Good Cascais Map Showing Attractions, Hotels, Grocery Stores

Thanks to a Sangha member for suggesting this tip.
You can see where grocery stores - as well as attractions, hotels, etc. - are on MapQuest, which seems to work much better for this than Google Maps.

Unfortunately, I couldn't get a direct link to work, but if you go to MapQuest, enter "Cascais, Portugal" in the Search box at top left, then click the Get Map button, you'll get a map of the Festival town. Click the grocery shopping cart icon above the map, then click Grocery Stores. You can then zoom in.

There are 2 grocery stores near train station, with the big Jumbo just inland from train station. You can even look online to see what Jumbo stocks.
The big shopping center, Mercearia Central De Cascais, which has the Pingo Doce Supermarket, is also nearby.

Self-cater Meals in a Hotel Room: What to Pack

Some suggestions from a Sangha friend for how you can prepare meals cheaply in a hotel if you bring a few small items:

• A flexible cutting board (lots of real estate for preparing meals and cutting bread and veggies but light and easy to fit in a suitcase). [I saw a thin MSR Alpine Cutting Board that rolls up at REI for $5 but haven't used one and didn't find any reviews from searching online.]
• One re-usable plate, bowl, and mug per person (also consider getting a mug at Jumbo market in Cascais and save weight and space in your suitcase). [For more about Jumbo and other shopping in Cascais, see Shopping in Cascais, Estoril & Carcavelos.]
• One set of knife, fork and spoon made of Lexan or other durable material. [Lexan is very strong, light and inexpensive.]
• A sharp knife, with a sheaf for safety, for cutting bread, veggies, cheese and so forth.
• A small can opener of some type in case you want to buy anything in a can.
• Resealable bags of several sizes.
• Clothes pins for closing bags. [Binder clips work well too.]
• Small scissors for getting into packaging.
• Extra shampoo or liquid soap for cleaning up after the meal. [Dr Bronner's all-in-one soap is another option; it comes in a 2oz plastic bottle with a flip top that's great for travel, and is Fair Trade and organic. You can use it as a shampoo, body soap, and dish soap. I just read that the company "caps all executive compensation at 5 to 1 to the lowest paid warehouse position, and dedicates all profits not needed for business development to worthwhile causes and charities worldwide."]
• Quick-drying scrubber for cleaning dishes.
• A bag for transporting the meal to an outdoor location for a picnic.

A hot pot can be used to heat water for tea, broth and veggies, canned soup and so on.

Shopping in Cascais, Estoril & Carcavelos

The Portuguese Wal-Mart, Jumbo, is  across the street from and within sight of the Cascais train station.

Pingo Doce, which is the biggest grocery chain in Portugal, is inside the Cascais Villa Shopping Center, which is next door to Jumbo; map here. Their website has photos of what they carry with prices; it's in Portuguese but you can make a lot of it.

The Farmer's Market, is Wednesdays until 2pm [and some Saturdays? conflicting info on the Web], near the intersection of Avenida 25 de Abril and Avenida Dom Pedro, 5 minutes' walk from the Cascais train station; map here.

USA Today says to buy clothes at "CascaiShopping, a major shopping mall on the outskirts of town. Cascais Villa and Jumbo both have cheap clothing, but if you want anything nice you should go to CascaiShopping. This mall is well beyond walking distance and using buses to reach it is overly complicated and time consuming, so take a taxi. The mall has a taxi-stand, so there is no need to keep the taxi after arriving."

More Resources
CascaisPortugal.com Shopping - a nice overview, including suggestions about what gifts and souvenirs to bring back and where to get them, as well as short descriptions of shopping centers.

Markets, fairs & shopping centres in Cascais, Estoril & Oeiras, which has a zoomable map and a table of days and times.

Virtual Tourist Info about Shopping in Cascais - including everything from street markets to shopping centers to supermarkets.

Frommer's Info about Shopping in Cascais, which includes addresses and phone numbers but doesn't cover grocery stores.

Insider Cooking on Markets and Groceries in Cascais, Sintra & Lisbon - also lists the market in Carcavelos and the Cascais textile market. Note: "bio" means organic.
Tips about the Carcavelos market from Cascais-Travel.com:
"If you are looking for a bargain this is the place to go. Carcavelos market, opposite the Train Station in Carcavelos is on every Thursday from 8am. Cheap clothes, shoes, bags, jewelry, linen, towels, etc. Some weeks have better quality goods than others. It's alright to haggle a little. Best go early."

What to See in Lisbon

Festival Website info about Sights in Cascais, Sintra & Lisbon, including links to other websites

Rick Steves' Best of Lisbon

Lonely Planet Sights in Lisbon

LisbonLux Itinerary

Markets - scroll down to bottom of page to see day(s)

The most famous specialist bakery, with the long lines to prove it, is Casa Pastéis de Belém in Lisbon, which makes the country's most famous cake, pastel de nata. Their address and phone are:  Rua de Belem 84, Lisbon 1300-085, Portugal. 21 363 74 23. TravelAdvisor says they're affordable and that they have Breakfast/Brunch, Lunch, Dinner, Takeout, Late Night, Delivery, Buffet.

Prices in Cascais

Thanks to DavidB for this link:
Cost of Living in Cascais, Portugal
Scroll down to see prices for groceries, meals out, taxi, gas, etc.

Vegetarian Restaurants & Portuguese Desserts

As you may have heard, the Portuguese diet has a lot of meat and fish. On the General Info page of the Festival website:
"Portuguese food is not typically vegetarian, however, there are always vegetarian options available. We are in discussions with local restaurants to ensure that the local restaurants have vegetarian options available. For those with a sweet tooth, Portugal’s pastries are legendary as is the coffee which is very short and very strong!"

LuckyCow Cascais Vegetarian & Vegan Restaurants, which I've referred to for a few trips in Europe, as they have wide coverage
TripAdvisor List of Cascais Vegetarian & Vegan Restaurants - note the filters in the left sidebar for various cuisines, price, etc.

Lisbon Vegetarian Restaurants on LuckyCow
Lisbon Vegtarian Restaurants on GoLisbon
Lisbon Vegetarian Restaurants on TripAdvisor

For dessert, take a look at this interesting article with photos: Sweet, sweet Portuguese cakes and desserts. That writer also has a separate page for the most famous Portuguese dessert, patel de nata, which says in part: "Many of Portugal’s best cakes were originally baked by monks and nuns, and the original recipe for pastéis de nata came from the monks at the Jerónimos Monastery in Belem, Lisbon. These days, people queue outside the most famous specialist bakery Casa Pastéis de Belém in Lisbon which began producing these cakes using the monks’ secret recipe after Portugal’s monasteries and convents were closed down in the 19th century."