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Lisbon and surroundings: A Beach in Guincho

Posted on September 2, 2014 | Leave a comment

Swimming in Guincho at 7-8 p.m.

After a long break at Santini in Caiscas – for the best ice cream in the world ; ) – we stop at one of the small beaches along the coast of Guincho towards Sintra (post to come), for a early evening swim!

The air is crisp and a bit freezy: few people on the beach, less in the icy water and powerful waves. Bad habit, I got used to go to superb desert pristine sandy beaches for miles in Alentejo. That’s why, I avoid the lovely beaches of Guincho crowded with people during the hottest hours.

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To go to Guincho from Lisbon, prefer the Marginal road along the ocean than the highway.

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Lisbonne et ses environs: une plage à Guincho

Posted on September 2, 2014 | Leave a comment

Vers 19-20h, baignade à Guincho.

Après une longue pause-glace Santini à Cascais – la meilleure glace au monde – nous nous arrêtons sur une des petites plages de Guincho qui bordent la côte en direction de Sintra (post à venir), pour une baignade de début de soirée.

L’air est vif : plus grand monde sur la plage, quelques aficionados dans l’eau glacée, puissants roulis. A force de fréquenter de superbes plages sauvages semi désertes sur des kilomètres, difficile d’apprécier les jolies plages de Guincho, lorsqu’elles sont bondées de monde… c’est à dire, aux heures les plus chaudes.

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Pour vous rendre à Guincho depuis et vers Lisbonne, préférez la Marginal qui longe l’Océan, à l’autoroute.

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Hillside Beach Club, Turkey: Watersports And Beach Party

Posted on August 17, 2014 | Leave a comment

I need to move, don’t you?

I love beach, but soon I need to walk, swim, dive (a must), surf (no comment, lol) …! Well to enjoy sports related with water: the only ones sports that really interest me at the seaside!

Here at the Hillside Beach Club, I started with the best: diving of course! Followed by a fast catamaran initiation: I haven’t done it for ages (picture 1)! Awesome when you can take the speed!

I regret not having had time to do a bit of water skiing. The facilities are new and the location is stunning: the pontoon is down a hillside (pictures 2, 3 & 4).

After sports, beach party!

No, I won’t play the jaded! It’s fun. A touch of Daft Punk, Pharrell and Azealia (Banks) mixed with stars in the sky, ephemeral bar on the beach, cool people and the sea, the sea, the sea … Good vibes!

Bye bye beach bar, we head to Le Pacha whose the small disco is desert tonight! Too bad, excellent extended remix of a song of Azealia (again!). Seriously I’m more into strawberries and almonds than alcohols (picture below)!

People prefer staying outside and chatting in comfortable white seats, along with a soup! Apparently it is a late evening habit in Turkey, just before going home. Around 1 am, I left the small team, to collapse in my bed! Tomorrow will be beach?