Boca do Inferno (in English: “Mouth of Hell”) is a scenic cliff formation located west of Cascais, Portugal. It gets its name from the rough ocean waves which crash against the cliff face, forcing their way into a cave system, and spraying angrily from an opening above.
The cave has been a tourist attraction for centuries. One of the first “actuality films”, A Sea Cave Near Lisbon (1896), was shot from inside the cave to showcase the majestic waves pouring in.
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| Name | Since | Distance | |||
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| The Cork Convent | 2019 | 10.4km | site_ao | ||
| Santíssima Trindade Church | 2016 | 17.6km | site_ao | ||
| National Coach Museum | 2014 | 20.2km | site_ao | ||
| Lisbon’s Electricity Museum | 2016 | 20.5km | site_ao | ||
| Castelo dos Mouros (Castle of the Moors) | 2016 | 12.3km | site_ao | ||
| Rhinoceros of Belem Tower | 2010 | 18.6km | site_ao | ||
| Pena National Palace | 2015 | 11.2km | site_ao | ||
| Quinta da Regaleira | 2012 | 12km | site_ao | ||
Ursa Beach  | 2019 | 12.3km | site_ao | ||
| Jerónimos Monastery | 2016 | 19.4km | site_ao | ||
| Monastery of the Hieronymites and Tower of Belém in Lisbon | 1983 | 18.6km | site_whs | ||
| Cultural Landscape of Sintra | 1995 | 10.3km | site_whs | ||
| The mysterious inverted tower steeped in Templar myth | 2020 | 12km | post |
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