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Houses rather than flats
Villas behind walls, villa and townhouse condominiums around Birre and Torre, and older village houses in Birre and Aldeia de Juso.
Buying property in Birre & Quinta da Marinha
Villas, golf and pine woods between Cascais town and the Guincho coast, where the A5 motorway ends.
In short. Birre and Quinta da Marinha belong to the parish of UF Cascais e Estoril, where the INE median sale price was €5,459/m² in the 12 months to March 2026 (INE, parish level), above the municipal €4,687/m². The area suits buyers who want a detached house with a garden or a golf-estate villa a short drive from Cascais town, and who are comfortable living by car rather than by train.
€5,459Parish median / m² (INE)
~50 minby train to Cais do Sodré
~24 minto Lisbon airport by car
~10 min driveto the beach
INE median sale price per m² for the parish UF Cascais e Estoril, 12 months to March 2026 (INE, parish level). The parish also includes Cascais town and Estoril; INE publishes no figure for Birre or Quinta da Marinha alone. Train: approx. 10 min by bus or car to Cascais station, then 40 min to Cais do Sodré (CP timetable from 6 April 2026). Airport: approximate free-flow drive (rome2rio). Beach: rough driving estimate, not measured. Photo: Ryan Stanikk, Unsplash License, via Unsplash.
Life in Birre & Quinta da Marinha
Why buyers choose Birre & Quinta da Marinha
Birre begins where the A5 stops. At the Rotunda Delfim Santos, opened in 2016, the road splits north towards Aldeia de Juso and Charneca and south towards Birre, Torre, Areia, Quinta da Marinha and Guincho. Beyond it the density drops: old village cores, walled villa plots and a pine-covered golf estate.
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Golf on the doorstep
The 18-hole Quinta da Marinha course by Robert Trent Jones (par 71, opened 1984) and Arthur Hills' Oitavos Dunes lie inside or beside the estate.
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Guincho and Cascais both close
The Blue Flag beaches of Guincho and Cresmina are to the west; Cascais town, its market and the railway terminus to the east.
Where it is
Birre & Quinta da Marinha on the map
Birre lies just west and north-west of Cascais town, at the western end of the A5 from Lisbon. Quinta da Marinha stretches south-west from Birre towards the Atlantic at Oitavos.
Nearby
Points of interest around Birre & Quinta da Marinha
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Quinta da Marinha golf course
18 holes, par 71, 5,870 m; designed by Robert Trent Jones, opened 1984 (quintadamarinha.com).
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Oitavos Dunes
18-hole course by Arthur Hills on woodland and dunes beside the coast road to Guincho.
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Boca do Inferno
Sea arch and cliffs on Av. Rei Humberto II de Itália, reached from Cascais on a coastal walkway.
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Guincho cycle path
Stretch from Duna da Cresmina to Estrada da Areia rebuilt in asphalt in 2025 for €233,016 (Cascais Ambiente).
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Mercado da Vila, Cascais
Municipal market, Mon–Sat 06:30–17:00; saloio farmers' market Wednesdays and Saturdays until 14:00.
Getting around
Infrastructure & access
The nearest station is Cascais, the terminus of the Linha de Cascais, 40 minutes from Cais do Sodré with all trains stopping at every station. MobiCascais buses, free with the Viver Cascais card, link the area with the station, including a circular route via Areia to Guincho (line M15; check the current timetable). The A5 starts at the Rotunda Delfim Santos on the edge of Birre. Primary care is at the Centro de Saúde de Cascais on Rua Padre Moisés da Silva, and the Hospital de Cascais is in neighbouring Alcabideche.
- StationCascais · 40 min to Cais do Sodré
- BeachGuincho and Cresmina, Blue Flag 2026
- Main roadsA5 ends at Rotunda Delfim Santos
- International schoolsKing's College School, Cascais
Schools & family
Education
King's College School Cascais is in Cascais: it opened in September 2022 on the former PaRK IS Cascais campus, inaugurated its new campus in September 2025 and in 2026/27 enrols from age 1 to Year 12. Aprendizes and St George's School, both on Rua dos Depósitos de Água in Cascais, offer Cambridge programmes alongside Portuguese, and IPS Cascais is in Bicesse (Alcabideche). The 2018/19 municipal list places EB/JI nº2 de Birre in the Agrupamento de Escolas da Cidadela and EB Areia-Guincho in the Agrupamento de Escolas de Cascais; confirm the current catchment.
Homes
What you can buy in Birre & Quinta da Marinha
Around Quinta da Marinha the stock is detached villas on large plots, many in gated or golf-estate settings; the estate grew from a property founded in the 1920s by Carlos Montez Champalimaud, whose pine planting helped stabilise the dunes. Birre and Torre add villa and townhouse condominiums, and Birre and Aldeia de Juso keep older village houses that come up for renovation. Apartments are the exception.
Before you buy
What to check in Birre & Quinta da Marinha
Parts of the western and northern edge lie within or near the Parque Natural Sintra-Cascais, and which Quinta da Marinha parcels fall inside it must be checked plot by plot on the PDM and Natural Park maps. Ask for the planta de condicionantes to see REN or RAN restrictions before planning an extension. Next to open land, ask the Câmara about the planning status of neighbouring plots.
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FAQ
Birre & Quinta da Marinha — common questions
The INE median sale price for UF Cascais e Estoril, the parish that includes Birre and Quinta da Marinha, was €5,459/m² in the 12 months to March 2026 (INE, parish level), above the Cascais municipal median of €4,687/m².
No. Cascais station is roughly 10 minutes away by bus or car (approximate), and trains from there take 40 minutes to Cais do Sodré.
The school is in Cascais; its published addresses are Rua Cesário Verde 395 and Rua Dr. Manuel António Costa Matos 164, both with Cascais postcodes. Time the school run from your chosen street.
It depends on the plot. Inside the Natural Park the POPNSC rules (RCM 1-A/2004) apply on top of the PDM; elsewhere the PDM classification decides.
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