It has an abundance of fantastic beaches. These magnificent and often unoccupied beaches include Troia, Soltroia, Comporta, Brejos da Carregueira, Carvalhal, Pego, Aberta Nova, Pinheiro da Cruz, and itself which has a wonderful lagoon which channels through to the Atlantic Ocean. The Sado estuary and surrounding areas are house to as many as two hundred different ranges of birds throughout the year and a myriad of fish and shellfish including sea bass, red mullet, cuttlefish and sole.