Nov22 East Algarve Magazine

MAGAZINE © OLHÃO · SÃO BRÁS · TAVIRA · ALCOUTIM · CASTRO MARIM · VILA REAL DE SANTO ANTÓNIO ISSUE NO. 161 NOVEMBER 2022

yLoeutruspsrhoopwecratsye! France g UK g Spain g USA g South Africa The buyer of your property could be anywhere in the world Fine & Country Algarve takes part in seminars and exhibitions all over world, enabling us to meet potential buyers one-on-one and present our listings. Between September 2022 and June 2023 our busy events schedule covers Paris, London, Spain, The USA and South Africa. Our presence at these international events enables us to maintain a constantly growing database of qualified buyers, backed up by our award winning marketing and the strength of the global Fine & Country brand. Please contact our Tavira office: East Algarve (Tavira) +351 281 023 263 | AMI 11564 | [email protected] | algarve.fineandcountry.com International head office Park Lane London | UK telephone 0207 3180631 | 121 Park Lane, Mayfair, London W1K 7AG, United Kingdom

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EastAlgarveM A G A Z I N E Welcome... PUBLISHER & ... to your November issue! This month we visit one DESIGNER of, if not the, most beautiful parts of the Algarve, Fábrica and Cacela Velha. Our cover photo for Richard Bassett this month was taken looking over the roof of the church in Cacela Velha, looking east toward Spain. EDITOR We also meet Alexandre from Hair Ritual in Olhão Richard Bassett and find out how he came to live here, start a new career and open his own salon. Still in Olhão, we CO-FOUNDER were lucky enough to try the delicious food at Richard Bassett Snr. the recently opened À Margem da Ria in the Ria Marina Center. We meet the owner and head chef ADVERTISING to find out more about their concept and menu. Call 961 700 200 or email Every year Tavira celebrates Álvaro de Campos. [email protected] Find out about his creator, Fernando Pessoa. All this plus finance news, gardening, health news DISTRIBUTION and much more. We welcome your comments, 3,500 copies printed. please email us on [email protected] All advertisers are issued copies for distribution, Richard Bassett, Editor along with retail outlets. COVER PHOTO Richard Bassett All rights reserved. Except for normal review purposes, no part of this magazine may be reproduced without the written permission of the publisher. Every care has been taken in the preparation of this magazine, but the contents are only meant as a guide to readers. The proprietors of this magazine are publishers not agents or sub agents of those who advertise therein. The publisher cannot be held liable for any loss suffered as a result of information gained from this publication Unipessoal Lda INDIAN TASTE THE DIFFERENCE! FARMER CABANAS Home grown spices imported from India give a unique flavour producing the best Indian cuisine in the East Algarve! 4 www.eastalgarvemag.com

Contents 8 PLACES 8 À Margem da Ria 45 12 PLACES Fábrica & Cacela Velha. 18 PEOPLE Alexandre from Hair Ritual. 23 REAL ESTATE Why use an agent to sell your property? 26 PROPERTY Inflation... as safe as houses. 28 PROPERTY Property of the Month. 32 PHOTOGRAPHY Photo of the Month. 34 TAVIRA Find our advertisers on the map of Tavira. 38 ART Artist of the month. 40 PEOPLE Hank & Carina. 42 BAD ADVICE Ask the Expat. 45 PEOPLE Fernando Pessoa. 12 50 CURRENCY News from GC Partners. 52 FINANCE Finance news from Ricardo Chaves. 55 FINANCE News from PCC. 57 HEALTH Top diets. 59 HEALTH Alegria Beauty Salon. 60 GARDENS Squash, Pumpkin or Gourd. 62 MEET-UPS An update on our monthly meet-ups. www.eastalgarvemag.com 5

TDA EAM Half Page Advert Sept 2022.indd 1 T he finest art in the Algarve www.taviradartes.com Gallery address: Travessa Jacques Pessoa 8, Tavira, 8800-374 Call: 962 012111 Email: [email protected] Follow us: taviradartes tavira.dartes 28/08/2022 13:16:27 DISCOVER A NEW LEVEL OF TASTE JUDITH'S FANCY FOOD HOUSE AVENIDA DOM HENRIQUE - EDIFICIO ATLANTICO FRACTIE A, MONTE GORDO, PORTUGAL 6 www.eastalgarvemag.com

Restaurant ver D'água at Pedras da Rainha, Cabanas. The perfect location for your Christmas celebrations. Seating for up to 80 guests. Pedras da Rainha, Aldeamento Pedras da Rainha, Cabanas, 8800-591 Tavira 7 TEL: +351 965 460 869 EMAIL: [email protected] www.eastalgarvemag.com

