Access from:

- Sesimbra - N379 heading towards Espichel Cape, 400 meters before you enter the Nossa Senhora do Cabo Sanctuary, there is a dirt road which will take you to Lagosteiros Beach, which is located immediately north of the Espichel Cape. We recommend that you do this path by foot, which has a length of approximately 850 meters. While on the Lagosteiros cove, turning west you can see the ichnofossil deposit of Pedra da Mua to the south.

GPS (of the viewpoint): 38.420364, -9.213988

On the cliffs of Espichel cape, near N. Sra. do Cabo Sanctuary and under the N. Sra da Memória Hermitage, known until 1428 as Santa Maria da Pedra Mua, this is likely the most eye-catching deposit of the Espichel Cape region due to its privileged location which also allows good observation of the prints. In vast limestone slabs, with 30 to 40º inclination, dated from the Upper Jurassic are inscribed and well preserved theropod (biped carnivorous dinosaurs) and sauropod (herbivores) footprints of big and small dimensions which wandered through there 145 million years ago. Parallel tracks reveal that at least 7 small sauropods were together in a herd (biped carnivorous dinosaurs) and sauropods (herbivores) of big and small sizes that wandered through there 145 million years ago. Parallel tracks reveal that at least 7 small sauropods were together, in a herd, an excellent example of the gregarious behaviour of those animals. In a diverse context, one of these trails is associated to the Our Lady of Pedra da Mua legend, in which a giant mule carried the Virgin from the sea level to the top of the Cape, which has been a holy place since then.

Jurassic - geological period in which the dinosaurs dominated and the development of vegetation was abundant. It lasted about 54 million years, roughly between 208 to 144 million years ago.

Sauropods – herbivores dinosaurs with long necks and tails, relatively small skulls and brains, and erect limbs reminiscent of the limbs of elephants.

Theropods - (meaning "beast-footed") dinosaurs belonging to the suborder Theropoda. Essentially carnivores and omnivores. They walked only on two legs (bipedal).