• Train from Lisbon on the Cascais line to Santo Amaro station, so there is no parking hunt on summer weekends
• Lifeguarded beach with a beach bar and toilets on site
• Shade across the road in the Jardim Almirante Gago Coutinho, reached by a pedestrian underpass, for the hottest hours

The largest beach in Oeiras, a long stretch of sand between the mouth of the Ribeira da Laje and Praia da Saisa, beside the Forte de São Julião das Maias. Two stone jetties keep the water calmer, and surfers and beach volleyball players fill the sand.

A lit seafront promenade runs past the Oeiras marina to Torre beach, and a garden across the coast road offers shade.