À Margem Spectacular views, da Ria contemporary design and traditional food, this restaurant to her dishes. For example, the black and white sesame offers a bit of everything seeds compliment the Tuna perfectly, as does the fruit in her Cataplana and the figs with Octopus. Guida cooks The name 'À Margem da Ria' translates to with passion and love, she has always enjoyed cooking 'the edge or Border of the Ria'… as in with Mediterranean ingredients, always local and the border of the incredible Ria Formosa, fresh. She remembers the love for cooking as a child, over which this restaurant looks. enjoying freshly caught fish (her father was a fisherman), Joel Mestre, his wife Inês and business and vegetables from the land as the family lived in the partner Álvaro opened the restaurant country. This reflects perfectly in her menu... the Land, located in the recently opened Marina Ria Center. The the Sea and the Ria. center is a great addition to Olhão, located opposite the The restaurant has a full international bar and serves Marina Hotel, at the western edge of the waterfront. It Portuguese wines from the Douro, Alentejo and Algarve offers an excellent alternative to the 'old town' of Olhão, regions, they also make a great Sangria. without spoiling the charm the City has to offer. In the future the restaurant will have regular Fado nights À Margem da Ria has a very modern feel, with a large seating over the winter period. area inside, with an outside terrace of similar size offering For details see their Facebook page ' amargemdaria' or wonderful views. The setting may be contemporary, but call +351 919 019 315 the menu consists of traditional Portuguese dishes. Chef Guida is from Olhão and is super creative with her presentation, which also adds an extra special flavour 8 www.eastalgarvemag.com

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Places F or those living in the East more engage in conversation with visitors the kiosk where I had ordered a tea and was of the Algarve, autumn and tourists. In short it is the perfect time to admiring the beautiful serene view of the RIa comes like a breath of explore the area. Formosa. fresh air. The heat of I recently benefited from the relaxed vibes To my delight I was told that the building the summer has passed myself. I had walked along the beach from enclosed and surrounded by a tall wall was Cacela Velha to the next beach Fábrica. indeed a factory, known by locals as “Fábrica bringing more agreeable I had heard rumours of the old building dos Ingleses” which is how the village came on the waterfront, some had said it was a by its name. However, it had nothing at all to highs of 26℃. Along with the end of +40℃ canning factory and others had said it was do with fishing or the sea even. where the tuna was brought to once caught. The surrounding area has long been known for heat, the endless stream of tourists, mainly The internet was of no help as Fábrica in its pottery, as the land is rich in clay. In 1889, Portuguese means Factory, I ended up with a in the tiny village where fishermen and their from Lisbon, Porto and Braga, has come to a lot of information about factories all over the families lived, a factory was erected. At the time Algarve! Intrigued, I spoke to the gentleman at it was one of the largest factories in the Algarve halt. The South East has been returned to its residents. The heaving beaches are all empty and a gentle quiet contentment has settled in, shopkeepers and restaurateurs have time for their customers and are happy to once 12 www.eastalgarvemag.com

Fábrica & Cacela Velha Located at the most eastern point of the Ria Formosa, is, in our opinion, the most beautiful part of the Algarve and one of the most important in Portugal. After remains of the various elements of the factory. untouched and without endless concession purchasing the rights (technology, machinery The only remnants that can still be seen lie stands. and moulds) from an English company, Clayton outside the walls of the old factory, a slope The village of Cacela Velha is an ancient idyllic and Cie, the factory soon began producing made entirely out of bricks, leading into the village protected by a walled fortress. It has ceramics. Tiles, bricks, balusters as well as Ria Formosa that once carried the trademark a mix of styles, taking us back to when the kitchen ceramics were manufactured. of Clayton & Cie, but those too have now all Muslims built a castle here and fortress as The factory closed in 1930, the steam engine, faded away with the constant changes of the primordial defence due to being on a high cliff. boilers, crushing and grinding workshop, tide and natural elements. Today, within the walls of the fortress, with two central fireplace, kilns, moulding workshop, Cacela Velha is right next door and its beach bastions, you’ll find the GNR and its maritime drying areas, glazing centre and director’s was voted one of the 15 best in the world headquarters. Up until a few decades ago, residence have long since gone. The ruins according to Condé Nast Traveler and one of the surrounding houses belonged to guards remained for years, when in the first decade the top 10 by The Guardian, UK. It is one of that used to work there. All was rebuilt after of the 21st century, a magnificent residential the best in Europe for those who enjoy a walk the 1755 earthquake. house was built, erasing the few material and appreciate a truly wild landscape, almost The church (Igreja Matriz) is another must- www.eastalgarvemag.com 13

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see, a stunning view of Fábrica can also reserve. church, open mainly in summer and one be seen from here, with unbelievable Cacela Velha is a magical place with a more restaurant to the left upon entering sunsets. A clear view of the ocean and history older than that of Portugal. The the village, typically closed for the month the strips of fine white sandy beaches that church has possible origins as a Muslim of January. are forever changing in shape, size and mosque, this temple has three naves with If you decide to visit, we can highly colour depending on the wind, tide and arches and arches set on columns, with recommend a private boutique room by sunlight provided throughout the daytime. large windows on the walls of the naves the beach in the village of Cacela Velha. The sand strips create a natural physical and includes a Renaissance-style chapel. While here, make sure to pick up a copy of barrier against the advancing of the sea, The authentic small Portuguese village of East Algarve Magazine. which protects the calm and shallow Cacela Velha, consists of only a few houses. Contact: [email protected] for waters of the Ria Formosa. The dunes There is a small cafe with changeable bookings. are covered by several species of plants, opening times, a tapas restaurant open all Visit www.eastalgarvemag.com many different types of birds can be seen year, except for January and February, one and spotted in this breathtaking nature seafood restaurant located close to the www.eastalgarvemag.com 15

