Paintshop Hostel
The Paintshop Hostel is Figueira da Foz's first international Backpackers located in a traditional Portuguese town house, a stone's throw from the bars, clubs and beaches of Portugal's popular Atlantic surfing resort. You can cater for yourselves in our well-equipped kitchen with dishwasher, or fill up on delicious food and local vinho at the many nearby bars and restaurants
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Figueira da Foz is a city of the district of Coimbra, in Portugal. It is located at the mouth of the Mondego river, 40 km west of Coimbra, and sheltered by the Serra (mountain) da Boa Viagem. The municipality has about 62,601 inhabitants. It is a coastal city with several beaches, summer and seaport facilities in the Atlantic Ocean coast. As a city of tourism it plays an important part in the centre of the country. A zone of legal gambling, you find here one of the biggest casinos of the Iberian Peninsula – the Casino Peninsular.
Discovered as a sea resort by the end of the 19th century, it gained great reputation in the 1920‘s and 1930‘s. The city had the Potuguese nickname of Rainha das Praias which means "Queen of the Beaches".
Figueira da Foz is home to Associação Naval 1º Maio, a football team of the main Portuguese football league. The city is also home for a basketball team, Ginásio Clube Figueirense which competes in the Portuguese basketball league. WNBA player Ticha Penicheiro was born in the city.
