{"id":796,"date":"2017-05-23T12:00:43","date_gmt":"2017-05-23T19:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pxl8.es\/?p=796"},"modified":"2017-05-31T23:44:08","modified_gmt":"2017-06-01T06:44:08","slug":"the-edge-of-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pxl8.es\/index.php\/2017\/05\/23\/the-edge-of-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"The Edge of the World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Cabo da Roca is the westernmost point in continental Europe. It&#8217;s marked by a large monument, fields of wildflowers, and ocean that reaches unbroken to the horizon.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pxl8.es\/index.php\/2017\/05\/23\/the-edge-of-the-world\/img_3380-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-815\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-815 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_3380-769x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Standing in front of the Cabo da Roca Monument\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_3380-769x1024.jpg 769w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_3380-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_3380-768x1023.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_3380-600x799.jpg 600w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_3380.jpg 961w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After spending the previous night in <a href=\"http:\/\/pxl8.es\/index.php\/2017\/05\/16\/sintra\/\">Sintra<\/a>, I took a bus out to Cabo da Roca. It was very windy, and I lost the hood to my jacket! The area is not very developed; there&#8217;s only a lighthouse (originally built in 1772) and gift shop\/restaurant. I stuck around for a light lunch a little geocaching before continuing on to Porto.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-796 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pxl8.es\/index.php\/2017\/05\/23\/the-edge-of-the-world\/img_1638\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_1638-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Sitting near the Cabo da Roca Lighthouse\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-812\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_1638-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_1638-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_1638-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_1638-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_1638-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_1638.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-812'>\n\t\t\t\tSitting near the Cabo da Roca Lighthouse\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pxl8.es\/index.php\/2017\/05\/23\/the-edge-of-the-world\/img_1646\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_1646-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Cabo da Roca\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-813\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_1646-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_1646-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_1646-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_1646-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_1646-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_1646.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-813'>\n\t\t\t\tCabo da Roca\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pxl8.es\/index.php\/2017\/05\/23\/the-edge-of-the-world\/img_3378\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_3378-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Cabo da Roca Lighthouse\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-814\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_3378-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_3378-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_3378-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_3378-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_3378-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_3378.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-814'>\n\t\t\t\tCabo da Roca Lighthouse\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pxl8.es\/index.php\/2017\/05\/23\/the-edge-of-the-world\/img_3392\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_3392-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Sintra Mountains\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-816\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_3392-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_3392-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_3392-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_3392-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_3392-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_3392.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-816'>\n\t\t\t\tSintra Mountains\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pxl8.es\/index.php\/2017\/05\/23\/the-edge-of-the-world\/img_3393\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_3393-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Cabo da Roca\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-817\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_3393-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_3393-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_3393-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_3393-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_3393-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_3393.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-817'>\n\t\t\t\tCabo da Roca\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pxl8.es\/index.php\/2017\/05\/23\/the-edge-of-the-world\/img_3403\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_3403-300x225.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Wildflowers at Cabo da Roca\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_3403-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_3403-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_3403-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_3403-600x450.jpg 600w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_3403-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/IMG_3403.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-819'>\n\t\t\t\tWildflowers at Cabo da Roca\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Less than 2km from\u00a0Cabo da Roca is the beautiful and elusive Praia da Ursa. It can only be accessed by hiking down a steep dirt path in a cliff, but the views are well worth it.\u00a0Regrettably, I couldn&#8217;t make the journey, but my friend <a href=\"http:\/\/yourshot.nationalgeographic.com\/profile\/1009103\/\">Paolo<\/a>\u00a0went about a week before I did, and he took these amazing photographs that he kindly let me share here.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-796 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-medium'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pxl8.es\/index.php\/2017\/05\/23\/the-edge-of-the-world\/dsc_0102\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"210\" src=\"https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_0102-300x210.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Praia da Ursa \u00a9 Paolo Roberto 2016\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-824\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_0102-300x210.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_0102-768x538.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_0102-1024x717.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_0102-600x420.jpg 600w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_0102.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-824'>\n\t\t\t\tPraia da Ursa \u00a9 Paolo Roberto 2016\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pxl8.es\/index.php\/2017\/05\/23\/the-edge-of-the-world\/dsc_0128\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_0128-300x199.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Praia da Ursa \u00a9 Paolo Roberto 2016\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-826\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_0128-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_0128-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_0128-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_0128-600x398.jpg 600w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_0128-330x220.jpg 330w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_0128.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-826'>\n\t\t\t\tPraia da Ursa \u0016\u0003\u0003\u00a9 Paolo Roberto 2016\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/pxl8.es\/index.php\/2017\/05\/23\/the-edge-of-the-world\/dsc_0108\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_0108-300x199.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"Praia da Ursa \u00a9 Paolo Roberto 2016\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-825\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_0108-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_0108-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_0108-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_0108-600x398.jpg 600w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_0108-330x220.jpg 330w, https:\/\/pxl8.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/DSC_0108.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-825'>\n\t\t\t\tPraia da Ursa \u00a9 Paolo Roberto 2016\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cabo da Roca is the westernmost point in continental Europe. It&#8217;s marked by a large monument, fields of wildflowers, and ocean that reaches unbroken to the horizon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":818,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[14,44,64,12,33,18,63],"class_list":["post-796","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-travelogue","tag-beach","tag-cabo-da-roca","tag-cliffs","tag-day-trip","tag-grand-european-adventure","tag-portugal","tag-shoreline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pxl8.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pxl8.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pxl8.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pxl8.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pxl8.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=796"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/pxl8.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":856,"href":"https:\/\/pxl8.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/796\/revisions\/856"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pxl8.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pxl8.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=796"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pxl8.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=796"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pxl8.es\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=796"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}