People Ruy Barros Hairstyling & Beauty Salon RESTAURANTE FRANGANARIO Ladies & Gents Tavira Welcome to our new space in the centre TRADITIONAL of Tavira! With a PORTUGUESE CUISINE professional and friendly service. Travessa Almirante Candido dos Cut, colouring, Reis 139, Tavira 8800-318 perming, hair extensions, hairstyling, hair treatments, massages, face/body Telephone: +351 963 882 952 treatments, make-up artist, epilation, Facebook: Franganario Tavira laser, lash extensions, gel nails, nail art, gel polish and much more. MON - SAT 09.00H - 19.00H All year Travessa Zacarias Guerreiro No16, Tavira Tel +351 281 023 636 Mob +351 964 888 810 or 913 999 906 Email: [email protected] Rui Barros Cabeleireiros e Estetica NURSING CARE The family-run Amesbury Abbey Group offers an elegant retirement in country house style at Here when Monte da Palhagueira. you need us For those who are looking for the reassurance of 16 constant professional care, our nursing care may be the way forward. Alongside all the benefits of residential care, our nursing care adds the additional security of 24-hour care provision from qualified nursing professionals. Our team spend a lot of time getting to know each resident as an individual, learning their preferences and understanding their concerns, working hand in hand with GPs and other associated care professionals to provide outstanding personalised nursing care. Our exceptional care team treat all our residents with respect, dignity and friendship, and our nursing home has a warm, family atmosphere. Each individual aspect of our nursing care is designed to give our residents the best possible quality of life and the highest standards of 24-hour care. For further information, please contact Senior Sister Hazel Gordon at T: +351 289 990 900 E: [email protected] Monte da Palhagueira, Gorjôes, 8005-488 Santa Barbara de Nexe, Algarve www.retirementvillageportugal.co.uk www.eastalgarvemag.com

Located in the beautiful grounds of Pedras d'el Rei, Restaurant Vale D'el Rei is the ideal location for your festive celebrations. Large or small groups catered for. www.eastalgarvemag.com Pedras del Rei Aldeamento Pedras d'el Rei, Santa Luzia, Tavira 8800-531, Tel +351 962 105 135 E-mail: [email protected] 17

People The Cutting edge This month we had the pleasure to meet Alexandre course, during this time he watched many hairdresser? His answer was to simply 'listen'. Dias, owner of the salon Hair hairdressers working and thought to himself He explains that the name 'Hair Ritual' comes Ritual in Olhão. that he could potentially do this. from the process clients must go through to Alexandre was Born in Setúbal It was then he decided to start training as a get the results they want. and left his family and home at hairdresser. It's important to get to know the client… the only 20 years old, moving to Olhão in 2013 Alexandre would eventually learn his products used, to check the condition of hair on an 'adventure' after meeting his partner on profession at the prestigious Jean Lois David and even check the scalp with a microscope. Facebook. Salon in Faro, who have 37 salons in Portugal Tests are then made on hair samples. It is only Up to this point his interests had always been alone. They are a famous international brand, after this 'ritual' that the perfect product can in fashion, however, upon arrival in Olhão he the equivalent of Tony & Guy in the UK and be chosen. worked in a bakery and in a number of kitchens. provide the highest level of training. Hair Ritual's cut hair for both Men and Women. It wasn't long before his creative side began Hair Ritual opened on the 5th October 2019 ‘Completing the salon’ is Jacqueline from to itch and he started to make his own just before the Covid-19 Pandemic hit. It's fair America, who provides numerous types of jewellery. In an effort to sell his jewellery, to say, that the first two years have not been massages. Alexandre asked himself 'where could he find easy, but due to Alexandre's professionalism Contacts; his potential clients?' His answer was at the and friendly character, things have improved Email: [email protected] numerous hair dressers in and around Olhão. tremendously. He has even been approached Tel: +351 289 170 459 He asked permission to show his work to to expand his business and take over the two Address: Rua José Amáncio Correia Júnior, customers having their hair cut and this adjoining premises. Tote 19, loja A, Urbanização Village Marina proved to be a success for the time being. Of We asked Alexandre what is the most Olhão. important skill required to be a great Facebook and instagram: ’hairritual’ 18 www.eastalgarvemag.com

Determination, personality and devotion all come together to make Hair Ritual salon by Alexandre Dias in Olhão a great success story www.eastalgarvemag.com 19

