Sines Castle and Vasco da Gama House
A medieval castle on the headland above the bay, said to be where Vasco da Gama was born, with a museum about the navigator.
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A medieval castle on the headland above the bay, said to be where Vasco da Gama was born, with a museum about the navigator.
The statue of the navigator who found the sea route to India, looking out to sea from the castle walls.
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The town beach, a sandy curve along the bay below the castle, with calm water and a seafront promenade.
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A striking modern building with a library, exhibitions and a concert hall, a hub of the FMM festival.
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A white fishing village with a pretty square and small coves below the cliffs, at the start of the Vicentine coast.
A 17th-century fort on the beach facing Pessegueiro Island, where the ruins of a second fort guard the channel.