The Ribeira d'Ilhas beach, which routinely hosts a round of the World Surf Championship and is widely regarded as one of the best beaches in Europe[citation needed] for the practice of this sport, is located 2 km to the north of the city. It is a popular destination for holiday-makers and amateur surfers, as there are over 40 beaches with good surf in the area. For other uses, see Surfing (disambiguation). ... This article is 150 kilobytes or more in size. ...
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Ericeira is 50 km northwest of Lisbon, 10 km from Mafra.
Touisprai buses run from Ericeira to Ribeira das llhas to the north and Lizando to the south.
Ericeira, draped above the clifftops with narrow cobbled streets, white-washed houses and kitsch Christmas decorations manages to cling rather tentatively to its traditional village status.
Ericeira was and is the Mecca of Portuguese surfing.
An extremely hollow left reef break, located in front of the camping and caravan park north of Ericeira, which works best on South/SW swells, holding large surf if the swell directions is perfect.
It is your last chance when everything else in Ericeira is huge and you dont feel like driving.