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Selling a property with or without a real estate agent? Stephan Schade from Twin Key Real Estate is offering free talks on Geverything you need to know about... you guessed it, Real Estate! enerally speaking, it is a lot of money at stake, so a good choice is before presenting my property; sees if buyer perfectly legal and possible worth hard cash! and property \"fit\" together to sell your property in Important: most private sales fail not because • Knows how to present my property and can Portugal without using an of will or knowledge, but because of the lack give me advice for a better sale estate agent. So if you know of a \"neutral third party\" to \"moderate\" the • Is familiar with the authorities the market, are not afraid emotions of both sides (buyer and seller) and • May already have a potential buyer of the time and financial effort, speak a few mediate between them, particularly with price • Works with other agents foreign languages (no obligation but quite negotiations. Disadvantages helpful are at least English and Portuguese), Advantages of selling with a broker... • Costs commission know the mentality of different nationalities, • Has market knowledge know which internet portals \"work\", how • Can give me a price range for my property In summary, working with an agentoffers to prepare the property for a viewing and, • Time saving; they take care of the photos, quite more advantages than disadvantages, advantageously, know at least one sales videos, internet portals, correspondence with but there are a few things to consider when technique, you can save the commission buyers, etc. choosing a broker, more on this in the and sell it yourself. For all others, I highly • Checking the necessary documents following chapter. If you don’t want to wait for recommend the services of a professional • Organises and conducts viewings the coming issues to get questions answered (very important!) estate agent (as well as a • Conducts price negotiations like \"how to choose the right, professional, lawyer/legal advisor and a tax advisor). To hire • As a rule, the agency has employees agent\", \"how to establish the right price for a professional real estate agent/broker is like speaking different languages who look after my property\", \"how to prepare my property getting married: you should take your time buyers from different countries (and know the for viewings\", etc., then join one of our free when choosing the right partner, as the saying respective mentality). \"Real Estate Talks\". Reservations by e-mail: goes: marry in haste, repent a leisure! Even if • Local knowledge (schools, hospitals, etc.) [email protected] or mobile phone you don't commit yourself \"forever\", there is • Carries out a \"qualification\" of the buyer (+351 968 771 577) STEPHAN SCHADE Your personal contact for a successful sale of your local property! PROPERTY SALES / - Consulting / - Avaliation Property Administration / - Cleaning Mediation Service for: Construction /Repairings/ Decorations /etc.) Please contact me now: Tel.: 968 771 577(also WhatsApp) E-Mail: [email protected] TWIN KEY Real Estate is a brand of Ria Homes Ida, AMI 13528, NIPC 514 298 677 www.eastalgarvemag.com 23

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INFLATION... AS SAFE AS HOUSES PROPERTY MANAGEMENT HAPPY HOMES ALGARVE From property expert Robert Bijker, Happy Homes Algarve ALGARVEAN COTTAGES V I LLAS A PA RT M E N T S TOWNHOUSES QU INTAS After two years of uncertainty HAPPY HOMES LDA. Contact us today: 281 320 283 people fully embraced the Rua Dr. Parreira 137 w ww.p o r t u g a l - a c c o m m o d a t i o n . c om freedom to travel in 2022. 8800 - 346 Tavira It’s been an excellent year for the hospitality sector. For REAL ESTATE LAND & HOUSES ALGARVE most of our homeowners of self-catering accommodation in the Algarve GOLF PROPERTIES VILLAS A PA RTMEN T S T O W N H OU SE S PLOTS rental income is at an all-time high and the year is not over yet! If you are the owner of a good quality property and wish to sell, please contact us to arrange an appoin tment Every year in October/ November Happy Homes Algarve reflects on the past 12 TAVIRA 281 320 281 AMI 6232 months and the year ahead to fine tune VILAMOURA 289 301 294 our business, marketing strategy and to www.landandhousesalgarve.com capitalize on trends in the market. One of these trends is the increasing demand for 26 good quality long stay properties during the low season. These stays vary from 2 to 6 months and have the added benefit for home owners that the utilities are being paid for by the tenants. We are also witnessing strong demand for short stays in the 2023 summer season with some properties already being 90% booked. Currently, high inflation is an issue all over Europe, with Portugal it is no different. Homeowners are confronted with higher costs such as electricity and gas. Although energy prices in Portugal have increased, they are minor in comparison to prices in Northern Europe. Gas has risen in price more than electricity. According to Eurostat data, Portugal is one of Europe's least reliant countries on Russia for energy, accounting for 5% of its total needs. Most gas is being imported from Algeria and Nigeria. Renewables account for almost 30% of total energy consumption which is reflected in the benign 5% price increase of electricity. In some months of the year the electricity generation is 100% renewable, for example in May & June 2022 all electricity was generated from hydro energy. In summer there are days that solar energy contributes to 100% of the energy needs of the whole country. This explains why the price of www.eastalgarvemag.com

