GT Carcavelos Beach [Carcavelhos] [Lisbon]

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N/S ? ??.??? W/E ??? ??.???  [] In Lisboa, Portugal

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Carcavelos is a parish in the Portuguese municipality of Cascais, about 12 km west of Lisbon. It has one of the best beaches in the Estoril coast. The village used to be known for the Carcavelos wine, but since the wine production is nowadays reduced, Carcavelos is better known among surfers because of the good surfing condition of the Carcavelos beach. Body surfing is also becoming very popular, although with a different approach from the practised in The Wedge in Newport Beach, California.

Carcavelos also marks the mouth of the Tagus River. To the east side of the Carcavelos beach there is a huge fortification named Forte de São Julião da Barra. It used to protect the Tagus river entrance from enemy ships. Currently it is used as the official summer residence of the Ministry of Defence.

Cache
This cache will take you to the Carcavelos Beach. There are a lot of parking areas near the cache.
Please, you don't need to search in the vegetation, take care of it.
If you have time, bring your surf equipments, bikinis or sand toys. And enjoy your life!
This is our first cache, so don't expect too much, we did our best and were inspirited by caches of Porteladas and Oliveiras.
Hint and spoiler after FTF

Good luck for the hunt.
Golden-Team

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Cache Logs

November 15 by francisco_ol (62 found) OPERAÇÃO AZINHEIRA COXA! Muita chuva e muita areia nos olhos! [view this log]

November 14 by marulhar (364 found) Muito fixe este "spot" da "beach". Obrigado. [view this log] Caixinhas! [:P] Nocturno com Ruído

November 13 by MICAFIAN (370 found) Sexta-Feira o melhor e ideal dia da semana para fazer umas caches e começar bem o fim de semana. Em mente estavam 2 à beira mar plantadas e uma outra mais católica, e assim foi. Já com fortes suspeitas de onde poderia estar fui mais ou menos ter com ela, mas só depois de voltar a trás uma segunda vez pois já tinha passado com os olhos por lá. O tempo e a hora ajudou bastante pois não havia ninguém por perto. Será que ainda falta muito para o Verão? Obrigado pela cache !!! # 368 Miguel [view this log]

November 9 by Urbanrider (18 found) Sitio espetacular. O abrigo ta muito fixe. Bom spot. :) [view this log]

November 8 by tigas47 (6 found) esta mt bem escondida [view this log]

Current time: 11/21/2009 2:50:05 PM
Last Updated: 11/16/2009 7:59:34 PM
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Coordinates are in the WGS84 datum