Parking in Nazaré is a nightmare.

Finding a place in a restaurant in August is an adventure.

There’s an old trick that keeps working: Go up to Sítio, where parking is not so difficult and the restaurants are not so crowded.

If you decide to go to the beach, in 5 minutes of descent you’re in the middle of everything.​

And so, you may appreciate one of the highlights of Nazaré, more than 100 years old.

​This summer I decided to park in Sitio, and use the lift to descend to the beach.

My God! I forgot we were in August!

​The line was so long that we went back and took the car down, to park… far… far… in the south.