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Sagres is the southwesternmost point of Portugal and of Europe, in Barlavento, western Algarve, a beach destination with some nice churches, lighthouses and forts.
Understand[edit]
This is the alleged location of the nautical school first developed by Prince Henry the Navigator in the early 1400s. The school itself is vanished; In May 1587, Sir Francis Drake disembarked 800 men who assaulted the Sagres fortress. After two hours of intense combat, the fortress was destroyed and its artillery was pillaged.
Get in[edit]
Faro international airport, the second busiest in Portugal, is the only airport in the Algarve region.
Get around[edit]
By car
See[edit]
- 1 Fortress.
- 2 Promontory.
- Museum.
- 3 Cape of St. Vincent. Europe's southwestern corner.
- 4 Lighthouse.
Do[edit]
Beaches nearby
- [dead link] Paintball Clube (Paint), Vila do Bispo. A paintball Club in Vila do Bispo
Buy[edit]
Eat[edit]
- [dead link] Colombus Bar Pizza, Rua S. Vicente (Praça republica-mareta). Home Made pizzas, cocktais, breakfast
- Bossa Nova Pizzeria, Rua Comandante Matoso, ☏ +351 282624566. The best pizzas in town
- 1 pisco, Rua Comandante Matoso 2, Vila do Bispo (Center, at a corner of Praça da República), ☏ +351 282 096 741, ✉ piscovdb@gmail.com. Vegetarian Italian restaurant with all dishes cooked with natural ingredients. Lunch menu of the day is cheap and good. €5-10.
Drink[edit]
- [formerly dead link] A Sagres, Sítio do Tonel, ☏ +351 282624171.
- Dromedário Bar, Rua Comandante Matoso.
- Água Salgada, Rua Comandante Matoso, ☏ +351 282 624 297.
Sleep[edit]
- The Aparthotel Navigator [dead link] Rua Infante D. Henrique .
- Mareta Beach Hotel. Has 18 double rooms fully equipped with air conditioning, plasma tv with satellite, minibar, phone and en-suite bathroom, 14 of them also have sea views.
- Mareta View. Overlooks the white sand of Mareta beach
- Memmo Baleeira, Sitio da Baleeira (near the port of Baleeira), ☏ +351 282624212, ✉ hotel@memmobaleeira.com. Nice and clean design hotel in Sagres with ocean views.
- [dead link] (Hotel Apartamentos), Rua Infante D. Henrique, ☏ +351 282 624 354. Side by side to Pousada
- Pousada de Sagres, Rua Infante D. Henrique, ☏ +351 282 620 240, fax: +351 282 624 225, ✉ recepcao.infante@pousadas.pt. Nice position on the cliff-top overlooking Sagres Fort and the lighthouse of Cape St Vicent.
- 1 Residência Quinta do Poço, N268, ☏ +351 917720875, ✉ residenciaquintapoco@gmail.com. Calm and relaxing vibe. Double with bathroom 30 €.
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