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Renovação do T1 e T2 finalizadas – Renovation completed

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A renovação do T1 e T2 estão concluídas e ambos os apartamentos prontos para vos receber! Este investimento incluiu novas camas, colchões, sofás-camas, Smart TVs, cilindros eléctricos e muito mais, de modo a proporcionar-vos boas condições para umas excelentes férias na magnifica praia de Monte Gordo.

Para ver as novas fotos clique aqui: T1 e T2.

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The renovation of the 1-bed and 2-bed apartments has been completed and are now ready to welcome you! This investment comprised new beds, mattresses, sofa-beds, Smart TVs, electric water heaters and much more, in order to provide you excellent conditions for a wonderful vacation in Monte Gordo.

To check the new pictures click here: 1-bed and 2-bed.

Praia “qualidade de ouro” – “Gold quality” Beach

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Como nos outros anos, Monte Gordo tem Bandeira Azul e o dístico the “Qualidade de Ouro” atribuído pela Quercus. Para saber mais, clique aqui.

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Monte Gordo Beach is again awarded the “Blue Flag” distinction by  the worldwide Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE), and the “Gold Quality” distinction by Quercus – the Portuguese National Association for Nature Conservation.

Novos parquímetros em Monte Gordo – Paid street parking introduced

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A Câmara Municipal de Vila Real de Santo António está a instalar parquímetros nas ruas turísticas de Monte Gordo (para além dos parques de estacionamento existentes) e no descampado localizado em frente do hotel Vasco da Gama.

HORÁRIOS E PREÇOS – ruas e parques das zonas turísticas de Monte Gordo

1 de junho a 15 de setembro

Segunda a domingo: das 9h00 às 22h00

Preço por hora: 0,80 €

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Starting in the summer of 2016 all streets and parks in the touristic zones of Monte Gordo will have paid street parking from 9am to 10pm. This will be enforced solely during June 1st to September 15th. Price: 0,80 € per hour.

T2 renovação – Renovation update

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A renovação do T2  está em andamento, sendo previsto estar finalizada nas próximas 2 a 3 semanas.

The renovation of our 2-bed apartment is underway and is expected to be completed within the next 2 to 3 weeks.

Renovação de ambas as casas de banho /  Renovation of both toiletsIMG_0764Frigorífico, fogão e cilindro eléctricos novos / New fridge, electric cooktop+oven and water heater.IMG_0767Nova decoração / New decorationIMG_0765Novas camas e colchões vão chegar em breve / New beds and mattresses will be arriving soon.

Algarve: the best place to live or retire

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The Huffington Post, an American publication, has ranked Algarve as the “best place in the world to live or retire that nobody’s talking about”. Check it out:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/kathleen-peddicord/retire-in-portugal_b_9674654.html

 

O melhor Polvo – Best Octopus

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St. Luzia (Polvo) Composit

The best octopus in Portugal comes from Santa Luzia, a small village near Tavira in the Algarve. The locals proudly call it octopus capital.

The shores of Santa Luzia are full of small shrimp that attract the octopi. Old-time fishermen lay clay pots called “alcatruz” in the water. The octopi cuddle in these pots to sleep and get caught when the pots are removed from the water.

Younger fishermen don’t like to wait for the mollusks to fall asleep, so they prefer to use a “covo,” a plastic trap with a sardine inside.

Old timers swear that the octopus caught with the alcatruz tastes much better than the one caught with the covo. But young and old agree that Casa do Polvo is a great place to eat octopus. There are many preparations to choose from, including carpaccio, stewed, fried, and roasted. Our favorite is “polvo panado,” octopus combined with egg and bread crumbs and then…

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Bolo Bolacha – Portuguese Biscuit cake

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Bolo de bolacha

Plato thought that the circle was a symbol of the divine. Alberti, an Italian architect, considered it the perfect shape. But no one was more obsessed with the circle than Guarino Guarini, a brilliant Baroque architect. His buildings are made of concave and convex spaces delineated by circles. One of his most important works, the church of Santa Maria da Divina Providência in Lisbon, was famous for its undulating facade. Sadly, the church was destroyed by the 1775 earthquake.

By happenstance, the circular shapes included in Guarini’s treatise, Architettura Civile, resurfaced in Portugal in the 20th century in the design of the popular bolo bolacha (biscuit cake). This cake is made with the circular Maria biscuits invented in 1874 by an English baker to celebrate the marriage of the Duke of Edinburgh with the Russian Duchess Maria Alexandrovna. To make the cake, the biscuits are dipped in strong coffee, layered with buttercream and then assembled according to designs…

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The extraordinary salt of Castro Marim

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Castro Marin Composit

The Romans loved salt. They used it to cook, to preserve food, and as a form of currency (the practice of paying soldiers in salt is the origin of the word salary). So, it is not surprising that the Romans settled in Castro Marim. This small town on the marshes of the Guadiana river produced great salt.

During the 20th century, this production became industrialized. The salt was harvested with heavy machinery that leaves plenty of chemical residues. It was then washed and processed to turn its grey color into white, striping the salt of magnesium, potassium, and other important minerals.

Artisanal producers abandoned their salt ponds and so did the fish and birds that used them as habitats. Centuries of knowledge about producing great salt was on the verge of being lost.

But then, the tide turned. In the late 1990s, a cooperative called Terras de Sal revived the artisanal salt trade. It invited a French…

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Renovação do T2 em abril 2016

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Seasun Vacation Rentals decidiu fazer uma renovação do apartamento T2 este abril 2016 dirigida pelos arquitetos da Antonela + Pires, Arquitetura e Urbanismo. Este investimento vai aprimorar substancialmente este maravilhoso apartamento em frente ao mar e torná-lo realmente notável relativamente aos nossos concorrentes nos mercados de arrendamento e hotéis na zona de Monte Gordo. Este melhoramento vai incluir a renovação de ambas as casas de banho, instalação de novos aquecedores, colchões super confortáveis e sofá-cama, TV de tela plana, electrodomésticos, pintar o apartamento de novo, bem como adicionar outros elegantes detalhes arquitectónicos e decorativos. Vamos colocar fotos quando estiver pronto, que espera-se que seja em maio 2016.

Com os melhores cumprimentos,

A Equipa da Seasun Vacation Rentals.

Renovation of 2-bed apart. in April 2016

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Seasun Vacation Rentals is renovating its 2-bedroom apartment this April 2016 led by a team of architects – Antonela + Pires, Architecture & Urban Planning. This investment will remarkably improve this truly amazing seafront apartment and make it really outstanding relatively to our competitors in the Monte Gordo rental and hotel markets. This endeavor will include the renovation of both bathrooms, install new heaters, super comfortable mattresses and sofa-bed, flat screen TV, appliances, repaint the entire apartment, as well as other architectural and decorative details. We will post pictures when its ready, which it is expected to be this May.

Kind regards,

The Seasun Vacation Rentals Team.