Praia Grande Beach
Wide Atlantic surf beach of white sand under rugged cliffs, with dinosaur tracks on the south wall.
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About this audio guide
This audio guide to Praia Grande, on the Sintra coast near Colares, is about what grows in sand like the sand under your feet: the ungrafted vines of Colares wine and the rare Ramisco grape. It follows the diggers who worked three-metre trenches, the tiny aphid that ravaged Europe's vineyards in the late eighteen hundreds, and the Atlantic wind growers still fence out with cane. Best heard standing on the beach with the wind in your face.
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