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Boca do Inferno in Cascais
A unique seaside cave, called “Boca do Inferno” located on the western edge of Cascais and near to Santa Marta lighthouse is worth a mention, purely for its spectacular views.
There is however, more to this story, than astounding views, which makes it a noteworthy hidden gem.
In 1930, Aleister Crowley, a famed magician and occultist faked his own suicide at Boca do Inferno, with the help of the poet Fernando Pessoa. Pessoa handed Crowley’s suicide note to authorities, media and newspapers. Strangely, the mystic re-appeared three weeks later at his own exhibition in Berlin, which suggested that his faked suicide was merely a publicity stunt. It is also suggested that he concocted this plan to fake his own death in order to escape his girlfriend at the time, whom he was tired of. The instance was perhaps inspired by the death of Empedocles, who threw himself into a volcano.