Cascais

The Farol de Santa Marta in addition to the Casa de Santa Maria.

Cascais (Portuguese pronunciation: [kɐʃˈkajʃ]) is a coastal town inwards Cascais Municipality inwards Portugal, xxx kilometres due west of Lisbon, alongside virtually 35,000 residents. It is a cosmopolitan suburb of the Portuguese uppercase in addition to ane of the richest municipalities inwards Portugal. The onetime line-fishing hamlet gained fame as a resort for Portugal's majestic describe solid unit of measurement inwards the belatedly 19th century in addition to early on 20th century. Nowadays, it is a pop opor-garai spot for both Portuguese in addition to unusual tourists. It is located inwards the Estoril Coast (named afterward Estoril, a civil parish), inwards the Greater Lisbon subregion. It has an airdrome for full general aviation serving the Lisbon Region inwards Tires (S. Domingos de Rana), Aeroporto Municipal de Cascais.
 Centre of Cascais.

Tourism
Today, at that spot is a large yacht harbour in addition to several modest sand beaches inwards in addition to unopen to town. Cascais is easily reached from Lisbon yesteryear car, (A5 Lisboa-Cascais highway), or yesteryear frequent cheap commuter trains. It has the ruins of a castle, an fine art in addition to bounding main museum, as good as parks in addition to the charming cobbled streets of the historic centre. The town has many hotels in addition to tourist apartments as good as many practiced restaurants of varying cost. It is a fine base of operations to operate for those visiting Lisbon in addition to its environs who prefer to remain exterior of the metropolis withal inwards an as urban in addition to sophisticated environment.
 The Museum Conde Castro Guimarães inwards Cascais.

Cascais is surrounded yesteryear pop beaches, such as Guincho Beach to the west, in addition to the lush Sintra mountains to the north. Some of its shoreline is cliff-y, attracting tourists for its seascapes in addition to other natural sights such as the Boca produce Inferno. It is likewise becoming a pop golf game destination, alongside over 10 golf game courses nearby. Surfing, sailing, windsurfing, in addition to kitesurfing are likewise pop inwards the percentage unopen to Cascais due to favourable weather, wind, in addition to bounding main conditions. In 2007, Cascais was the official host of the ISAF World Championship inwards sailing for dinghies in addition to racing yachts.

The municipality likewise hosts international lawn tennis in addition to motorcycling events in addition to hosted for many years the FIA F1 Portugal Grand Prix. The famous Estoril Casino is ane of the largest inwards Europe. Near the casino is the "Hotel Palácio" (Palace Hotel), a 5-star hotel where scenes of the James Bond painting present On Her Majesty's Secret Service were shot.












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