PORTINHO DA ARRABIDA - Near
Setubal Routes identification at the bottom of this page.
ATENTION
!
Climbing in "Portinho da Arrábida" is forbidden until new information.
Nature Guards of (PNA) are walking around.
Setúbal is an industrial town 60 Km south of Lisbon. To go there take the
high-way road from Lisbon to Setúbal. Arrábida Mountain is just in direction
to west. In Setúbal, take the principal avenue " Luísa Tody" and go to the end
in West direction. At the end of the avenue, take the road to Arrábida and look
for the sign to Portinho da Arrábida. In this last two
years, Pedro Carvalho, Filipe, Flau, Francisco and Nelson opened a new Sector
called the Fent "A Fenda" . Now, we have one more sector added to seven existing
: Antigo, El Carallon, Dragões, Never
Land, Giro-fle-Giro-fla, Cú de
Judas, Piratas, Placas +Crocodilos.
Climbing here is very nice, because you have the beach of Portinho da
Arrabida near, just 5 minutes walking. A good and nice bath at the end of a
climb completes the pleasure of the day. At summer, routes are very hard,
because they are faced to south and are very hot. At winter, temperature is
good even in the rainy days and you can climb in the rain, because some routes
are protected. Attention there is nesting protection in Arrabida . Please
read the public signs. In the beach you have some restaurants where to eat or
buy a sandwich.
If you want to climb here for a week, stay in Setubal,
which is a nice town with very typical fish meal. Avoid staying in Lisbon for
the traffic and distance.
Ho to go there :
First, you must go in direction of Setúbal. Here, I explained before, you
take the road to the beach of - Portinho da Arrabida, taking the principal
avenue "Luísa Tody" and go to the end in direction to the West. At the end of
the avenue you will find the road to Arrábida and some Km after will see the
sign to Portinho da Arrábida. If you have difficult ask for it. When you
arrive it will be seen the bay like the photo.
Rock is limestone with holes and the cliffs are 10 to 27 meters high. The
cliff is oriented to south. The access is not very easy
Routes
All routes are well equipped with grades between IV and 8a. About 60% of
them are above 7b grade. This climb site is visited by high level climbers.
Is not good for beginners.
