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According to tradition, the site of Prince Henry’s base was the Sagres peninsula (see page 22), though there is little there today to persuade you of this.
Prince Henry the Navigator established his legendary Navigation School along Portugal’s southern coast (financing expeditions with royalties from the Algarve fishing industry), and intrepid explorers set out in caravels from Lagos and Sagres.
On a clear day you can see from the bay of Portimão to the Sagres peninsula, and pick out the rocky outcrops of the Lagos beaches.
Henry and his sailors are said to have set up camp at the Fortaleza de Sagres (fortress) that sits on the promontory, though little of the original structure has survived.
The hardscrabble town of Sagres and the area around it are remote, rugged, and desert-like, with only a relative smattering of hotels, restaurants, and other facilities aimed at tourists.