Fontainhas Beach

Fontainhas Beach is a beach in União das freguesias de Oeiras e São Julião da Barra, Paço de Arcos e Caxias, Oeiras, Lisbon District. Fontainhas Beach is situated nearby to the castle Fort of São João das Maias, as well as near the health club Ginásio ENIDH.

Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Beach
Description: beach in Paço de Arcos, Portugal
Also known as: “Praia das Fontaínhas”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fort of São João das Maias and Escola Superior Náutica Infante Dom Henrique.

Fort of São João das Maias

Castle

Photo: Helmut Seger, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Fort of São João das Maias, also known as the Fort of Oeiras, is located on the right bank of the River Tagus estuary, in the municipality of Oeiras in the Lisbon District of Portugal. Fort of São João das Maias is situated 360 metres southwest of Fontainhas Beach.

Escola Superior Náutica Infante Dom Henrique

University

The Escola Superior Náutica Infante D. Henrique or ENIDH is a state-run college of higher education dedicated to nautical studies, situated in Paço de Arcos, Oeiras, in the Portuguese district of Lisbon. Escola Superior Náutica Infante Dom Henrique is situated 410 metres north of Fontainhas Beach.

Oeiras municipal library

Library

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Oeiras municipal library is situated 560 metres northwest of Fontainhas Beach.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Carcavelos and Carcavelos.

Carcavelos

Village

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Carcavelos was, until 2013, a civil parish in the Portuguese municipality of Cascais, about 12 kilometres west of Lisbon. In 2013, the parish merged into the new parish Carcavelos e Parede. Carcavelos is situated 3 km west of Fontainhas Beach.