Property electricity has not gone up much and is a take into account when deciding whether to the rent. As an individual homeowner you may big compliment for Portugal´s efforts in the raise or maintain rental prices. feel a bit lost, for us it is our daily business. transition to renewable energy. The increasing cost of airfares and airport Happy Homes Algarve is currently looking to Real estate is known to be a good hedge taxes for your clients is one of them. Although add good quality rental villas, Quintas, village against inflation. Those who have a mortgage people continue to fly, at some point their houses and apartments to their portfolio in against their property will find that inflation patience may run out due to record-high the East Algarve to offer their clients in 2023. erodes the value of the mortgage over the ticket prices. If the majority of your renters The property must have an AL license. There years. However, if you rent out your property are Portuguese this will not affect them. If are accountancy and law firms who can assist for part of the year it is tempting to pass on they are from abroad they are also faced with you with obtaining the AL license and rental some of the higher costs to the renters by less purchasing power due to high inflation. activity at a cost of Euro 450 – 700. In case increasing the rent. In addition some of your renters may have a you do not have a license we can assist you As most homeowners in Northern Europe are mortgage and could be vulnerable to higher in securing one free of charge, so with Happy confronted by much higher price increases for interest rates. Again have a close look where Homes Algarve as your property manager energy, some are more eager than ever before the majority of your renters are coming from, you hit the ground running. You have the to increase the rental rates of their property. as in some countries people prefer to have an additional benefit of direct access to our Although this is understandable, it may not adjustable floating rate mortgage (Portugal, hands on experience build over the past 20 always be a good idea for various reasons. As England) versus others who prefer a fixed years. head line inflation is 10% or more depending rate mortgage (Netherlands, Germany). The on their home country, some owners are first will feel the pinch of higher rates while Robert Bijker considering to increase the rent by 10%. the latter are mostly unaffected. So if the Director However the increased cost of letting only disposable income of some of your renters affects part of the cost, not the total rental is down by 20 – 35% it may not be a good Happy Homes Algarve value. The costs that have gone up are time to increase the rent. However, there is www.portugal-accommodation.com cleaning, laundry, electricity and gas. Only gas more to it than that. Just like some industries had a double digit price increase, the others or companies within an industry have more Rua Dr. José Pires Padinha 178 are well below 10%. If we hypothetically pricing power than others, the same may hold 8800 - 346 Tavira assume these costs went up on average by true for your property. It depends on a number 10%, this would not affect more than 30% of of factors such as the current rental values, Tel: 281 320 283 & 281 320 284 the rental income. As a consequence, if one location, how much competition there is in [email protected] were to contemplate increasing the rent, a your location and where your client base is 3–4% rise would be preferable to imposing coming from. Some of these you have control one–to–one headline inflation of 10%+. Of over, some you don’t. These are some things course, there are factors besides inflation to to consider when you contemplate increasing EastAlgarveM A G A Z I N E Travel insurance PROMOTE YOUR Have you planned your next holiday? BUSINESS WITH US FROM ONLY €65, • Single trip & Annual multi-trip UP TO €295 FOR • Individual, couple and family cover options A FULL PAGE • Many medical conditions covered If you would like to 281 325 842 promote your [email protected] business with the East Algarve magazine Rua 1 de Maio 26B r/c, 8800-360, Tavira contact us on www.ibexinsure.com/tavira [email protected] or Tel 961 700 200 Car Home Motorbike Travel Health Boat Business Community 27 As an advertiser you automatically become a distributor, and will be provided with a number of copies to issue to your customers. www.eastalgarvemag.com

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PHOTOGRAPH OF THE MONTH A picture paints a thousand words and this photo is testament to a tradition from a bygone era.The isolation of the cart and horse with such great photographic technique applied by the depth of field, is reflected onto our modern times. As usual submitted to the Facebook page: ‘Algarve Amateur Photography group’ 32 www.eastalgarvemag.com

2 bedrooms + 2 with pool Great outside space Located near Gran Plaza Shopping centre Walking distance to Tavira Price: By Request Photographer: Gerard Hageman 3 +1 detached villa, with garage & pool Land with 1493 m² Location of photo: Olhão Rooftop terrace with panoramic views Camera used: Sony alpha 7 IV, Countryside area – Faz Fato Lens: 70-200 GM 430.000€ Photographer's comment: \"While roaming ALGAR VILA, Lda around Olhão searching for storks, Since 1986 (AMI 431) I stumbled upon this horse drawn cart. Travessa das Cunhas, nº 29, 8800-372 Tavira, Faro I liked the happy couple on the cart, still (+351) 281 324 115 Tlm. 00351 963 660 971 maintaining an old tradition, while a 120hp Email: [email protected] www.algarvila.com vehicle is in the background.\" 33 www.eastalgarvemag.com

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ARTISTS OF Eleanor Hughes and Curt Bowman THE MONTH moved to Tavira one year ago from Virginia, USA. They enjoy their ELEANOR new life here - a slight change of & CURT artistic direction while continuing over forty years working in the arts together. In the USA, Eleanor and Curt created several award-winning fine art and design businesses, including fabric design and printing, as well as exhibit design for museums. They have worked in Italy, South Africa, Costa Rica, Mexico and throughout the US. They feel fortunate to be in the Algarve - drawing, painting and sculpting with clay. Their work can be seen at Artesis Galeria in Tavira. 38 www.eastalgarvemag.com

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People THEN OLHÃO FOUND US... ... and we weren't even looking! Hank and Carina's story of how they came to love and live in Olhão Welcome to our monthly crash onto the sand, we can’t get enough of on a 12 person craft offered by SolarMoves column celebrating the placid Ria Formosa Natural Park here in which uses no fossil fuels, running on 100% Olhão. After exploring Olhão. We enjoy viewing the silent transitions solar energy. These boats run silently, gliding Portugal top to bottom every six hours from low tide to high tide. along the water getting up close to flamingos from Braga to Tavira At low tide, small boats rest on the sand near and other wildlife without disturbing their enjoying so many the shore while a small army of clam diggers fragile habitats. No boat fuels enter the coastal and inland locations in our RV, we appears every cycle without fail. High tide water, eliminating a major source of pollution decided Olhão was the place to buy our home means boats of all sizes are back traveling impacting heavily on the marine environments to celebrate our “golden years”. within the Ria Formosa lagoon and it’s system destroying the very things we want to enjoy Olhão was not on our radar at first. In fact, the of barrier islands that discovery of Eastern Algarve was a pleasant communicates with the surprise with the scale of development so sea through six inlets. much less than areas to the west. A chance While paddling a kayak winter rental introduced us to Olhão, a place offers the opportunity we quickly found attractive for many reasons. to experience enjoying “Walkability” is, above all, a main highlight these waters near the and each month we will introduce you to shore, venturing further places only steps away from our front door. requires choosing a boat Questions, Comments or Suggestions for of some sort. Wanting new columns? to be “eco-friendly”, we Email us at [email protected]. We realized that is too often hope you will enjoy our column! an overused marketing term where protecting the Low Tide High Tide ecosystem is secondary to attracting passengers We love living near the water. More specifically, with good intentions. we cherish living near THIS water here in the On a late 2020 visit to eastern Algarve. While others might long to be Tavira, we stumbled further west where the waves of the Atlantic 40 www.eastalgarvemag.com

