Areias

Areias is a neighborhood in Cascais e Estoril, Cascais, Lisbon District. Areias is situated near the locality Quinta do Choupal, as well as near the neighborhood Quinta da Carreira.

Places of Interest

Highlights: São Pedro do Estoril train station and Artificial caves of Alapraia.

São Pedro do Estoril train station

Railway station

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São Pedro do Estoril train station is a railway station.

Artificial caves of Alapraia

Nature reserve

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The Artificial caves of Alapraia constitute a prehistoric necropolis formed by four subterranean tombs or hypogea that were created by excavating marlstone rock using stone tools.

Fort of Santo António da Barra

Castle

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The Fort of Saint Anthony of Barra is located overlooking the sea, in the parish of Estoril, Cascais municipality, District of Lisbon, in Portugal. It is sometimes known as the Old Fort ), or as the Fort of Salazar as it was used by the Prime Minister, António de Oliveira Salazar as his seasonal residence during the Portuguese dictatorship.