Luíz Saldanha Natural Marine Reserve

The Marine Prof. Park Luiz Saldanha is the marine reserve area of the Natural Park of Arrábida. Established in 1976, covers about 53 square kilometers corresponding to the 38 km of coast between the beach and the Figueirinha Cape Espichel. It is an area with a unique natural wealth at national and European level, where more than 1,000 species of marine animals and plants, already in the late nineteenth century aroused the interest of King Carlos, among other naturalists and universities.