The Walk

A Visit to the Dinosaur Tracks on the Salir do Porto Headlands

We will follow a loop trail from Salir do Porto passing a recently cleared area containing hundres of dinosaur tracks. The walk starts at the Salir do Porto swimming pools and goes up the side of the dune to the headlands. From there it winds through the unpaved tracks and paths to an exposed limestone slab more than 20,000 square meters in area. A portion of this slab has been recently surveyed by palentologists and geologists from Geoparque Oeste in Bombarral and Sociedade de História Natural in Torres Vedras. Some of the tracks are cleaned and easy to find but more than 3/4 of the slab remains in its untouched state.

This same area is the site of a 1949 shipwreck of a 100+ meter long British Royal Navy tank transport ship. Very little remains of the wreck as it was salvaged shortly after the sinking.

The return to the Salir do Porto pools follows a different, but similar route.

Timing

The walk is about 6 km and is expected to take about 2 hrs

Car meeting and start point

Place	Coordinates
Salir do Porto swimming pool parking area	39.500742, -9.151386

Map

Coffee Stop

Refreshments at the Salir Pool Cafe after the walk

Notes

• Walk leader: Flynn Wendling

GeoParque Oeste: https://www.geoparqueoeste.com

Sociedade de História Natural de Torres Vedras: https://www.shn.pt