International Marketing Portugal were pleased to hear recently that the Cresmina dunes at Guincho in the municipality of Cascais will have an environmental centre by this summer, representing an investment of more than €3 million.
“The new space will allow for the interpretation of this dune system, with explanatory panels, maps, a multimedia application and a virtual viewing point for the horizon and the surrounding landscape to be viewed,” said Cascais deputy mayor Miguel Pinto Luz. The project will also allow for guided tours of the dune system with a digital guide.
Our source at International Marketing Portugal, a Lisbon-based sales and marketing company said, “It’s fantastic that money is being invested in this area. It’s a real area of natural beauty, as well as being environmentally important.”
The Cresmina dunes interpretation centre is a project that belongs to the municipal Cascais Natura agency and is part of a candidacy to the QREN and PIT – Turismo de Portugal, representing an investment of €3.6 million. The project also includes the renovation of the car parking area and access to Cresmina beach that is due to be concluded by the start of this year’s bathing season.
Other information centres will also be built along the Cascais coast, namely in Abano, where the new centre will “interpret the geology and the important and rare flora that exists between Abano and Grota beaches”. Another centre is due to be built at Biscaia, although this is currently suspended due to lack of agreement with the land owner. Information centres are also to be created at Peninha and Quinta do Pisão in the Serra de Sintra, to attract more visitors to those areas.
“In Peninha, the centre is already being created with a partnership. This space will include an information centre about the existing heritage,” said Mr. Miguel Pinto Luz.
“Projects like this are so important for conservation in Portugal,” said our source at International Marketing Portugal, “To see it happening on such a wide scale is great.”
At Quinta do Pisão, which is already open to the public, an information centre and visitor reception will be created, as well as museum spaces for the existing artefacts. This project has no set date yet, but the aim is for the building at the quinta, that covers 480 hectares, to be refurbished
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