Cascais Guide

Cascais (pron. IPA: [kɐʃ'kaiʃ]) is a coastal town 30 kilometres west of Lisbon,with about 33 000 residents in the town. It is a cosmopolitan suburb of the Portuguese capital and one of the richest municipalities in Portugal. The former fishing village gained fame as a resort for Portugal's royal family in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Nowadays it is a popular vacation spot for both Portuguese and foreign tourists.Cascais is also a municipality with over 100 000 inhabitants.It is located in the Estoril Coast,in Greater Lisbon area. It has a regional airport in Tires (S. Domingos de Rana), "Aeroporto Municipal de Cascais".

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