Where you’ll surf: Carcavelos, only 20 minutes out of Lisbon.

Pros: Lisbon is good-looking party town, under an hour from the surf mecca that is Peniche. You can get down there in the autumn to watch the world’s best compete in the RipCurl Pro. When it’s quiet, surf the radness that is Supertubos

Cons: If the wind is wrong it can stink of fish. Peniche that is, not Lisbon. That smells of good times.