1st October, on the afternoon
Departure of Lisbon
Loures/Malveira – Limestone cuesta and subvolcanic morphology.
Pero Pinheiro – Pedra Furada: Cretaceous tower like karren; Pliocene
platform of S. Joćo das Lampas; marble sawing plants.
Sintra – World Heritage town; Pena castle; Natural Park of Sintra-Cascais.
Pena castle, in Sintra
Adraga – Coastal caves with an open shaft about 90 metre deep.
Cape of Roca – The most occidental point of the European continent; western
part of Sintra eruptive massif.
Pedra d'Alvidrar: jurassic beds dipping to the sea with caves along bedding
Cascais – Low limestone platform; Boca do Inferno (Hell’s Mouth).
Estoril – On the river side from the Atlantic to the Tagus estuary.
Return to Lisbon
