Praia das Maçãs
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- Type: Neighborhood
- Description: human settlement in Colares, Portugal
- Also known as: “Praia das Macas”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Praia das Maçãs Prehistoric Monument and Praia das Macãs.
Praia das Maçãs Prehistoric Monument
Archaeological site
Photo: Roundtheworld, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Praia das Maçãs Prehistoric Monument, also known as the Tholos of Outeiro das Mós, consists of an artificial Neolithic cave and a Chalcolithic domed or beehive tomb.
Piscinas Oceânicas da Praia das Maçãs
Sports venue
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Piscinas Oceânicas da Praia das Maçãs is a sports venue.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Praia Grande and Azenhas do Mar.
Azenhas do Mar
Hamlet
Photo: F Mira, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Azenhas do Mar is a seaside village in the civil parish of Colares, Sintra, Portugal. It is situated on a cliff along the Atlantic Ocean, about 30 km northwest of Lisbon, within the Sintra-Cascais Natural Park.
Almoçageme
Neighborhood
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Almoçageme is a village on the Portuguese municipality of Sintra and in the Freguesia of Colares. The name Almoçageme is obviously Arab in origin – the Iberian peninsula is packed with Muslim toponyms that are a legacy of the five hundred years the Moors stayed over. Almoçageme is situated 3½ km south of Praia das Maçãs.
Praia das Maçãs
- Category: locality
- Location: Colares, Sintra, Lisbon District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
38.82702° or 38° 49′ 37″ northLongitude
-9.46789° or 9° 28′ 4″ westElevation
31 metres (102 feet)Open location code
8CCGRGGJ+RROpenStreetMap ID
node 1744738159OpenStreetMap feature
place=neighbourhood
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In Other Languages
From Portuguese to Spanish—“Praia das Maçãs” goes by many names.
- Portuguese: “Praia das Maçãs”
- Russian: “Прая-даш-Масанш”
- Spanish: “Praia das Maçãs”
- “Praia das Maçãs”
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Praia das Maçãs”. Photo: Rúdisicyon, CC BY-SA 4.0.