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Cape Espichel – Cape Espichel Lighthouse loop from Pedra da Mua Natural Monument

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Setúbal

Sesimbra (Castelo)

Cape Espichel – Cape Espichel Lighthouse loop from Pedra da Mua Natural Monument

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Cape Espichel – Cape Espichel Lighthouse loop from Pedra da Mua Natural Monument

01:18

4.29km

130m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: March 18, 2026

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Parque Natural da Arrábida

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163 m

Stone Cross at the Sanctuary of Nossa Senhora da Pedra Mua

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large stone cross on a square base.

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292 m

Sanctuary of Our Lady of Cabo Espichel

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Begun in 1701 and sanctified in 1707, the Church of Nossa Senhora do Cabo is located on the seafront. The interior of the church is decorated with colored marble and a ceiling with perspective architecture designed by Lourenço da Cunha (1740). Inside the church there is also an organ with features from the late 19th century. 18th/early 20th century. XIX, finally made in the workshop of Joaquim António Peres Fontanes.

On each side of the church there are a series of pilgrim shelters, called Casa dos Círios or simply Hospedarias, which make up the Terreiro or camp. At the beginning is a cruise, the place where the sanctuary really begins.
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430 m

Cabo Espichel

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Cabo Espichel stands like a wild and imposing bastion on the southwestern tip of the Setúbal Peninsula. Here, the landscape is raw and grand: vertiginous cliffs, arid terrain shaped by the wind and the giant Atlantic waves crashing against the rocks.

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Cape Espichel

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Cabo Espichel is the most southwestern point on the Setúbal Peninsula. The rugged rocks fall steeply down to the coast and form a wonderful, wildly romantic backdrop.

There are many interesting places to discover on the cap, for example dinosaur footprints or the unique church of Sanutario de Nossa Senhora do Cabo with two long buildings that used to house pilgrims.

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1.75 km

Sunset at the Cabo Espichel Lighthouse

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2.28 km

Observation Point

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3.42 km

Cape Espichel Lighthouse

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There is news that as early as 1430 the brotherhood of Our Lady of the Cape had installed a lighthouse that was the predecessor of the current lighthouse.

The current tower was inaugurated in 1790, in 1865 it was fueled by oil, changing fuel in 1886, when its light began to be powered by incandescent petroleum vapour and, much later in 1926, by electricity.

In 1983 this lighthouse had a lighting device installed, called a first order, which emitted light in groups of four white flashes, instead of the old fixed light system. With this new system it now had a luminous range of twenty-eight nautical miles (forty-five kilometres).

The support structure for the lighthouse was extended to the sides around 1900.

In 1947 a new era in terms of lighting was entered. An aero-maritime optical device was installed, which had previously been in service with the Cabo da Roca Lighthouse. This new dioptic - catadioptic optic called fourth order, a large model, has a focal length of thirty centimeters, producing single flashes, now with a luminous range of forty-two nautical miles (about sixty-seven kilometers).

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4.15 km

Casa da Água (House of Water), Cape Espichel

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Casa da Água is the terminal building of the aqueduct that supplied the Cabo Espichel sanctuary, and is therefore located in Cabo Espichel.

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4.29 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

2.17 km

1.09 km

714 m

269 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

3.16 km

755 m

195 m

142 m

Elevation

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Highest point (130 m)

Lowest point (40 m)

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Cape Espichel – Cape Espichel Lighthouse loop from Pedra da Mua Natural Monument

Stone Cross at the Sanctuary of Nossa Senhora da Pedra Mua

Sanctuary of Our Lady of Cabo Espichel

Cabo Espichel

Cape Espichel

Sunset at the Cabo Espichel Lighthouse

Observation Point

Cape Espichel Lighthouse

Casa da Água (House of Water), Cape Espichel

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