WalkablyIs Cascais walkable?
This page covers Cascais: 214,000 people, including Parede and Alcabideche.
In Cascais, the walk to a park compares best with Europe: 2 minutes for the typical resident, better than most of Europe. The walk to culture compares least well with Europe: 14 minutes for the typical resident, worse than most of Europe. Easiest to walk: Carcavelos (74). Hardest: Polima in São Domingos de Rana (47).
The city at a glance
On the map, click any street to see its score and the walk to each need.
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The walk to eight daily needs
Minutes on foot for a typical resident.
| Need | Typical walk | Compared with Europe | People with one within 20 min |
|---|---|---|---|
| Groceries | 4 min | Better than most | 99% |
| Food and drink | 3 min | Better than most | 100% |
| Shops | 3 min | Better than most | 99% |
| Health | 5 min | Better than most | 97% |
| School | 4 min | Better than most | 100% |
| Parks | 2 min | Better than most | 100% |
| Culture | 14 min | Worse than most | 74% |
| Public transport | 2 min | Better than most | 100% |
Compared with the rest of the country
24% of the people in Cascais live in places among the most walkable 20% in Portugal, about average.
| Where people live, ranked in Portugal | Bar | Cascais |
|---|---|---|
| Most walkable 20% | 24% | |
| Above the middle | 48% | |
| Middle 20% | 20% | |
| Below the middle | 7% | |
| Lowest-scoring 20% | under 1% |
Most walkable and lowest-scoring areas
Click an area name to see it on the map.
Most walkable
| Area | Typical score |
|---|---|
| 74 | |
| 73 | |
| 72 | |
| 72 | |
| 72 |
Lowest overall score
| Area | Typical score |
|---|---|
| 47 | |
| 52 | |
| 54 | |
| 59 | |
| 59 |
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Cities like Cascais
Cities of similar size and score.
| City | Country | People | Typical score |
|---|---|---|---|
| Padua | Italy | 207,000 | 69 |
| Tilburg | Netherlands | 228,000 | 68 |
| Lübeck | Germany | 217,000 | 69 |
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What this page covers
Walkably gives places in Europe a walking score from 0 to 100, based on the walk to eight daily needs and how pleasant the streets are.
This page uses the boundary of Cascais on OpenStreetMap. Besides Cascais itself, it takes in Parede, Alcabideche, Cascais e Estoril and São Domingos de Rana. About 214,000 people live there (2021 figure). Inside it we scored 9,959 street cells with 115,481 buildings in them.
Every number here comes from the same scores as the map. The score runs from 0 to 100. The walk to eight daily needs on real streets makes up 60% of it, and how pleasant the streets are makes up 40%. Each place counts by the people who live there, from census counts: the typical score is the score of where people live. The comparison with Europe counts 466.8 million people. The score uses no data about who lives anywhere: no income, age, origin or other personal data. How the score works.