum that gives a good overview of Portugal’s maritime-navigation history, displays replica folios of a 1561 atlas and gives information on the history of the lighthouse. ...
Fortaleza de Sagres
Costa Vicentina
　　Blank, hulking and forbidding, Sagres’ fortress offers breathtaking views over the sheer cliffs, and all along the coast to Cabo de São Vicente. Legend has it that this is where Prince Henry the Navigator established his navigation school. It's quite a large site, so allow at least an hour to...
Statue of Henry the Navigator
Costa Vicentina
　　Near the turismo stands this statue of Henry the Navigator, map in hand, pointing out to sea. ...
Fortaleza da Baleeira
Costa Vicentina
　　Above the fishing port, all that remains of the tiny 16th-century Fortaleza da Baleeira is an archway and part of the walls. ...
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