Jurassic Hiking tour to footprints of dinosaur in Espichel Cape

Walk in a historic military structure located in Sesimbra and take astonishing pictures of beautiful and stunning Sesimbra. Enjoy an amazing view of pool of salt.

Walk in the medieval streets of the picturesque fishing village of Sesimbra, that offers a huge variety of restaurants, where you can taste the best fresh fish and seafood of Portugal.

Our trek begins in the sanctuary of Espichel Cape, where you will visit the small Memory chapel, the church, the old hostels, Casa da Ópera, the aqueduct and Casa da Água. It is a rare example of a monumental sanctuary for religious pilgrimages scenographically designed from the ground up and religious architectural complex that is unique in Portugal. Discover on the promontory, on a ledge of the Jurassic cliffs located in the mysterious Espichel Cape The second cape more Western of Europe,the incredible footprints of dinosaurs. Are an ichnofossil of tracks left by saurops and theropods, about 150 million years ago. A location simultaneously isolated and insulating, desolate, rough where the mountain´s lush and vigorous vegetation is nearly impenetrable by man and where the promontory´s absolute aridness is uninhabitable, but to where people were attacted because of the site´s frontier-like and mysterious nature.