while on the water. Thus, in a true sense, Solar opportunity these boats offer. In addition, west along the Algarve coast, consider joining Moves delivers an “eco-friendly” experience. Sun Concepts recently introduced a solar a tour on one of these truly “eco-friendly” At the time we had no idea where these powered “work boat” design now operating boats. remarkable boats were built. out of Culatra, hopefully the subject of a This column is offered to give both thanks and Fast forward to February 2021. Our love affair future column. appreciation for the opportunity to witness with this amazing place enjoying our part-time Carina and I decided to experience a ride how one Olhão company is making a real home here in Olhão was just beginning. Still on the 12 meter catamaran, launching out difference towards a solution that can help curious where those remarkable SolarMoves of Portimão. The Sun Boat (www.sunboat. address climate change. tour boats came from, I give the Tavira pt), offers 3 hour journeys to the magnificent company a call. To my surprise, they said coastal caves here in the Algarve. While other Fine Print – We choose to focus on businesses here in origin was a company called Sun Concepts fossil fuel powered sightseeing tours consume Olhão where we have actually been customers first. Any located right here in Olhão! from 15 to 30 liters of fuel per hour, not to future advertising from these businesses that supports mention what amounts of diesel fuel escapes Eastern Algarve Magazine is purely coincidental :-) Sun Concepts into the water, the Sun Boat glides cleanly and *** If you know where we can find the most special quietly through the waves dipping into the decorative door fronts in Olhão, please write, or better yet, I Reached out to João Bastos, the General various caves, all with local nicknames noted send a photo! Thanks! Manager at Sun Concepts (https:// by our congenial hosts, both named Helio! sunconcept.pt/), here in Olhão to get more There is generally no lack of sunny weather information. His welcoming response here in the Algarve and our mid-October mentioned they had a boat located at the visit was no exception. While our tour was marina here in Olhão. Once I recognized fully subscribed, there was always plenty of it’s massive rooftop solar panels, I finally room to relax and occupy various places on identified from the shore their 12 meter blue the boat enjoying conversations with other water capable catamaran. Then he asked if I passengers while working the phone cameras might like to join him to see it! Wow! capturing shots to be viewed and shared later. Sun Concepts has been producing 7 meter If you and yours would like to spend time solar boats since 2015. The 2019 launch of enjoying the Algarve waters either from Tavira their 12 meter catamarans attracted local in the Ria Formosa Natural Park or further and national leaders to help celebrate the www.eastalgarvemag.com 41

