FIGUEIRA DA FOZ IS ONE OF A KIND: THE RIGHT CHOICE FOR THE RESTLESS AS WELL AS FOR THE QUIET ONES.
Figueira da Foz, where Mondego River reaches the sea, likes to welcome people, and knows how to do it, either for those visiting or those who wish to settle there. A charm for everyone: those who enjoy the river landscape and the beaches; those who prefer the air of the mountain and those who appreciate the historical and cultural heritage or a breathless sunset…
Serra da Boa Viagem
Cabo Mondego beach
The Queen of the Portuguese Beaches is a mandatory destination for the beach, sun, and sea lovers. With nine beaches with water quality gold certificate, and twelve with Blue Flag Award, the twenty miles of beach offer a singular diversity. From the wildest ones to the most urban, in Figueira there are beaches for every taste. Here, from the most fearless to the starters, all may practice, learn, or improve the practice of their favourite water sports or simply go for a swim. Projeto Praia M+ offers the opportunity for people with disabilities to enjoy sea baths. Figueira da Foz has been blessed with the longest right point break in Europe. Buarcos wave is the result of the symbiosis between the swell, the wind, and the configuration of Buarcos bay.
Every year, the city stands out as a reference stage of huge national and international events of wave and sand sports: surf, bodyboard, bodysurf, beach rugby, beach football, beach volleyball…
Cabedelo beach
Cabedelo
If you appreciate outdoor activities, enjoy the calmness of the paths through the rice fields, the salt pans, Vela Lagoon or Serra da Boa Viagem that provide an amazing view over the Atlantic Ocean and the city. And for the bike’s lovers, “Figas” bike tour is the ideal. By the way, Figueira’s sunset is unique and there are plenty viewpoints where you can fully enjoy it.
The territory also boasts a rich historical, cultural, and archaeological heritage. The natural monument of Cabo Mondego (Mondego Cape) bears witness to one of the most important episodes of the Earth during Jurassic period. Here were found the most ancient dinosaur footprints in Portugal.
Mondego Cape and Murganheira beach
If you are looking for a place that provides culture and amusement, Figueira is the right place. There’s the Carnival, Medieval Fair, Pirate Festival, Saint John Festivities, Sambão (Summer Carnival), the most ancient Casino of the Iberian Peninsula, Núcleos Museológicos do Mar e do Sal (Sea and Salt Museum Centres), Museu Municipal Santos Rocha (Santos Rocha Municipal Museum), Casa do Paço and Centro de Artes e Espectáculos (Arts and Entertainment Centre), “RFM Somnii- the biggest sunset ever”, “Gliding Barnacles” – that attracts visitors from all over the world that live and celebrate the culture and the lifestyle of surf. This year, the sand of Praia do Relógio (Clock Beach) shall vibrate not only with the electronic rhythms but also with those coming from Brazil. The rookie “BR Fest” shall bring the Brazilian culture to the sandy area.
RFM Somnii
And if popular wisdom says that “the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach”, in Figueira we dare to extend the saying to the tourists. The diverse gastronomy, based on flavours and scents of the sea and the land, may be enjoyed in multiple restaurants, or in Feira das Freguesias (Parishes’s Fair), a show that brings to the city the best from the parishes: Fish Soup, Pitau Streak, Coast Shrimp, Fried Baby Sardines, Cod Fish with Potaoes, Serrabulho, Old Rooster, Eel Stew… Papas de Moado, Rice Pudding…
Buarcos
And speaking about rice, did you know that the oldest rice industry in Portugal is located in this municipality and that more than half of the production of “carolino” rice from Lower Mondego is produced in the rice fields of the municipality of Figueira da Foz?
Whatever the reason for your visit to the Queen of the Beaches, this is, in fact, a destiny to enjoy on any time of the year.
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