Praia de Galapinhos ("Galapinhos beach") is located in the Arrábida Natural Park, in Setúbal, Portugal. It was elected as the best European beach of the year 2017 (European Best Destinations website). This beach is characterized by very calm and transparent waters, which are invariably cold all year long. This is a well preserved wild beach destination less than one hour away from Lisbon. It is common to see wild boars here.

In the high season (Summer, in particular), it is very hard to find a place to park your car nearby the beach. It is possible to park the car along the road and walk all the way down to the sand strip, going through a very short dirt trail.

Throughout the day, the tide can vary a lot in this beach, so be prepared to move your towel and stuff here and there, looking for a new place.