January’s Issue: Olhão–A Town With Soul On A Sun-Kissed Shore

Jan. 25, 2024

Dear Portugal Letter Subscriber,

If you are looking for a home blessed with Algarve sun and sea, but without the tourist hordes that converge on much of the coast in summer, consider the town of Olhão.

This is not one of the Algarve’s famed seaside resorts. For its many admirers, that is part of its charm.

Olhão is a working town, with industry and commercial fishing. This injects a note of grittiness and a sense of Portuguese daily life that is muted now along parts of the Algarve shore.

True, the number of visitors to Olhão has climbed in recent years, but the town has a rounded personality and is bigger than its tourist trade.

The town’s heart is the waterfront food market, one of the best in southern Portugal. It is housed in two century-old red-brick market halls.

At one of the cafés that fringe the market, you can sit over a coffee and pastel de nata watching the occasional boat glide through the waters…

Continue reading on page 10 of this month’s issue...

Also In This Issue Of Portugal Letter: 

• From The Desk Of Founding Publisher Kathleen Peddicord: The Easy Route To Overseas Adventure…

• Reader Questions Answered: Our Top-Recommended Portugal Attorney; Where In The Algarve Do You Recommend?”; “Should I Retire To Portugal Or Malta?”; And More Of Your Questions Answered…

• Spotlight On: The Algarve’s Traditional Sweets…

• Flavors Of Portugal: Presunto—Portugal’s Prized Cured Ham…

• Como Se Diz?: Your Monthly Portuguese Language Lesson—Common Temporal Markers…

• Out And About: 7th Edition Of Jazz Nas Adegas; Almond Blossom Festival; Carnival; And More…

• This Month In Portugal News: Record Use Of Renewable Energy In 2023; Simplified Urban Planning Licensing Reforms; And More News From Portugal…
   

• Coming Next Month: Carnaval Traditions In Portugal…

And much more…

Don’t miss the insights and expertise shared in this month’s issue.

Go here to download this month’s information-packed issue.

Go here to read this month’s issue online.

Sincerely,

P.S. You can access this month’s issue of Panama Letter by logging into your member’s portal or via PDF here.