
Photo: Gustavo Veríssimo, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Beach in Serra da Arrábida.
Albarquel Beach is a beach located in Setúbal, Portugal 30km southeast of Lisbon. The beach is on a bay overlooking the Tróia Peninsula and the city. The area is suitable for swimming, boating, windsurfing, and kitesurfing.
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Albarquel Urban Park
At the foot of the Arrábida mountain range and next to the Sado river, this green space, with about four hectares, offers a fantastic view over the Sado river estuary and the Tróia peninsula. Ideal place for the practice of sports, where cycling is allowed, it houses the Municipal Center of Marcha e Corrida de Setúbal (Setúbal walking and running center). This park, in addition to a viewpoint, also has a children's playground, restaurant, café-bar with a terrace and an exhibition gallery.
Castelo de São Filipe
A 16th-century castle on the north bank of the Sado river, overlooking the city, classified as a National Monument of Portugal.
Praia da Saúde
Urban beach in Setúbal.
CIRES
This interpretation centre has an exhibition on the Sado Estuary Common Bottlenose Dolphin colony, the only one in a Portuguese estuary and one of only three communities of these mammals residing in the European maritime space.