Surf Ericeira, Portugal
The coastline north of Ericeira, plenty of peaks After our four days in Madrid, the next stop on our summer break was a week of surfing at Ericeira, a town just north of Lisbon. Kate had come to Portugal for a yoga camp in the Algarve and we had become aware of Portugal through magazines such as Monocle which often had features on Porto and Lisbon. A typical streetscape in Ericeira (Kate is not typical) This is in front of the well curated surf shop MagicQuiver Initially we were looking to go to Morocco to surf but the conditions there are reputed to be unreliable at this time of year. We looked at Portugal as a destination and Ericeira emerged as the most reliable destination at this time of year. Even better, it had recently been announced as a UNESCO World Heritage Surfing site. Even the deserted building in the town centre added a particular charm ...