Cabo da Roca, Colares, Portugal

Cabo da Roca is the western most point of mainland Portugal, as well as continental Europe. It is located in the parish of Colares, Sintra municipality and district of Lisbon. The place is visitable, not until the extreme but until a zone to the altitude of 140 m. The cable forms the western end of the Serra de Sintra, precipitating over the Atlantic Ocean.

Luís Vaz de Camões described it as the place "Where the land ends and the sea begins" in "Os Lusíadas", Canto III. A stone pattern with a tombstone mark this geographical feature to all who visit this place. Its flora is diverse and, in many cases, it has unique species, being the object of several studies that also extend to geomorphology, among others.

In the zone there is a lighthouse its a tourist shop. It is inserted in the Natural Park of Sintra-Cascais, in an area of easy access and of great tourist affluence, being many people who visit it. On Sunday it is usual to concentrate several groups of motorcyclists.