# Two Nights in Ericeira, an Hour from Lisbon: Surf, Mafra Palace and the Tapada

A surf lesson on Saturday, Mafra Palace and the Tapada on Sunday, and fish on the Ericeira rocks both nights. An hour from Lisbon, also by bus.

Fuente: https://www.geocalia.com/en/portugal/lisbon-region/ericeira-and-mafra/itineraries/two-nights-with-surf-and-the-tapada · Revisado: 2026-11-12

Dónde: Ericeira and Mafra

Ericeira is a white-and-blue fishing village on the clifftop, a World Surfing Reserve, an hour from Lisbon. Two nights give you time to learn to stand up on a board, watch the good surfers at Ribeira d'Ilhas, climb up to Mafra Palace and its library and walk among deer in the Tapada. It can be done without a car: bus 2751 leaves from Campo Grande.

## How do you get there from Lisbon?

By car, about 50 km along the A8 and A21, with tolls. Without a car, Carris Metropolitana bus 2751 goes from Campo Grande to Ericeira via Mafra. From the airport, metro to Campo Grande.

## Where to sleep?

AccommodationAreaWho it suits

Vila Galé EriceiraCentre, above the beachFamilies, with pools, spa and children's club

Ericeira CampingNorth of the centreBungalows or pitch, near the surf beaches

## El plan

### Friday · 19:00 · Arrival and a stroll through the centre
Praça da República, the Santo António chapel and the Largo das Ribas viewpoint over the fishermen's beach.

### Friday · 20:30 · Dinner at Esplanada Furnas
Grilled fish by the kilo on the Furnas rocks. Open every day.

### Saturday · 10:00 · Surf lesson with Surf Riders
Group lesson from €40; you meet at their shop on Rua do Carmo, 33A, and go to the beach of the day.

### Saturday · 17:30 · Ribeira d'Ilhas at sunset
The sets of Ericeira's most famous wave seen from the cliff.

### Saturday · 20:30 · Dinner at Onda D'Mar
Rice dishes, fish and shellfish on Avenida São Sebastião.

### Sunday · 09:30 · Mafra National Palace
Royal rooms, the friars' infirmary and the library. Opens at 9:30; closed on Tuesdays.

### Sunday · 12:30 · Tapada Nacional de Mafra
Trails among cork oaks and pines with red and fallow deer, from the Portão do Codeçal.

### Sunday · 17:00 · Back to Lisbon
You arrive around 18:00.

## Consejos

### Book the surfing for Saturday morning
The sea is usually calmer early.

### Bring comfortable shoes for the Tapada
The trails are dirt.

## Dónde dormir if you're driving
- **Vila Galé Ericeira**: A hotel with its feet in the Atlantic
The Vila Galé Ericeira is the town's big hotel: a renovated historic building in the centre, right above the beach. It has four stars and 202 rooms; 116 face the sea, some with balconies, and five are junior suites. One is adapted for people with reduced mobility.
For families
It has two adult pools, one of them saltwater, water slides for children, a kids' club and a playground. The Satsanga spa has an indoor pool, sauna, steam room, gym and massage rooms. There is a restaurant and two bars.
Getting there
By car, about 50 km from Lisbon along the A8 and A21. The Carris Metropolitana 2751 bus runs from Campo Grande, in Lisbon, to the Ericeira terminal, about ten minutes' walk from the hotel. Sintra and Mafra are about 20 minutes away by car.
- **Ericeira Camping (Parque de Campismo de Mil Regos)**, desde 7 € / night: A campsite a short walk from the centre
The Mil Regos campsite is on Avenida São Sebastião, north of the centre of Ericeira, on the way to the surf beaches. It has one and two-bedroom bungalows with kitchens (for four or six people), studio bungalows, tipis and pitches for tents, vans, caravans and motorhomes.
How it works
Pitches cannot be booked: you enter in order of arrival from 12:00 and leave before 12:00. Bungalows and tipis can be booked, with a 50% deposit; check-in is from 17:00 and check-out before 11:00. In 2026, each adult pays €7 per night and each child aged 5 to 11, €4, plus the pitch according to season. Animals are accepted with an up-to-date vaccination record, but not in bungalows or tipis.
What is nearby
The centre of Ericeira is about ten minutes' walk; São Sebastião beach is next door and Ribeira d'Ilhas about 2 km away. The 2751 bus to Lisbon leaves from the Ericeira terminal.