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Guided walk led by archaeologist Maria João Valente, organised by the Cacela heritage research centre (CIIPC) in its Passos Contados series, exploring how people ate in Cacela in the medieval period.
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Guided walk led by archaeologist Maria João Valente, organised by the Cacela heritage research centre (CIIPC) in its Passos Contados series, exploring how people ate in Cacela in the medieval period. Places are limited; registration on 281 952 600.
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Rural retreat with sea views in Cacela Velha, sister property to Colégio Charm House, with a tree house suite and sustainable practices.
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Local accommodation in Cacela Velha offering rooms with breakfast and free Wi-Fi.
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18-hole, par 72 seaside course at Quinta da Ria Resort, Vila Nova de Cacela, inside the Ria Formosa Natural Park, designed by Rocky Roquemore in 2002.
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18-hole, par 72 championship course at Quinta da Ria Resort, designed by Rocky Roquemore in 2002, with a creek crossing several fairways.
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Traditional Portuguese restaurant in Manta Rota serving Algarve cuisine since 1978.
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A tiny whitewashed hamlet above a lagoon where, at low tide, locals wade across to an empty white sandbar. Cacela Velha is barely a dozen houses, a church and an old fort on a bluff at the eastern end of the Ria Formosa. The magic is below: when the tide drops, the lagoon empties to warm shallows and you can walk out to a long ribbon of white sand with clear Atlantic water on the far side. Oysters are farmed in the channels, and the view from the churchyard wall is one of the finest in the east Algarve. Park at Fábrica or above the hamlet, check the tide table before you go, and carry everything you need, as the sandbar has no shade or facilities.
A small waterfall and deep green lagoon hidden in the Asseca valley, a ten minute drive inland from Tavira. Fed by the Ribeira da Asseca, the falls drop over an ochre limestone ledge into a pool that local legend swears is bottomless. Generations of Tavira families learned to swim here, and on summer evenings you will still find people picnicking on the rocks while teenagers dare each other off the lower ledges. Wildfires and storms have battered the old walkways over the years, so the setting is rougher than the postcard suggests, which is exactly why it stays quiet. Park by the lane above Santo Estêvão and walk the last stretch down; go on a weekday morning for the clearest water, and carry your rubbish out.
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