Poça Beach
Poça Beach is a beach in Cascais e Estoril, Cascais, Lisbon District. Poça Beach is situated nearby to the hamlet São João do Estoril, as well as near the neighborhood Alto Estoril.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Beach
- Description: beach in Portugal
- Also known as: “Poça beach” and “Praia da Poca”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Fort of São Teodósio da Cadaveira and Saint Peter’s Fortress.
Fort of São Teodósio da Cadaveira
Fort
Photo: Carlos Luis M C da Cruz, Public domain.
The Fort of São Teodósio da Cadaveira, located at Estoril, Lisbon District, Portugal, is one of a series of more than a dozen fortresses built between 1642 and 1648 during the period of the Portuguese Restoration War with the purpose of forming a defensive line between the Tower of Belém on the RiverTagus and Cabo da Roca on the Atlantic coast, in order to defend the city of Lisbon.
Saint Peter’s Fortress
Fort
Photo: Carlos Luis M C da Cruz, Public domain.
The Fort of São Pedro, also known as the Fort of Poça, is a medieval fortification, along the coast of the civil parish of Estoril, in the municipality of Cascais.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Caparide and Matarraque.
Caparide
Hamlet
Photo: Rúdisicyon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Caparide is a hamlet, which is situated 2½ km northeast of Poça Beach.
Matarraque
Neighborhood
Cascais is a town and municipality in the Lisbon District of Portugal, located on the Estoril Coast. The municipality has a total of 214,158 inhabitants in an area of 97.40 km2. Matarraque is situated 3½ km east of Poça Beach.
Tires
Hamlet
Photo: Rúdisicyon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tires is a Portuguese village located in the civil parish of São Domingos de Rana, in the coastal municipality of Cascais. Tires is situated 4 km northeast of Poça Beach.
Poça Beach
- Category: landform
- Location: Cascais e Estoril, Cascais, Lisbon District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
38.70177° or 38° 42′ 6″ northLongitude
-9.39164° or 9° 23′ 30″ westElevation
2 metres (7 feet)Open location code
8CCGPJ25+P8OpenStreetMap ID
way 1454401457OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beach
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Satellite Map
Discover Poça Beach from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Portuguese—“Poça Beach” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Praia da Poça”
- Portuguese: “Praia da Poça”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as São João do Estoril and Alto Estoril.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Rampa da Cadaveira and Circuito de Manutenção da Praia da Poça.
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