Portugal's Famous Fishing Town: With its natural beauty and stretches of long sandy beaches, Nazaré is a popular Portuguese beach resort and each year thousands of local and overseas tourists come to enjoy this lovely beach-side town. Walking along the seafront, it is quite obvious that tourism is the main contributor to Nazaré 's income. Yet, up until the 20th century, fishing, fish processing and sale of fish were the main source of livelihood for the people of Nazaré. Change in Fishing … [Read more...]
Nazaré – Portugal's Famous Fishing Village
November 4, 2009 by
Portugal's Famous Fishing Village: We arrive in Nazaré at lunchtime, after a 45 minutes drive from Batalho. This little fishing village with its huge stretch of beautiful sandy beach is a pleasant change of scenery from the castles, fortresses and churches that we've been visiting. We've already been primed on what to eat here, which restaurant has the best sardines or fish stew and who has the best cakes and coffee. Pedro our tour director recommends "Restaurante O Tamanco" for its … [Read more...]
