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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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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.