# A Sunday in Sagres: the Fortress, Cabo de São Vicente and Amado Beach The Sagres Fortress and its clifftop trail, the Cabo de São Vicente lighthouse, the surfers of Amado and cataplana at Alfambras. Two and a half hours from Huelva. Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/algarve/costa-vicentina/itineraries/fortress-cape-and-amado-beach · Revisado: 2026-11-12 ## El día - 08:00 · Salida: 2 h 30 by car (Spanish time · via Ayamonte, the A22 to Lagos and the N125 to Sagres; you arrive around 9:30 Portuguese time) - 09:45 · Sagres Fortress (Portuguese time · €10 · wind rose and 2 km trail along the edge) - 10 min by car, 6 km - 11:45 · Sunset at Cape St Vincent (lighthouse above the cliff · free parking · very windy) - 30 min by car, 22 km - 12:45 · Praia do Amado, Carrapateira's surf beach (surfers and a stroll along the sand) - 15 min by car, 10 km - 14:00 · Quarenta & Quatro Restaurant (Quarenta & Quatro · Alfambras · cataplana, monkfish rice · €€ · open on Sunday from 9:00 to 21:00, closed on Wednesday) · Quarenta & Quatro Restaurant, €€ - 16:00 · Vuelta (Portuguese time · via Aljezur and Lagos · you reach Huelva around 19:30 Spanish time) A Sunday at the south-western tip of Europe. Sagres is at the end of the Algarve motorway: you leave Huelva early, cross the Guadiana, put your watch back an hour and by mid-morning you are at Prince Henry's fortress, on a cliff-edged headland. After that, the Cabo de São Vicente lighthouse, the surf beach of Amado seen from above and a long lunch at Alfambras, in the heart of the Costa Vicentina, before returning via Aljezur. ## The day, hour by hour 8:00 (Spanish time) · Departure. Via Ayamonte and the A22, which has had no toll since January 2025, to Lagos, then along the N125 to Sagres. When you cross the bridge, the clock shows an hour less. 9:45 · Sagres Fortress. Admission €10, open from 9:30 to 17:30. Inside, the stone wind rose, the little church of Nossa Senhora da Graça and the exhibition centre. The best part is the trail of about 2 km that rings the headland along the edge, flat and with the cape in the distance. Allow an hour and a half or two hours. 11:45 · Cabo de São Vicente. Ten minutes away. The 1846 lighthouse has its light about 86 metres above the sea, and the car park is free. It is windy almost all the time: bring a jacket, and keep children by the hand well away from the edge. 12:45 · Praia do Amado. Along the coast road to Carrapateira. The beach opens in a valley between cliffs, with the surf schools giving lessons right on the sand. Park on the dirt clearings and walk along the shoreline. 14:00 · Lunch at Quarenta & Quatro. The restaurant of the Barranco da Fonte accommodation, in Alfambras, is open on Sunday from 9:00 to 21:00, so there is no rush. Order the octopus cataplana with sweet potato or the monkfish rice, and if you can, order them ahead by phone. For dessert, almond tart. Closed on Wednesday and from 15 December to 15 January. 16:00 · Heading back. Via Aljezur and Lagos to the A22. You arrive in Huelva around 19:30, Spanish time. ## Cómo llegar ### By car About two and a half hours from Huelva along the A22, toll-free. From Seville, an hour more: better as a one-night getaway. ## Consejos ### Fortress first First thing there is room to park and the sun is not yet beating down on the site. ### Bring a coat even if it is sunny On the cape and at the fortress the wind cuts even in summer. ### Sunset, another day Watching the sun go down at the cape means driving back to Huelva in the dark. If you are tempted, sleep in Sagres. ## Preguntas frecuentes ### How long does it take from Huelva to Sagres? About two and a half hours by car along the A22. In Portugal it is an hour earlier. ### How much does the Sagres Fortress cost? General admission costs €10. It is open from 9:30 to 17:30, with last entry at 17:00. ### Do you pay to see Cabo de São Vicente? No. The cape and its car park are free. ### Where can you eat on a Sunday near Sagres? Quarenta & Quatro, in Alfambras, is open on Sunday from 9:00 to 21:00. Closed on Wednesday.