Day tours in Lisbon & surroundings
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Arrabida, Sesimbra, Setubal - half day
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Program
We cross the Bridge over the Tagus to admire the magnificent view of Lisbon. We head to Sesimbra’s Castle
for a panoramic sight of this fishing centre. Proceeding to Azeitão, agricultural village recognized for its
baroque and beautiful fountains and farms. We visit a famous wine cellar to sample the local muscatel wine,
and also a handicraft centre to admire its “tiles" (hand made glazed tiles) as we continue to Arrábida
Mountain- a unique natural park created with the purpose to preserve the natural elements liked the local
fauna and flora, coves with its beaches of limpid water, and the architectural legacy, as for example the
Convent of the Arrábida. Panoramic sight of Setúbal and Troia. Stop at Pousada do Castelo in Palmela.
Finally we return to Lisbon by the extensive Vasco da Gama Bridge.
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...The forest-clad, elongated hummock of the Serra da Arrábida is a veritable oasis of natural vegetation
amid the suburban sprawl of the Setúbal peninsula, with an incredibly diverse wildlife to match. Along the
shore of the Sado estuary, its sheer flanks drop sharply into a turquoise sea, the pale limestone cliffs eaten
away at the base to form small sandy coves. Although the 50km-long ridge of the Arrábida attains a
maximum of only 501m (Alto do Formosinho), the views from the top are truly spectacular, giving the
impression of much greater altitude. More than 1,000 species of vascular plants have been recorded from
the Arrábida natural park. Situated to the south of the peninsula is the hub Setubal, actually Portugal's third
largest port after Lisbon and Porto. Renowned for both its fishing and fish restaurants and its many historic
buildings and museums, Setubal makes a superb Portugal holiday base or indeed a day trip. To the west of
Setubal centre are stunning beaches backed on by the Arrabida Natural Park. To the south is the natural
reserve of the Sado estuary, home to numerous birds and wildlife including bottle-nosed Dolphins...
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