Sines Attractions

Once an unassuming little fishing town in a rocky bay on a dune fringed stretch of Portugal's southern coast, Sines has grown since the early 1970s to become one of the country's biggest ports and industrial centers (industry park, with oil refinery), although it has only been possible to achieve part of the ambitious plans for the town and it can quite happily be omitted from a tour of Portugal.

Sines is the birthplace of Vasco da Gama (1469-1524), discoverer of the sea route to India in 1497/98.

The house where Vasco da Gama was born has been reconstructed as a museum.