Boca do Inferno
Boca do Inferno is a chasm located in the seaside cliffs close to the Portuguese city of Cascais, in the District of Lisbon. The seawater has access to the deep bottom of the chasm and vigorously strikes its rocky walls, making it a popular tourist attraction.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Vigia do Facho and Forte Novo.
Forte Novo
Photo: Senhormario, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Forte Novo is situated 400 metres east of Boca do Inferno.
Casa de Santa Maria
Museum
The Casa de Santa Maria was once a luxurious private residence in Cascais, Lisbon District, Portugal. It was acquired by the Cascais Municipality in October 2004 and is now a museum. It blends several different architectural styles and influences. Casa de Santa Maria is situated 1 km east of Boca do Inferno.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Areia and Caparide.
Areia
Neighborhood
Photo: Roundtheworld, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Areia is a neighborhood, which is situated 4½ km northwest of Boca do Inferno.
Caparide
Hamlet
Photo: Rúdisicyon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Caparide is a hamlet, which is situated 6 km northeast of Boca do Inferno.
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 7 km east of Boca do Inferno.
Boca do Inferno
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: Tourist attraction in Cascais, Portugal
- Categories: ravine and tourism
- Location: Cascais e Estoril, Cascais, Lisbon District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
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Latitude
38.69112° or 38° 41′ 28″ northLongitude
-9.43085° or 9° 25′ 51″ westElevation
21 metres (69 feet)Open location code
8CCGMHR9+CMOpenStreetMap ID
way 1452983198OpenStreetMap feature
natural=archOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
11818776Wikidata ID
Q888949
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Ukrainian—“Boca do Inferno” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Boca do Inferno”
- French: “Boca do Inferno”
- German: “Boca do Inferno”
- Hungarian: “Boca do Inferno”
- Italian: “Boca do Inferno”
- Japanese: “地獄の口”
- Polish: “Boca do Inferno”
- Portuguese: “Boca do inferno (cascais)”
- Portuguese: “Boca do Inferno”
- Romanian: “Boca do Inferno”
- Slovenian: “Boca do Inferno”
- Spanish: “Boca do Inferno”
- Thai: “โบกาดูอิงแฟร์นู”
- Turkish: “Boca do Inferno”
- Ukrainian: “Бока-ду-Інферну”
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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 Wikipedia page “Boca do Inferno”. Photo: Beatriznog10, CC BY-SA 3.0.