{"id":59320,"date":"2026-10-14T10:16:25","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T10:16:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realdreams.pt\/?post_type=to-visit&#038;p=59320"},"modified":"2026-10-14T10:16:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T10:16:25","slug":"meco","status":"publish","type":"to-visit","link":"https:\/\/realdreams.pt\/zh\/attractions-to-visit\/regions-of-portugal\/lisbon-surroundings\/meco\/","title":{"rendered":"Praia do Meco"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Meco is the beach that Lisbon keeps for itself: a long sweep of open Atlantic sand south of the Tagus, backed by dunes and pinewoods, with a bohemian village behind it and a naturist tradition that began in the 1970s, when travellers camped here long before there was any road worth the name.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Freedoms of the Meco<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officially the Praia do Moinho de Baixo, the Meco stretches for some four kilometres of fine sand between the Lagoa de Albufeira and the great cliffs of Cape Espichel. The northern stretch, closest to the famous beach bar, is where families settle; at the southern end, beyond a big dune, lies the Rio da Prata, one of the first officially recognised naturist beaches in Portugal \u2014 a discreet and easy-going corner that has kept its character for fifty years. The fishers still haul their nets ashore in the old almadrava style on some days, and the coastal path towards the cape passes dunes and seabird country all the way to the <a href=\"https:\/\/realdreams.pt\/zh\/attractions-to-visit\/regions-of-portugal\/lisbon-surroundings\/santuario-do-cabo-espichel\/\">sanctuary of Cape Espichel<\/a>, within the older parish of <a href=\"https:\/\/realdreams.pt\/zh\/attractions-to-visit\/regions-of-portugal\/lisbon-surroundings\/castelo-de-sesimbra\/\">Sesimbra&#8217;s castle<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What to see<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The wide sands and dunes of the Meco proper<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Rio da Prata naturist beach beyond the dune<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The beach bar and surf scene<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The coastal walking route to Cape Espichel<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The pinewoods around the Aldeia do Meco<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Practical information<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Meco lies about 40 kilometres south of Lisbon, near Sesimbra. Access is by its own road from Alfarim; parking fills early on summer weekends. The sea is powerful and the beach shelves steeply at high tide \u2014 swim with care, and watch children closely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Image credit: Praia do Meco by F nando \u2014 CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Four kilometres of Atlantic sand south of Lisbon, with dunes and pines \u2014 and the naturist beach of Rio da Prata beyond.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":59301,"parent":12301,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1074],"tags":[1072],"attraction-categ":[1059],"localidade":[359],"content-type":[],"grupo-de-experiencias":[],"experiencia-tipo":[],"regioes_turisticas_term":[223],"class_list":["post-59320","to-visit","type-to-visit","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-city","tag-region-of-portugal","attraction-categ-natural-wonders-parks","localidade-sesimbra","regioes_turisticas_term-lisbon-and-surroundings"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.8 (Yoast SEO v28.7) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Praia do Meco \u2014 Lisbon | Real Dreams<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Praia do Meco near Sesimbra: wide sands, dunes, surf and the Rio da Prata naturist beach, 40 minutes from Lisbon.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/realdreams.pt\/zh\/attractions-to-visit\/regions-of-portugal\/lisbon-surroundings\/meco\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"zh_CN\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Praia do Meco\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Praia do Meco near Sesimbra: wide sands, dunes, surf and the Rio da Prata naturist beach, 40 minutes from Lisbon.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/realdreams.pt\/zh\/attractions-to-visit\/regions-of-portugal\/lisbon-surroundings\/meco\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Real Dreams\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/realdreams.pt\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/rd07-11-meco.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1440\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/realdreams.pt\\\/attractions-to-visit\\\/regions-of-portugal\\\/lisbon-surroundings\\\/meco\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/realdreams.pt\\\/attractions-to-visit\\\/regions-of-portugal\\\/lisbon-surroundings\\\/meco\\\/\",\"name\":\"Praia do Meco \u2014 Lisbon | Real Dreams\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/realdreams.pt\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/realdreams.pt\\\/attractions-to-visit\\\/regions-of-portugal\\\/lisbon-surroundings\\\/meco\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/realdreams.pt\\\/attractions-to-visit\\\/regions-of-portugal\\\/lisbon-surroundings\\\/meco\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/realdreams.pt\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/rd07-11-meco.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-10-14T10:16:25+00:00\",\"description\":\"Praia do Meco near Sesimbra: wide sands, dunes, surf and the Rio da Prata naturist beach, 40 minutes from Lisbon.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/realdreams.pt\\\/attractions-to-visit\\\/regions-of-portugal\\\/lisbon-surroundings\\\/meco\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"zh-CN\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/realdreams.pt\\\/attractions-to-visit\\\/regions-of-portugal\\\/lisbon-surroundings\\\/meco\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"zh-CN\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/realdreams.pt\\\/attractions-to-visit\\\/regions-of-portugal\\\/lisbon-surroundings\\\/meco\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/realdreams.pt\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/rd07-11-meco.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/realdreams.pt\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/rd07-11-meco.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1440,\"caption\":\"The long Atlantic beach of Meco, south of Lisbon. 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