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Latest Sesimbra hotel reviews
Pro
The Beach, the food, the people
Con
Restaurants can get a little to expensive during summer months.
In a nutshell
Sesimbra: our heaven in Portugal
solopes Says: A small castle on the top of the hill, is a place you must visit, more for the sights then for its own relevance. It has a history, yes it is interesting, but, believe me, when you reach the walls and see Sesimbra, you immediately forget what is closer to you. The best views...
veigapaula Says: Go up to the castle and gaze at the beach viewed from above...
solopes Says: A long (here and there narrow) stripe of sand, lined by restaurants, and protected against north wind by the mountain, this beach challenges Nazaré for the title of the best structured beach on western coast. Nazaré has its people... Sesimbra one or two more degrees in water...
solopes Says: Cabo Espichel is a rocky cliff near Sesimbra, with good sights over the sea and a sanctuary dating from the 18th century and surrounded by several constructions in different styles. Pilgrimage, now abandoned, had a local inn, still standing near the complex "Casa da Agua"
JPGoncalves Says: Dont forget to do dolphin watch in the estuario do Sado, its a river near the por of setubal where exists a huge colony of roazes dolphins.
JPGoncalves Says: Enjoy the Carnival parade in Sesimbra vila, one week of non-stop partying and sun.
JPGoncalves Says: Enjoy the Carnival parade in Sesimbra vila, one week of non-stop partying and sun.
Drink Caipirinha enjoying the summer hot sunset...
JPGoncalves Says: Just go to Meco Beach and enjoy the sunset, the most beautiful one in the world!
solopes Says: Well located facing the sea, this restaurant serves several dishes of fish, with a careful and delicate preparation. Price is high, but reasonable for the quality. Tamboril com molho de lavagante (Monk-fish with lobster sauce).Espadarte à casa (Swordfish home style)
Casa do Infantada, seaside sunset
Martin_S. Says: One day we decided that we wanted to have a romantic picnic along the western coast of Portugal, so since we were staying in a B&B in the Sesimbra area, we got in the car and headed west and drove from south to north along the coast, looking for a place. We finally found...
JPGoncalves Says: Near Espichel Cape, inside the Arrabida Natural Park there is a very small bay with a rocky beach just acessible by jeep, amazing sunset and the place to be if you want a beach just for yourself, even in the summer.
The secret Cavalo Beach (Horse Beach)
JPGoncalves Says: In the summer just gather some freinds and take "amunitions" to spend one night experience camping in this wonderful bay, take a guitar, music, beer and thats it, you will not wont to live in the next day. Its a hard track to get there down the cape but locals will tell u...
Cabo de Especial, go west to lands end
Martin_S. Says: Cabo de Especial is not in the VT database under any spelling that I tried in the Portugese, Spanish, English, or American maps that I used.But it IS there and the area is beautiful, "lands end" with its lighthouse and monastary.It was totally surprising to find a small...
arasnosliw Says: Traditional red-tiled roofs of houses in Sesimbra.
arasnosliw Says: I got completely lost when trying to walk back uphill to the bus station from the beach. At this point, my portuguese was rather decent, but every person I ran into was a tourist such as myself who had no idea where the bus station was because they drove.I was a bit frenzied...
arasnosliw Says: You can rent these paddle-boats with slides attached to them. It seems like a strange novelty, yet they are extremely popular and on a sunny day everyone will be lounging about on them.
arasnosliw Says: The town of Sesimbra is not as touristy towards the west. The east side of the beach is home to most of the hotels. It is amazing how walking a few hundred meters makes such a difference.Take the chance to walk thru here, rather than just spend all your time on the beach.
arasnosliw Says: This ramp down to the beach is treacherous. I slipped down it. Yeah, go klutzy me.
arasnosliw Says: ....whereas these kids couldn't take the ice cold water anymore and were smart enough to get out and throw a towel on.
arasnosliw Says: Even amidst the rain storm, a few brave souls decided to stick around the newly deserted beach to which they had all to themselves. I can't imagine wanting to swim in the cold rain, but these young kids had the guts to.
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The Fortress of St. Tiago is on the beach in Sesimbra. It was built on the coast in the 17th century to protect the town from invaders. The fortress makes such...
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Sesimbra is a fishing village on the Costa Azul on the Setúbal Peninsula, just south of Lisbon and west of Setúbal. Quite a bit of development has turned this fishing village into a high-end beach...
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Our friend Antonio took us for a short trip from Lisbon/Cascais down south past "the" river to Sesimbra. This used to be a small peaceful fishing village where you could enjoy the sea and have a good...
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Sesimbra, where the southern sun begins
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Very high as usual...at a medieval fair they made inside the castle. After that; beach time!
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