The Atlantic coast of Portugal is world renowned for it's
quality of surf. The World Surf Tour comes to Peniche on the
Silver Coast every year and Surfer Mag acknowledged Supertubes
(supertubos) and the Baleal beaches as being among the best
surfing spots in the world. Below is a very long video of two
Welsh Lads enjoying a full day of surf at one of the many surf
spot beaches at Peniche.

Peniche Surfing Portugal - youtube

There are many surf schools around Peniche and the Obidos
lagoon. The area around Peniche has unique geography that
guarantees surf every day. Below is a brief 5 second clip of
surfing at Foz do Arelho beach at the mouth of the Obidos
Lagoon....

Surfing at Foz do Arelho beach - youtube

All along the Silver Coast the almost deserted beaches attract
surfers, and the area north of Nazare is renowned for it's very
quiet beaches and the rolling surf there. Below is a video of
Skimboarding (skimming) on the Pedra do Ouro beach....

Pedra do Ouro - Skimboarding - youtube video

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Extreme sports like Hang Gliding and Paragliding are popular on
the Silver Coast and pilots are frequently seen using thermals
to launch themselves from cliffs and then soaring above the
almost empty expanses of beach in various places from the Obidos
Lagoon to Nazare and beyond. This sequence below shows
Paragliding and "soaring" over the beach at Pedra do Ouro.

Pedra do Ouro - Paragliding - youtube video clip

As well as Hang Gliding and Paragliding at the beach of Bom
Sucesso, Microlight aircraft fly from the small airfield at
Arelho located at the inland end of the Obidos Lagoon and I've
also included two videos of those....

This real time action video below is of a Microlight flight over
the lagoon and gives a realistic feel for what it must be like
to fly over the Lagoa de Óbidos and coastline and the views are
truly astounding when the pilot can keep the camera under
control.

Microlight over Beach/Lagoon - youtube video

This sequence of still photos in the video below is selected
from a similar flight and starts with take off and ends with
landing at the same small grass airfield located at Arelho a few
kilometres up the Lagoa de Óbidos and near to Caldas da Rainha.
On route the video sequence includes some spectacular aerial
shots of Caldas the Obidos Lagoon, the beaches at the ocean
opening at Foz do Arelho and Bom Sucesso and the coastline and
landscape around the Lagoa de Óbidos.

Caldas / Obidos / Lagoon aerial photos - youtube

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From: Tracey Brookman
Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 08:38:43 +0100

Hi David

We bought two properties off plan at Atlântico Village, Pedra do
Ouro in 2006 which are now complete. The intention was to sell
one of them but clearly the market is not ideal for doing that.

I wondered what your view is of the property market. We're now
going to rent that one out and 'forget' about it for 5 years. We
currently use the other as our holiday home. General view is
that things will be picking up but I'm always interested in
other people's opinions.

We're fairly sure the golf course promised won't be constructed -
certainly not for a good while so we're obviously a little
concerned about our investment!

I look forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards,
Tracey Brookman

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