Miradouro do Precipício

The name says it all: this lookout in Fajã da Ovelha — a parish created in the 16th century, where one of the first settlers, Gonçalo Ferreira de Carvalho, owned land — stands at the top of a sheer cliff very close to the shore, on the ER 223 going down to Paul do Mar. Below, the magnificence of the Atlantic and the green mountains of the coast, and a unique view of Paul do Mar, an important fishing port and a surf spot renowned for the power of its swell, like its neighbour Jardim do Mar.