Ursa Beach
Wild cove of towering sea stacks beneath sheer cliffs, reached only by a steep, rugged footpath.
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About this audio guide
This guide to Ursa Beach, below Cabo da Roca near Sintra, turns on one March morning in two thousand eighteen, when five young travellers from Brazil and Germany were camping on the sand beneath the cliffs. Along the way it takes in the old legend of the stubborn mother bear who gave the beach its name. Best heard standing on the sand, facing the sea stacks.
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