A fishing village in the Algarve not far from the Spanish border. Our main interest is the Natural Park of Ria Formosa Ceam, with 4 km of walking tracks thorough coastal habitat. There is an old farmhouse with an old Arab waterwheel driven by donkey to feed water from a well, via an aqueduct into the orchards; old Roman salting tanks to preserve fish; fresh water and saltwater ponds with hides for Birdwatchers and poles for stork breeding nests.
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