EAxpskatHBeAalDth ADVICE... the Not all advice is good and not all people are as genuine as you may think. Enjoy our 'bad advice' column from the expert we have all met, know and love... the Expat. Here comes the dark winter, so time to reintroduce The ricocheting after the collision! most savage haunt of the year, based near the New Age ExPat Algarve Lulu: Really, rituals are so important when ruins of an old Olhão brothel. Paranormal, Supernatural & observing occultism! Now the mirror is ruined Lulu: (Tears in her eyes). What a wretched Psychic Society to see what and none of us will know its true secrets! succubus of a sordid soul… And (grimaces), Sam (who winces) took the Sam: Lulu felt an affinity with the dark spirits has been burning in their mirror from our house without it having third- trapped in that area. It turns out the old brothel investigative pile, faster than a Wicker Man full party insurance! (He blushes)! There goes 5 owner was a scarlet lady, a true fright in the night. of spooked screamers on Samhain! thousand! Always correctly insure your haunted Lulu: My spirit guide told me what an We welcome back the two co-chairs of objects and read the small print properly! unquenchable thirst she had for wayward the society, Samuel 'Epiphany' Jones from Expat: But surely you don't have to be a believer seaman, which she would also feed her pussy, Todmorden now living in Moncarapacho, and to feel the full impact of otherworldly spirits? her wicked familiar. medium Lulu 'Bruxa' Wood born in Alabama, Lulu: (Snaps) of course not, but only those She would strangle these stray men with resident of São Estêvão. ready to open their inner eye, get filled in! her silken stockings after blindfolding them, Lulu crash-landed on earth and spilled Sam: We helped this poor unfortunate this year, promising them a relaxed night of passion. unceremoniously from a UFO. If you meet her, he had experienced such bad luck. He didn't Her ecstasy was making her famous Rissol de it's hard to doubt it. believe in anything we said, but reluctantly he Carne, she wickedly fed her neighbours from May the Circus of Algarvian terrors commence let us interview him. her pantry which was stuffed full of dripping with the ringmasters to the otherworld! Aren't Lulu: His wife was concerned, he went missing meat! She was an insatiable cannibal! you glad you can't see it? after leaving the bar, only a few hundred metres Alas, she grew old and weak, she was suddenly Expat: What a year! Tell us about the other from their house. struck down with influenza and died. Her poor dimension of the Algarve and the bumps you Sam: Try as they might, on several occasions, pussy cat was famished and it devoured her. have taken in the night. You seem to have a search parties could not find him. Expat: Oh that's awful, does she still haunt nose for it! Expat: Where was he? there, with the men she killed? Lulu: Absolutely, we have sniffed out some Lulu: Well, I have a direct line to the Anunnaki Sam: Much worse! We were called to investigate horrors this year, stinkier than that frightening connection, my ancient Summarian Alien God the streets of Olhão late at night, where a bedpan hidden beneath your bed. Oh yes, I spirit guide Ashanti. He was being beamed up, bedraggled beast, half human and half feline, smell it now… probed, and kidnapped by beings of the planet stalks. It’s now known as the ghostly werecat of Expat: I know this article is nearing the sewer, Nibiru. When he made it home, the next day Olhão jumping from dumpsters at people at 3 am! but really, there's nothing there..! as if in a trance, he would always be leaking a Lulu: It’s not a legend! I was scratched and Lulu: That's what disbelievers always say! strange green jelly from his butt. bitten by a strange beast after we walked the (mocking voice), 'There's nothing there'! How His wife banned me from the house when I streets, holding catnip in a big baggy! I saw the would you know? You are as blind as a brain suggested the real cause. Instead, she told beast, wild in the eyes it was, a wicked hybrid, dead bat! friends he had been on an app called Grindr and without identity or gender! Just a famished soul Sam: Indeed Lulu! Like when we ran our latest kicked him out! looking for flesh and it’s still out there! seance, the haunted 18th-century mirror of How naive can she be? When I met him, he said Beware! You can hear horrible cat calls at night Maria do Carmo Mascarenhas, which was he was still being probed! He’s going to pay on a full moon! Once scratched, the beast will taken from Estoi Palace. me to have a word with the Nibiruians. I’m not come back to claim your soul (her eyes bulge ONLY true believers and observers of correct happy with my alien breatheron, I can tell you! and she dramatically clasps her neck)! rituals could pass through the portal of the They need to leave him alone! She quiveringly points at the scar on her arm. haunted mirror, not that they'd want to! Expat: Er… Okay. And er... any other I am praying every day, I need to exorcise that Lulu: Her deal with the devil was to always experiences you've genuinely helped people savage pussy! remain young by visiting him through the mirror. with? Expat: I am sure you do. (Sam blushes and It was an infamous legend to those who knew it, Sam: Yes, the usual. Haunted dolls, haunted can't meet our gaze). meaning, well, us. house appliances. We bravely broke the hex Well, these tales you call inexplicable leave us Sam: It’s not our fault some non-believer ran at on cursed whiskey decanter which left drinkers feeling quite tremulous. the mirror causing it to shatter and leaving him possessed and running amok… I also emptied Would you let us know how our readers can in Faro hospital for two weeks! He ran so fast a haunted vacuum of dusty old remnants. contact you with their supernatural tales of woe? at the portal, of course, it rejected him! They Expat: Er… And anything you couldn't explain Lulu: Gaze into a shiny piece of obsidian, and were picking shards from him for weeks! He or resolve!? scry me calling 'Lulu, Lulu, where are you? And had candle wax burns all down his face from Sam: Nothing, no nothing prepared us for our I will come! 42 www.eastalgarvemag.com

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Painting by Fonseca Martins, visit Tavira d'Artes, Tavira FERNANDO PESSOA: THE POET OF MANY MASKS As Tavira celebrates the work of the poet and writer Fernando Pessoa and especially his heteronym Álvaro de Campos with a two month festival, we introduce the literary genius. F By Richard Zenithernando António Nogueira Pessoa was born in Lisbon in 1888, died there indeveloped into a shy and highly imaginative boy, and a 1935, and did not often leave the citybrilliant student. Shortly after his seventeenth birthday, he as an adult, but he spent nine of hisreturned to Lisbon to enrol in the university-level course of childhood years in the British-governedArts and Letters but dropped out after two years without having sat for any exams. He preferred to study on his town of Durban, South Africa, where own at the National Library, where he systematically read his stepfather was the Portuguese consul. Pessoa, who was major works of philosophy, history, sociology and literature five years old when his natural father died of tuberculosis, (especially Portuguese) in order to complement and extend www.eastalgarvemag.com 45

