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Cabo da Roca
The westernmost point of mainland Europe, a windswept cape of cliffs more than 100 meters above the Atlantic.
- Open
- Always
- Price
- Free
- Time Needed
- 1 hour
- Address
- Estrada do Cabo da Roca, 2705-001 ColaresDirections
- Getting There
- About 30 minutes by bus or car from Sintra; the bus continues to Cascais.
Why Go
A stone cross on the cape bears a line by the poet Camões: here, where the land ends and the sea begins. A lighthouse has shone from the headland since 1772, and paths run along the cliff tops through wild heath.
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