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It’s Not All Golf in the Algarve | by The Arbuturian Beyond the smooth marble of the hotel, of course, there’s a whole region to be explored. A short catamaran ride through the natural canals of the Rio Formosa bears me to Ilha Deserta, the very southernmost tip of Portugal. If you’re after a quiet beach, you can’t say fairer than an actual desert island, with 11km of utterly unspoiled white sands and gentle swells. Boats make the trip regularly to and from Faro, and aside from the spectacular scenery and bird-watching, Ilha Deserta plays host to Estaminé, an eco-friendly restaurant. From the outside it has something of the Bond villain lair about it, a crab-shaped wooden construction on a barren, inaccessible tundra. It serves preposterously fresh, wild, muscular fish – the chargrilled sea bass I had seemed an entirely different species to any bass I’ve had before – alongside clams, octopus, whatever the boats have been bringing in. #Portugal #Travel
Posted on: Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:11:38 +0000

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