Montepio Cascais half marathon (Montepio half marathon de Cascais) is a road race that runs from Cascais Bay in Portugal to the Atlantic coast.
HMS Sports operates it in conjunction with Cascais City Hall and local sports organization CCD Cascais,
combining the half marathon, 10km, 5km, and Kids Run into one event.
The start and finish of the main race are located on Passeio Dom Luis I overlooking the bay.
The flow is that participants who gather around the bay go out to the shore and return to the same place.
Half marathon passes along Avenida Dom Carlos I and Avenida da República and connects to the Guincho coastal road.
It turns in front of the Fortaleza Hotel in Guincho and heads back toward Cascais,
passing along Avenida Rei Humberto II de Itália to reach the promenade you started from.
The route alternates between city boulevards and roads overlooking the Atlantic.
The official introduction presents the Atlantic Ocean view and the challenging course as the core of the competition.
Even if you are part of the same event, the way you encounter the city is different for each event.
The 10km race goes towards the Fort of São Jorge de Oitavos and returns to finish inside the marina, and the 5km finish is also held in Cascais Marina.
Kids Run is held separately around the bay.
Half marathon, which runs along the long outer coastal section, and the short race, which runs around the port, form one festival.
Family participants and half marathon runners gather in the same Cascais Bay,
but depending on the distance they run, they encounter different parts of the coast and port.
