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Porches guide
The town of Porches is located on a high vantage point towards the edge of the EN125, offering great views of the coast, such a good vantage point that a look-out station existed here back in Roman times and any Porches guide has to start with that mention.
Algarve food and drink – The hills and the mountains
In our look into Algarve food and drink we’ve reached the final major geographic region, namely Algarve’s stretch of hills and mountains.
This region of the Algarve is quite limited, it acts as sort of a natural borderline between the Algarve and the Alentejo region to the north, and as we’ve seen with the other parts of the Algarve, this part of Portugal has also adapted its gastronomy to the most easily accessible ingredients, but it did this without losing the marvelous flavors of the south.
Algarve food and drink – The Intermediate Region
Today we’re continuing our look into Algarve food and drinks, and since we talked about the coast last time, today we’ll be looking at the intermediate strip of land which marks the transition between the coast to the south and the hilly region to the north, this region is known as the ‘Barrocal’ region.
