Van Life: Lisbon - Sagres

Cruising Portugal in a VW camper, surfing at every beach we come across has been on the bucket list for a while… it definitely did not disappoint. ✅

Would highly recommend Siesta Campers in Lisbon! Wild camping is now allowed in Portugal meaning we could pull up wherever we fancied (a part from National Parks and no camping areas of course)!

Only one hairy beach road that left our wheels spinning 😵‍💫 a few bits of damage to the tyres that we spent the rest of the week figuring out how best to disguise 😦 Lesson: don’t take surf beach recos from a hard core surf local!

**Toll roads in Portugal are very $$$ so we tried to avoid where possible! The longer routes off the highway are often prettier too - so many cute local towns and markets to explore

Places worth stopping Lisbon ➡️ Sagres:

📍 Costa da Caparica - busier near Lisbon so we moved on but meant to be nice waves
📍 Comporta - great beach with fun beach bars
📍 Porto Covo - cute wee town with amazing crystal clear beach just north. We camped up on the cliff edge at Praia da Samoqueira which was an incredible stop for the day/night!
📍 Aivados beach - our absolute fav! A secluded beach down a dirt track with great surf and no one there a part from walkers passing by on the Rota Vincantina. We camped up here for the day/night
📍 Vila Nova de Milfontes - sweet wee town for coffee and to stock up on groceries!
📍 Odeceixe - really cool, busy but worth a stop and gets amazing beginner waves
📍 Praia de Arrifana - amazing view from the top with great waves
📍 Bordeira - dramatic beach amongst the sand dunes. We camped here for the night up at the top - amazing board walks to see the wild waves & coastline
📍 Praia do Amado
📍 Praia do Cordoama - super rugged with cool little cafe/restaurant
📍 Lighthouse of Cabo de São Vicente - most south-westerly point of Europe looking straight out to America! Great sunset view from here
📍 Praia do Beliche - gorgeous beach with good waves when there is swell
📍 Praia da Mareta - cool beach with great little waves (for me!), we had a great surf here
📍 Praia do Camilo - we ran out of time but would have loved to get along here and Praia da SalemaRead more