Today I did a different routine in my day, I woke up early in the morning, around 8 am and headed towards Leça da Palmeira. The beach is about 15km from my house, by car it is about 20 minutes without traffic. Very close when you want to take a dip in the sea.
The beach was very calm, thankfully because with the situation of the COVID-19 that we are experiencing at the moment, all precautions are important. There were few people on the beach and because of that it was possible to maintain safe distances between families.
If you notice the beach is the yellow flag, this is because the sea was full of waves and is a signal to be careful to enter the sea. For surfers the sea was spectacular.
The small castle-like tower isolated on the sands of Leça da Palmeira does not lie at its original location. Commissioned in 1980 by local benefactor João Pinto de Araújo, the tower was located near the Leça river mouth, and was used as a signaling reference for the returning fishing vessels, and also as a warning of the any weather changes for the boats still at sea. The construction of the Dock nº1 at the Port of Leixões, in the early 20th century, wiped out the former river mouth and led to the demolition of this structure, which was eventually rebuilt at the beach as a supporting building to local activities.
Right next to the beach we have MC Donalds in case you want to eat something, but I preferred to go home and eat my healthy food. ehehe I try to avoid fast food as much as I can.
This area, it can be said that it is a rich area of Matosinhos, recent buildings and the cost of each apartment near the beach is very expensive. So I prefer to be a few kms away from the beach but at the same time I am not that far away and everything is much cheaper.
In this last photo you can see that there is a very wide walk in this area, giving the possibility of running or cycling quite far from everyone. A good place to keep your social distance and at the same time enjoy the smell of the sea and the refreshing breeze.
