• Lifeguards in bathing season only, with flags marking where to swim, since the waves here are strong
• Train from Lisbon to Carcavelos station on the Cascais line, then a walk down to the sand
• First aid and food on site, with a medical post plus restaurants and bars along the promenade

Praia de Carcavelos is a 1.25 km stretch of open sand beside the Fort of São Julião da Barra, the first Cascais beach coming from Lisbon. Strong Atlantic waves make it a surf, bodyboard and windsurf spot, with surf schools on the sand.

The beach also has three volleyball courts, three beach tennis courts, a footvolley court and a football field, and a promenade of cafés runs behind it.