being a fishing town, fuseta is laden with fishing boats and people dining on fresh seafood at the waterside. ? ?
fuseta is primarily a fishing village, which has caught up with the popularity of the algarve in recent times to become a vacation spot. ? ? It has this long, long boardwalk through the salt marsh to a sandbar and beaches. ? ? It feels less polished than some other algarve towns, and less English spoken – both things I like! Yet there are still a handful of very fancy new condos going up, so I'm sure its time as a cute vacation stop are coming to an end. ? ?
After we left Alcácer do Sal, the town where we stayed in a Castle, we spent a day road tripping around the southern coast of the Algarve. ? ? We stopped in a small town called Fuseta. Fuseta is a wildlife haven because it sits on the edge of the Ria Formosa Nature Park. ? ? Some of the more surprising wildlife you can spot here are flamingos, and Portugal's precious & rare Mediterranean chameleon. ? ?
Sunshine & flowers everywhere. trying to store all the flower memories I can before I must soon head to the southern hemisphere for a winter visit!
Orange blossoms, especially in the South of Portugal, are the predominant fragrance of spring; and something I look forward to each spring I am lucky enough to be in Southern Europe.? ?
And this, is the Torre de Belém (Belem tower) in the background. A 16th-century fortification built during the Portuguese Renaissance. It is an important landmark in Lisbon and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. ? ?
This is the Padrão dos Descobrimentos. A monument build in the 1940's to celebrate the Portuguese Age of Discovery during the 15th and 16th centuries.?
It's super easy to get lost amongst all the windy little roads. But there are certainly worse places to get lost in.
I continue to learn about Bacalhau more and more. One of the more popular ways here is mixed with cream, and served with a glass of wine. My current favourite way is fried or baked in a ton of garlic, with a side of chickpeas and potatoes. ? ? In either case, there are more than 365 ways here to prepare this fish.. so I should probably hurry up and try some more!? ?
