Silver Coast
The West Region stretches along the Atlantic coastline, a rural setting bordered by mount Montejunto. Benefiting from a mild climate, this Region is becoming increasingly noted due to its importance for tourism, especially enhanced by the Golf facilities available and its unpolluted beaches. Beaches such as Baleal, S. Martinho do Porto, Areia Branca, Santa Cruz, Peniche, Supertubos and Foz do Arelho, still preserved in their original natural conditions, make this Region a location of choice.
The baths at Vimeiro and Caldas da Rainha, Roman settlements and Arab fortresses, the Natural Park at Serra de Aire and Candeeiros, the Berlengas Natural Reserve, Óbidos lagoon, the beaches, and the countless equestrian, rifle, fishing, sail, parapent, diving and surf clubs, serve as an example of the array of interests catered for in the West Region.
The Region is constituted by the municipalities of Alenquer, Arruda dos Vinhos, Bombarral, Cadaval, Caldas da Rainha, Lourinhã, Óbidos, Peniche, Rio Maior, Sobral de Monte Agraço and Torres Vedras.
«A fertile region slotted between the Atlantic Ocean and the massif that rises in Montejunto and overlooks the entire region in all its extension. This splendid area is a green strip of land sprinkled with white houses, uniting the maritime cost and the countryside in a pleasant climate we wish to visit».
Western Region: Live History and culture
Archaeological sites, from pre-historic caves to Cooperage Castles, Arab age Castles and Roman villages, aqueducts and bridges. Medieval Churches and Monasteries, 15th century Forts, 17th and 18th centuries manor houses and also a number of Fortifications from the period of the French Invasions. Archaeological sites, from pre-historic caves to Cooperage Castles, Arab age.