semi-exotic birds and the crazed Viana locals!!!

cog on 2005-01-01T21:33:46

I was looking for some information on surfing in Portugal, for lilstevey... I discovered that a beach close to Viana is considered by some entity as the best place in Europe for surfing... wow, I didn't know that :-)

Googling for "Praia da Mariana" (Mariana's Beach) and similars does not provide much information in English, but there is some...

This page, for instance, tells of some "semi-exotic birds" and has a warning about the "crazed Viana locals"...

Now... I know I used to go to that beach when I was a kid, but that's all over now, so...

Location here (it's the red circle, in Afife), very lousy photo here :-)

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Surfin

lilstevey on 2005-01-05T15:07:04

Wow. Looks mighty conveinient too.

I found a couple of places in/on Peniche, apparently ( so I've read ) they get pretty good surf down there too:

• http://www.penichesurfcamp.com/
• http://www.nomadsurfers.com/English/Portugal/portugal_peniche.htm

Re:Surfin

cog on 2005-01-06T14:42:29

apparently ( so I've read ) they get pretty good surf down there too

Yes they do. And check out Ericeira too, which can be found in this map.