Santa Luzia is a small picturesque village just west of Tavira in Algarve fronting the sea and the island of Tavira and is famous for octopus. Along the river the street is full of different restaurants, all of them have octopus different styles on the menu and if somebody presumably does not want octopus there…
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Walking trails; “Beliche trail”
The “Beliche trail” starts at the dam of Beliche in the municipality of Castro Marim, it’s a short trail that stretches over 6.3 km with moderate elevation and on mixed dirt- and asfalt roads. Along the way you will pass a number of orchards with mainly citrus trees but also fig trees, almond trees, etc….
Walking trails; “Boa Vista Trail”
The third trail “Boa Vista Trail” with start in Corte António Martins in the municipality of Vila Real de Santo Antonio, the distance is about 10.5 km on mixed dirt roads and asfalt roads with moderate ups and downs. You will experience stretches of the trail crosses a landscape of carob and holm oak trees,…
Walking trails in the Guadiana area (east Algarve); “Flow, Flow… Guadiana” and “A Window on the Guadiana”
Living in a State of Emergency and not being able to play golf we have started to explore a couple of walking trails along the Guadiana river. Algarve is full of trails, some of them are documented in “guide to walking trails in the algarve” published by Algarve Tourism Board. The different trails are well…
Quinta do Quetzal, Vila de Frades, Alentejo.
We had tried the wine from the vineyard Quinta do Quetzal some time before this trip that is located in Vila de Frades we enjoyed it very much. As we were in the area and had some time to spend we went to Quinta do Quetzal Thursday May 21. When we arrived we saw some…
Pais das Uvas restaurant, Vila de Frades, Alentejo.
In Vila de Frades and the area there are some vineries making the talha wine, a process of wine making introduced by the Romans and then handed down from generation to generation throughout the history. This technique to make wine is first of all to use big clay amphorae called talhas giving the wine a special…
Queijaria Pinto 🐐🧀, Vila de Frades, Alentejo
After the lockdown due to the covid-19 and our newly gained freedom our trip to Alentejo took us to the village of Vila de Frades just north of Beja, Vila de Frades is a small village but with great history reaching to the times of the Roman, still you can enjoy the ruins from that…
Visit to Alentejo and Herdade da Mingorra.
Just south of Beija and 1,5 hours drive from Vila Real de Santo Antonio in the south part of Alentejo there is a concentration of very good wineries with great history and tradition of making wines. The best way of course is to experience the wine and local food that naturally marries together where it’s…
HABEMOS TAPAS
Once in a while instead of lunch we go for some tapas, in Vila Real de Santo Antonio there are a couple of good tapas places and one of them is Habemos Tapas just between the city hall and Avenida Republica (just by the river). In winter time when the sun is out it’s nice…
The opening of “Grand House Algarve” or Hotel Guadiana in Vila Real de Santo Antonio.
Ever since we discovered Vila Real de Santo Antonio 5 years ago, the Hotel Guadiana building by the river Guadiana has captured our interest and imaginations. At that time, it was deserted and empty and had a big sign saying it was for sale, but we could see the potentials for this Grand Lady if…
Hiking and tracks in Algarve
There are many different hiking and tracks oprtunities in Algarve. One that we enjoyed in the springtime was to Odeleite. We drove from Vila Real de Santo António until Odeleite its 21 km. There we parked the car in the center of the village. We walked across the road and there you can see different…
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