The town of Cascais has been one of the most important harbours between Europe and the mighty atlantic ocean, as a safe haven that attracted Phoenicians, Romans, Visigoths and Arabs alike. During the Age of Discoveries, Cascais was the port from where caravels depart to Africa, Brasil, India and China. Here European royalty came in exile after World War I, and during WWII Cascais became a center for diplomacy and espionage. Ian Fleming, who lived here as an undercover british agent, felt inspired in Cascais and wrote Casino Royal, introducing to the world the most famous spy of all times: James Bond. Pass the paredão beach promenade and see the two romanticist chalets of Faial and of the dukes of Palmela, Discover the City Hall and the Statue of King Pedro I, where you will be awed by his true Shakespearean tragic love story with Inês de Castro.

Learn all about Praia dos Pescadores where Vasco da Gama and Christopher Columbus landed first on their return journey, making Cascais the first town to learn of the existence of a new world. See the 15th-century Our Lady of Assumption Church. Cross the 1940’s gardens of Parque Marechal Carmona, with its mini-zoo that includes peacocks that run free in the park. View the palace of the Counts of Castro Guimarães and the viewpoint towards the Santa Marta lighthouse. Follow us to get to know the most famous bay in Portugal like a local and get swept away by the charm of Cascais.

You will see:
*Praia da Conceição, Chalet Faial and the Palace of the Dukes of Palmela;
*Praia da Rainha (the Queen’s Beach);
*Largo Luís de Camões Square;
*Praça 5 de Outubro;
*City Hall and the Statue of King Dom Pedro I;
*Praia dos Pescadores and the Bay of Cascais;
*View of the entire coast of Lisbon;
*Monument of the Portuguese Discoveries;
*Old Town and Castle entrance;
*Statue of Pope John Paul II;
*Museum area and the Marechal Carmona Park;
*Condes de Castro Guimarães Museum;
*Miradouro Casa de Santa Maria and Santa Marta fort and lighthouse viewpoint;
*Citadel of Cascais;
*Statue of King Dom Carlos I and view over the coast.

You will learn about:
*Roman settlement;
*Foundation of the town and it’s independence from Sintra;
*Age of Discovery;
*Earthquake of Lisbon and the citadel;
*Medieval past of Cascais;
*Spanish Invasion;
*Bay of Cascais;
*King Carlos I;
*Refuge for European royalty: King Umberto II of Italy, King Carol II of Romania, Czarin Giovanna of Bulgaria, Archduke Otto von Habsburg, the Dukes of Windsor, the Spanish royal family, among others;
*Ian Fleming and the espionage of WWII;
*Famous Santini ice cream parlour.

Languages
English and Portuguese

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Entrance fee
 


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