The property
Detached house in Charneca da Caparica, 100 meters from the town (small shops, restaurant, coffee shop, pharmacy, post Office, bank) and three km from the beach. If you do not want to drive, there is a bus stop 50 meters from the property that will take you to the beach. The centre of Costa da Caparica is four km distant, and it is 20 km to Lisbon. Lisbon international airport is 25 km.
With a living area of 200 m2 spread over two floors, the house consists of four bedrooms (2 doubles, two twins with two double sofa beds), two living rooms, one of them with dining area and the other with games such as table soccer, three bathrooms with showers and equipped kitchen with table and chairs. Outside there is a 400 m2 garden with a 100 m2 lawn, bbq, shaded terrace with table and chairs for 12 persons, private swimming pool (8 x four m), pool shower, three sun loungers, three beach chairs, parasol and off road car parking for two cars.
Sleeps 6-10 persons, self catering.
The area
A stone’s throw away from the capital on the southern side of the Tejo River, the Costa da Caparica is basically a long stretch of sandy, clean beaches to suit all types of beachgoer. Stretching right down to the Cabo Espichel, its sandy expanses are lined with acacia and eucalyptus trees and sienna-coloured cliffs however it is the first five miles to the south of the town of Caparica which are the most well-known.
The town of Caparica itself is a friendly yet simple affair with all the usual tourist trappings and facilities. Traditionally a fishing village, and women still peddle the fresh catch at the side of the street, it now serves mainly as the nearest summer resort for Lisboans escaping the city in the summer months and has a good variety of fish restaurants and bars. Colourful boats still reside on and work from the beach here, though nowadays it also sports a number of bars which play music into the night, and high on the cliffs behind lies a 16th century Capuchin monastery.
Despite its proximity to the city, the beaches are relatively unpolluted and tend not to get as crowded as their counterparts near Cascais, especially as you move away from the town down the coast. In the summer, a small train makes numerous stops alongside the nearly 10km of beach divided up into smaller sections by the dunes, some sporting their own wooden beach bar. Bathing is popular down the whole stretch, and people regularly surf here, however it is the beaches nearest to Caparica which have lifeguards on duty in the summer. The further away from the town you venture, the more sparsely populated the beaches become and about half way along the 20 train stops gay bathers are common, and further still nudism is the norm.