Magicial Melides: The New Place to Be?

As your feet slide through the warm sand, you take deep breaths of the delicate scent wafting from the surrounding pine and eucalyptus forests. The glowing red sun dips languidly below the horizon, its light drenching this incredibly picturesque Portuguese beach in a rosy wash. Dramatic, ancient sandstone cliffs jut from the coastline, their canine peaks and weather beaten crags interspersed with caves and hollows that catch the last rays of the sun, shining in resplendent gold – an unforgettable spectacle. Welcome to Melides, a hidden gem on the Atlantic coast in Portugal’s Alentejo region, roughly 130 kilometers southeast of Lisbon.