Peniche is known as Portugal's sardine capital and its many good seafood restaurants often grill these fish fresh from the ocean. The small harbour at Peniche reflects its long marriage with the sea, it is full of boats of all descriptions. It was a fine sunny day when we were there and, after our days activities, it was nice to take a leisurely stroll along the waterfront before we went for dinner.
Updated Jun 5, 2004
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Peniche is known as Portugal's sardine capital and its many good seafood restaurants often grill these fish fresh from the ocean. The small harbour at Peniche...
Q: hello, we will be in peniche on august 13 and we would like to book 4 places on a boat to berlenga in the morning (dep 09.30) and...

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Portugal's amazingly close island!

The Berlenga Islands were one of the highlights of our entire 2-week trip around Portugal (see my General tip for a map of their location and an overview of our travels around this magnificent...
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A well controlled natural park, Berlengas is, first of all, a strong challenge to those who fear the sometimes rough sea for an hour crossing. Upon arrival, is a dip in wild nature, with some of the...
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Berlenga Island is relatively small, but is over populated with sea gulls. While walking around, I saw a few geckos and millions of sea gulls. Their obvious white evidence tails are visible...
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Berlenga is a granite island 11km (7 miles) west of the Portuguese coastline. The entire island and the rocky, uninhabited archipelago. The main reason to come here is bird watching.
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Ilha da Berlenga has an emerald sea colour and it is a huge sauvage place everyone should see. Is protected area only few people live there. There's a small restaurant wich has 6 rooms where one can...
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