Explore Sagres

The Fortress of Sagres closes off a cliff-bound promontory about one kilometre long near Sagres, at the south-western tip of Portugal. It is linked with Henry the Navigator, who had it built in the 15th century; heavily damaged in the 1755 earthquake, it was rebuilt later that century. Inside are the small Church of Our Lady of Grace and paths along the cliffs.

Cape St. Vincent is a headland in the municipality of Vila do Bispo, about six kilometres from Sagres, and the southwesternmost point of mainland Portugal. Its cliffs rise almost vertically to about 75 metres above the Atlantic. At the tip stands a 24-metre lighthouse, built in 1846 over the ruins of a 16th-century Franciscan convent.