Portugal: Eat, sleep, hike, climb and relax at the beach

hike, climb and chill

Haha, Ola lovely Hivers and all who stopped spontaneous by. Hope you are doing well.

Damn, this was a day. A hot Saturday summer active day. Half dead I am right now.
Normally I don't write travel or activity posts, I am a nerdy Beach Being, what should I photograph? Sand? Lol. But this time I thought it could be interesting and maybe if some readers are visiting Portugal and are in this area they will check it out too.

So, where to start. Ah, yes, this Saturday began with picking up a friend in Trafaria.
We as friends wanted to make a nice active but also chilled day. We planned to hike a bit in this area, cause our friend said it's cool to do it here, after we wanted to go to the climbing park close to his house and at the beach.
The beach was my first choice but ok. The best at least I thought. 😜😎😅
So we went to Trafaria, picked up our friend and because the wild is in front of his door we went out to the "hill" (not soo big but nice to hike for an hour)

Trafaria

But first to the locality of Trafaria. I am not often around here, so it is always good to refresh a bit of the own knowledge, right?

Trafaria belongs to the metropolitan area of Margem Sul do Tejo. This place, which is located at the northwest corner of the peninsula of Setúbal, where north of the Tagus River flows into the Atlantic Ocean, Trafaria is characterized by flat land, only slight hills, beach and dunes, has many hidden beautiful places.
Both on the beach and in the streets.

Nature conservation is practiced here as much as possible, the dunes are protected and several beach cleanings take place weekly here on the coast.

Originally the place was probably a fishing village, in 1565 a military hospital was opened here, they say. Some fortifications in the architectural townscape testify to a strategic origin.

In history books it is written that in 1777 the place, which is now known as Trafaria, was burned down by order of the Marquês de Pombal, because countless young men were hiding here from military. But after this scenario the place was rebuilt. Almost a hundred years later, in 1873, a dynamite factory was even opened here.

It took again ~ 50 years until on October 7, 1926 the municipality (Freguesia) of Trafaria was finally created, and on September 26, 1985 the place was even elevated to Vila. So much for the development of this little mostly unknown village. I think every place has a nice origin and background story.

Photographs of Trafaria`s Streets and the view from the hill

Some abandoned houses are hidden here too. I wanted to discover them but my friends said "noooooo, we can't". Aaaw, next time I will go in for sure.

It's funny to see a super lovely street and when going around the corner - baaaam - vintage or abandoned style. Never know what is coming up next. Hahaha.

But now enough street views, let's dive into the wild...

hiking through the woods

After our little tour we went directly to "Adventure Park Vila Real de Santo Antonio", that's the name of the climbing park.

Adventure Park Vila de Santo Antonio

This park is amazing. Sorry for not showing action pics, I was busy screaming for my life and not falling down. In my mind I thought if I would take a Pic now, my phone and me are flying badly down to the ground.
The climbing tour was guided, so visitors can get an explanation when trying the first time.
After all, I was so happy to come finally to my beloved beach. The love of my life, the ocean. We when the street down and crossed (again) an abandoned house, or better, an abandoned beach restaurant. This time I went a bit more in to take some shots. Looks like a empty ruin in a desert.

abandoned Beach Restaurant

The beach

Finally, after all we reached my personal Saturdays goal... The ocean.
We chilled here the next hours and before I forget again to post it I do it right away. Hope you liked my impressions of this day and a part of Portugal.

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