Algarve Daily News20 OctLiquid gold? Resin tapping could help to revitalise Algarve’s pinewoods, bringing profits and cutting wildfires
More than 42,000 hectares of stone pine grow across the Algarve, much of it producing few pine cones, if any. Tapping these trees for resin may give owners a fresh source of income, with the idea taking centre stage earlier this month at a workshop in Marmelete, in the municipality of Monchique. It presented new resin-
Algarve Daily News23 SeptGerman tourist’s photo leads to accidental discovery of new flower species in Monchique
A photograph taken by a German tourist in Monchique has led to the discovery of a new plant species when the image, posted on a nature photography website, caught the attention of botanist João Farminhão, who suspected that the plant was a previously unidentified species of toadflax.
Algarve Daily News31 AugMonchique’s nameless roads, no longer: Council names 48 streets in bid to fix long-standing address problems
Monchique Council has completed a long-running street-naming process, assigning 48 new names to roads and public spaces in Marmelete and the town of Monchique.
Algarve Daily News14 JulArchaeologists investigate castle ruins in Monchique, in bid to uncover 11th-century Islamic roots of Alferce site
Archaeologists have begun a new phase of excavations at the Castelo da Nave site in Alferce, Monchique, in a bid to uncover more about the hilltop fortification and determine whether it could be linked to the historic castellum of Munchite.