SINES, A CITY BORN BY THE SEA

Sines is a small Portuguese town located in the Costa Alentejana of the Setúbal district. Its history has been shaped by the sea. From prehistory to the present day it was the sea and its resources that defined the economy, culture, composition and even the character of its people.
The famous Castle of Sines was built in 1424, at the request of the public prosecutor, Francisco Neto Chainho Pão Alvo. Estevão da Gama, father of the brilliant navigator Vasco da Gama, was his later Major. Vasco da Gama was born in Sines in 1469 and stood out for discovering the sea route from Portugal to India.
Under the reign of King Manuel I (1495-1521), the village received the Foral Novo (July 1512), during which time the castle underwent extensive modernization and expansion works, visible in the structure of the towers on the west side and in the window of the Alcaide Major Palace.
Sines is a small but rich territory that combines the best of the Alentejo Coast with a cosmopolitan vocation symbolized by its most illustrious son, Vasco da Gama, and the strength of its port activity. From the beaches of Porto Covo, among the most beautiful in Portugal, to international reference events such as the World Music Festival, there is no shortage of reasons to visit Sines all year round.