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Guest blog – Blue and yellow lines
Alentejo Day 1 – Sunday 28 Aug 2011 The airport, Beja I was warned before we set off that everything in Alentejo is slow. ‘Don’t expect anything to happen in a hurry.’ Not true. The little Beja...
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Guest blog – We lose our hearts and waistlines to migas and presunto
Alentejo Day 1 – Sunday 28 Aug 2011 Herdade dos Grous, Albernoa We headed up a long drive, flanked by a blue lake, the deeply etched trunks of old olive trees, and up ahead was the pristine white and...
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Guest blog – So quiet you can hear the sky
Alentejo Day 2 – Monday 29 Aug 2011 Malhadinha Nova, AlbernoaTranquillity. Alentejo redefined the word for me. Bouncing along a bone-rattling dust track, seemingly no civilisation in sight, even our...
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Houseboat rental on the Alqueva reservoir
The Alqueva reservoir was only created 10 years ago and as yet is little known as a tourist destination. Yet this 250 sq km pool of crystal clear water, Europe’s largest artificial lake, is quietly...
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Alentejo – unapologetically its own self
According to the 93% of the Portuguese population who have the misfortune to be born outside a region that accounts for a third of the country, the people of Alentejo have a most perverse attitude to...
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So why did a farmer turn to tourism?
Luis is a Cork Oak farmer. He farms a total of 900 hectares near Grandola in the Alentejo, that’s 2,223 acres or 3.47 square miles of cork trees. He is the vice president of the Cork Growers...
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January’s Sunvil Supper Club: Portuguese Caldo Verde
It’s January and most of us have seen plummeting temperatures and snow-filled skies lately. This meant that we need a good winter-warmer recipe for January’s Sunvil Supper Club, and what better way to...
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Holiday Choices in the Alentejo
There’s not much that’s consistent or predictable about the holidays we choose. There are always just too many things to consider – what time we can go, whether we’d like somewhere new or somewhere...
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Mertola and the Mina de Sao Domingos
One of the many joys of exploring the Alentejo region of Portugal is the unsung discoveries which you can so easily stumble across. On the two occasions I’ve hired a car in the Alentejo I’ve found...
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Escape the crowds with our selection of ‘Out of season’ holidays
Springtime is always a lovely time to travel. The crowds have yet to arrive, there is a warmth in the air and the colourful blossoms are starting to show. If you are looking to scratch underneath the...
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