Active holidays
For that one rainy day
In Caldas da Rainha there is a great bowling alley: Bowling Caldas.
Experience the underwater world of the Costa de Prata
In the Peniche area there are several diving schools, like Haliotis, JustDive, and AcuaSubOeste. They offer you diving lessons, or a diving trip to the Berlenga islands.
Enjoy an organised activity
Adventure By You offers all kinds of activities and excursions, like dolphin spotting, horseriding on the beach or inland, bicycle tours, or a wine excursion. Tours are in English.
Atlantic Safaris in Nazaré offers a great day in or at the sea. Flyboarding, dolphin spotting, a tour to the Berlengas, scubadiving, and lots more. Tours are in English.
Jinah Trans offers guided tours during low season. Jan and Hilde love to take you to the best places in the Costa de Prata (Silver Coast). Tours are in Dutch, English, French and German.
Lots of cycling possibilities
Although the Portuguese are not very keen cyclists, the number of cycling paths is increasing and the government is working on the promotion of cycling.
If you would like to explore the area by bicycle, you can contact for example Buka Bike, or Bikerent Silvercoast. You can pick up the bikes at their place, but they also deliver the bikes at your holiday rental.
At BikeIberia you can rent a bicycle for the whole of the Iberian peninsula. Please make sure you make your reservation at least 72 hours before rental date.
The best country to play golf
Although it all started in the Algarve, you can now find golfcourses all over the country. However, the best and most beautiful courses are at the Silver Coast!
Bom Sucesso
Vau
2510-663 Óbidos
Dolce Campo Real
Estrada Municipal, 619 - 1/Cadriceira
2565 - 779 Turcifal/Torres Vedras
Royal Óbidos
Cabeço da Serra, Óbidos
2510-665 - Vau
Praia D'El Rey
Vale de Janelas
2514-999 Óbidos
West Cliffs
Vau, Óbidos
Looking to book a golfcourse for a reasonable GreenFee?
Go karting
Do you want to do some laps on the track, and relax on the beach after that? That’s also possible at the Costa de Prata!
There is an outdoor track near Lourinhã, Bombarral, Batalha, and Leiria.
In Caldas da Rainha there is an indoor track.
Exploring the area by horse
For riding lessons or hacks you can contact:
- CEIA (Centro Equestre Internacional de Alfeizerão)
- Centro Hípico de Alcaria, in de Serra de Aire e de Candeeiros
For shop-aholics
If you love to shop, the Costa de Prata is also the place to be, because there are many shopping centres in the area.
You can find them in the list below. There are also some centres outside the area in the list, but all can be reached within an hour.
Shopping in the Costa de Prata
- LeiriaShopping in Leiria
- ArenaShopping in Torres Vedras
- W-Shopping in Santarem
- La Vie in Caldas da Rainha
Shopping in Coimbra:
- Coimbra Shopping
- Forum Coimbra
- Alma Shopping Coimbra
Shopping in Lisbon:
- Centro Vasco da Gama
- Dolce Vita Tejo
- Colombo
- Amoreiras Shopping Center
- Armazéns do Chiado
- El Corte Ingles
Outlet Centers:
- Strada Shopping & Fashion Outlet is just north of Lisbon
- South of Lisbon, just on the other side of the Tagus river, is the Freeport outlet shopping centre in Alcochete
- Between Alenquer and the Tagus river, close to Carregado, is Campera Outlet Shopping
Discover the Silver Coast by foot
OESTE, or the west, is an area in the centre of Portugal, and is part of the Costa de Prata or Silver Coast. This mainly green area knows bright light and a mild climate.
The nature invites you for a hike:
The landscape is very varied: ocean, woods, fields, lagoon, vineyards, rivers and bay, alternates with small white villages, ruines, windmills, white churches and typical hamlets. All of that in landscape with beautiful hills, from which you have stunning views.
There are many hiking possibilities in the area.
The municipality of Alcobaça has a large number of hikes published on their website, at the botttom of the page of each hike you can download a PDF about the route, it's in English and Portuguese.
Also the municipality of Óbidos has a number of hikes on their website.
In de Serra de Aire e de Candeeiros you can enjoy the vastness, there are quite a few walks, you can get the information from the tourist office in Porto de Mós.
The area offers many marked footpaths, and there are possibilities for geocaching.
You can also check our page Hiking routes, we continuously add new routes on that page.
Water fun for the whole family!
At the Costa de Prata you are never far from the sea if you want to swim. But a water park is of course also a great day out, especially for the kids.
There are 'Parques Aquáticos' in Peniche, Vieira de Leiria, and at the exit of the Grutas Mira d'Aire in the Serra de Aire e de Candeeiros.
Be free to use the information on this web site but always place a link to the source: https://costadeprata.info- Do you have an interesting article, blog or do you have a suggestion? Send us a message