Attractions

Safari Park with great activities for children and adults.

Sand beach with a good public parking, dunes and a beautiful natural lagoon

Large and cliffy beach, an example of environmental preservation, awared consecutively with the Golden Beach Recognition.

Praia do Pego is one of the most beautiful beaches in the area, and one of the most equipped in terms of services and accessibility. It has two restaurants and a beach bar, sunbed umbrella rental, a surf school and covered parking (paid).

Alcácer do Sal is a small city on the shore of the Sado river. With traditional architecture, it is particularly nice to take a walk on the main street, facing the river, during sunset, and have an early dinner at one of the terrace restaurants. A special kind of shrimp, very little in size, is the go to "tapa" in Alcácer.

Beautiful winery, inserted between the estuary of the Sado River, the village of Comporta, the rice fields and the sea.
You can book wine tastings in advance and purchase wine directly in the winery store.

Amazing dune beach with views to the Serra of Arrabida, equipped with two restaurants, surf school and covered parking lot (paid).

Discover the Acala island, as it was known in the days of Ancient Rome. A few minutes from Troia’s central area, travel back in time to the ruins of the largest center of fish-salting industry known from the Roman Empire, occupied until the 6th century. Wander among ruins of factories, tombs and tubs for hot and cold baths. New vestiges are being discovered every year, which you can see in the archaeological exhibitions, guided visits and thematic events. When you take a break from the beach, golfing or the marina, get a sense of Troia’s past and the history that shaped this area over time.

Vertigem Azul is a company that organizes boat tours on the River Sado, mainly focused on dolphin watching, with a great environmental conscience. It's an amazing experience that we strongly recommend. The tours start from the Troia marina, and tickets can be purchased there.

https://www.vertigemazul.com/

The Lousal mine, located in Grândola, had its extractive activity, between 1900 and 1988, mainly dedicated to the exploitation of pyrite for the use of sulfur, a raw material for the production of sulfuric acid used in the manufacture of fertilizers. In the late 1980s, the production of sulfuric acid from pyrite ceased to be economically viable, leading to the closure of the mine.

Following the closure of the mine, there was a accentuated decrease in the population. In order to reverse this situation, in 1994, the RELOUSAL project was born, resulting from the union of efforts between SAPEC, SA (the company that owns the mine) and the Câmara Municipal de Grândola, creating the Fundação Frédéric Velge. This entity initiated a set of initiatives aimed at exploring the museological, tourist and geoenvironmental potential of Lousal. Over more than twenty years, several buildings have been recovered and transformed in a Hotel, a Restaurant, an Industrial Archaeology Museum and a Ciência Viva Center.

https://lousal.cienciaviva.pt/en/homepage_en/