The cache
(12x4 cm) is hidden in the quayside area in a somewhat
unconventional fashion.
Please be very discrete since
(particularly during summer time) there are plenty of people
wandering around; also, do not publish here any photos (namely of
the cache and the place where it is hidden) or details which might
spoil the fun for others (otherwise you are more than welcome to
share your pictures).
:: S.
Martinho
The current bay of S. Martinho do
Porto is the last vestige of an ancient Golf which, until the 16th
century, extended itself inwards to Alfeizerão. It opens to the
ocean through a small mouth, around 180 meters large, between the
hills of Santana, to the South, and the Lighthouse, to the North
(check the photos below).From the top of the belvederes of Facho
and Cruzeiro, near the Chapel of Saint Anthony, it is a pleasure to
take a look at the bay coloured by the typical yellow fishing boats
and by the silvered track of small recreational ones.
The town, founded by the monks of the Monastery of Alcobaça at the
13th century, goes down in the shape of an amphitheatre from the
hillside to the Dock, in the northern corner of the Beach. Over
recent years it was progressively extended through the Marginal
Avenue to the dunes of Salir. Its ancient houses can be discovered
by climbing the D. Pedro V lane to the scenic spot of José Bento da
Silva Square, or to the Main Church, from the 18th
century.
S. Martinho do Porto has many
possible walking routes, esplanades, pubs and restaurants for you
to discover. The sea is astonishingly quiet and the beach a
paradise for children and nautical sports.
PANORAMIC PHOTOS OF S.
MARTINHO DO PORTO
(click a picture to see a full size panorama -
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