Setubal (choco frito and moscatel) ★ 4.5
Setubal one hour from Lisbon: choco frito, fried cuttlefish in a beer batter, and Moscatel de Setubal tastings at Jose Maria da Fonseca's Azeitao cellar.
Sintra, 40 minutes from Lisbon by train: travesseiros, the puff pastry with almond-egg-yolk filling developed at Casa Piriquita in the 1940s, plus queijadas.
Setubal one hour from Lisbon: choco frito, fried cuttlefish in a beer batter, and Moscatel de Setubal tastings at Jose Maria da Fonseca's Azeitao cellar.
Ericeira, 45 minutes from Lisbon: an Atlantic fishing village turned surf town, charcoal-grilled sea bass at Mar das Latas, percebes at Tik Tak.
Cascais, 40 minutes from Lisbon: a beachside town with grilled lobster at Mar do Inferno, lunch at Furnas do Guincho overlooking the Atlantic dunes.
Azeitao, 45 minutes from Lisbon: a queijo DOP sheep's-milk cheese and Moscatel wine country, with the Jose Maria da Fonseca cellars dating from 1834.
Cacilhas, ten minutes across the Tagus from Lisbon: a fishing wharf with riverside grills, Ponto Final and Atira-te ao Rio for charcoal fish lunch.