Veja videos dos nossos apartamentos, Monte Gordo e redondezas no nosso canal no youtube – clique aqui.
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Watch videos of our apartments, Monte Gordo, and surrounding areas on our newly created youtube channel – click here
Monte Gordo
Cacela Velha: Noites D’Encanto – Enchanting Nights
Cacela Velha – 14 a 17 de Julho 2016 (evento anual)
Ao longo de 4 dias, de 14 a 17 de Julho, a música, a gastronomia, o mercado e a animação marcarão presença nas ruas de Cacela Velha.
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Event in Cacelha Velha July 14th-17th 2016 (held every year)
4 days of music, local cuisine, farmers’ market, pottery, artisan products, and entertainment.
Source: Noites D’Encanto
Seasun Facebook page
A partir de hoje temos também uma página no facebook onde pode entrar em contacto connosco e saber das ultimas novidades.
Clique aqui para aceder: https://www.facebook.com/seasunvacation/
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Now we also have a Facebook page where you can reach us and check the latest news.
Click here to access it: https://www.facebook.com/seasunvacation/
Renovação do T1 e T2 finalizadas – Renovation completed
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.
Praia “qualidade de ouro” – “Gold quality” Beach
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
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
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 toilets
Frigorífico, fogão e cilindro eléctricos novos / New fridge, electric cooktop+oven and water heater.
Nova decoração / New decoration
Novas camas e colchões vão chegar em breve / New beds and mattresses will be arriving soon.
Algarve: the best place to live or retire
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
Bolo Bolacha – Portuguese Biscuit cake
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
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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