Saturday 26th April 2025
Today I achieved one of my hopes for this trip and visited Cabo da Roca the most westerly point on mainland europe.
To get there we drove over the April 25th 1974 bridge, which was quite interesting and then joined a toll motorway for some miles as we headed west out of Lisbon towards Sintra. When we exited it showed the toll was €3.05 which didn’t break the bank.
This famous tourist spot was the first we have visited that was somewhat overrun by coach parties especially Japanese, which past experience teaches us it is difficult to take photos of views and objects of interest. It was extremely windy and at times the gusts made it hard to stand.
We drove on further north keeping to the coast road and stopped in a parking area for lunch at Praia das Macas again the wind buffeted us about but the views of the sea were stunning.
Tonight we are at a free stopover with services in a small village, it’s adequate for our needs tonight but there is nothing here of interest.
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