History and Heritage
- Population began in the time of King Afonso Henriques when he bequeathed the Estate of Touguia to a crusader. Then, port of Atouguia da Baleia was in front of the island of Peniche.
Baleal, which was once an island too, owes its name to having formerly been a centre where whales (“Baleia”, in Portuguese) were butchered and cut in the Middle Ages.
Baleal Surf Camp opened its doors here in 1993.
