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.