\"My soul is a hidden orchestra; I know not what instruments, what fiddlestrings and harps, drums and tamboura I sound and clash inside myself. All I hear is the symphony\". \"Im' the empty stage where various actors act out various plays\". the traditional English education he had received in South Africa. and a poet, he regularly published his work in magazines, several of His production of poetry and prose in English during this period was which he helped to found and run, but his literary genius went largely intense, and by 1910 he was also writing extensively in Portuguese. He unrecognized until after his death. Pessoa was convinced of his own published his first essay in literary criticism in 1912, his first piece of genius, however, and he lived for the sake of his writing. Although he creative prose (a passage from The Book of Disquiet) in 1913, and his was in no hurry to publish, he had grandiose plans for Portuguese and first poems as an adult in 1914. English editions of his complete works, and he seems to have held on Living sometimes with relatives, sometimes in rented rooms, Pessoa to most of what he wrote. supported himself by doing occasional translations and by drafting In 1920 Pessoa’s mother, after the death of her second husband, letters in English and French for Portuguese firms that did business returned from South Africa to Lisbon. Pessoa leased an apartment abroad. Although solitary by nature, with a limited social life and almost for the reunited family – himself, his mother, his half-sister and two no love life, he was an active leader of Portugal’s Modernist movement half-brothers – on the Rua Coelho da Rocha, 16, which is today the in the 1910s, and he invented several of his own movements, including Casa Fernando Pessoa. This is where Pessoa lived for the last fifteen a Cubist-inspired ‘Intersectionism’ and a strident, quasi-Futurist years of his life – part of the time with his mother, who died in 1925, ‘Sensationism’. Pessoa stood outside the limelight, however, exerting and sometimes with his half-sister, her husband and their two children, influence through his writings and in his conversations with more but he also spent long periods by himself. (Pessoa’s half-brothers conspicuous literary figures. Respected in Lisbon as an intellectual emigrated to England in 1920.) Family members have reported that 46 www.eastalgarvemag.com

Food 'I am nothing I shall never be nothing I can't want to be nothing Apart from this, I have in me all the dreams in the world\" Pessoa was affectionate and good-humoured but resolutely private. religious attitudes, and literary pursuits. Some of Pessoa’s most No one realized how vast and varied a written universe was contained memorable work in Portuguese was attributed to the three main poetic in the large trunk where he deposited his writings over the years. heteronyms – Alberto Caeiro, Ricardo Reis and Álvaro de Campos – The contents of that trunk – which today constitute the Pessoa and to the ‘semiheteronym’ called Bernardo Soares, while much of his Archives at the National Library of Lisbon – include over 25,000 vast output of English poetry (along with some prose) was credited manuscript sheets of poetry, prose, plays, philosophy, criticism, to heteronyms Alexander Search and Charles Robert Anon. His translations, linguistic theory, political writings, horoscopes and one French heteronym, Jean Seul, wrote satirical essays. The many assorted other texts, variously typed, hand-written or illegibly scrawled other alter egos included translators, short story writers, an English in Portuguese, English and French. Pessoa wrote in notebooks, on literary critic, an astrologer, a philosopher, a friar, and an unhappy loose sheets, on the backs of letters, advertisements and handbills, nobleman who committed suicide. There was even a female persona: on stationery from the firms he worked for and from the cafés he a hunchbacked consumptive named Maria José, who was helplessly frequented, on envelopes, on paper scraps, and in the margins of his in love with a metalworker who passed by every day below the window own earlier texts. To compound the confusion, he wrote under dozens where she always sat, gazing and dreaming. of names, a practice – or compulsion – that began in his childhood. Today, more than seventy-five years after Pessoa’s death, his vast He called his most important personas ‘heteronyms’, endowing them written world has still not been completely charted by researchers, and with their own biographies, physiques, personalities, political views, a significant part of his prose writings are still waiting to be published. www.eastalgarvemag.com 47

Marine Life SHARKS in the ALGARVE Most of us are drawn to the Algarve for its stunning Beaches and whilst the majority of us venture out a few meters at most, we can´t help but think about what lurks below, perhaps with the famous \"Du-nuh dum dum.. Du-nuh\" that still haunts us all from the movie \"Jaws\". T o answer your Shortfin Mako Shark ponderous thought bluntly - Yes! In fact, Often targeted in sport fishing, this shark can reach 150 there are many species kilograms and 3 meters in length. of Shark swimming in It´s quite toothy, but with under 10 attacks on humans the Atlantic, around 40, ever recorded - its hardly a threat to us. but don´t be alarmed, most of them are Sadly, they are often taken for their meat so we Human´s in the North of Portugal and far out in really are more of a threat to them than they are to us. the depths, you´d be very lucky to see one, let alone be nibbled! Whilst most of these shark species are never seen close to the coast, there are always exceptions, for instance, a Basking shark was one very close to the Meia Praia Beach in Lagos back in 2018 and one spotted by passengers of a tour boat just off the coast of Praia da Ribeira do Cavalo in March 2019. But whilst they are the biggest shark by far you may see in Portugal´s waters, they are completely harmless to Humans, they don´t even have teeth! However, some of the sharks listed here do! 48 www.eastalgarvemag.com

The Great Dogfish white The Dogfish is, compared to it´s cousins, quite a small fish. Probably the Not only do they have teeth, most commonly sighted shark in Europe due to its preference of shallow but they are the most feared waters. shark in the world due to their You can recognize them by their white spots and pointed snout. They depiction in films and deadly generally feed on small marine animals such as Squid, Fish, Jellyfish and \"test\" bite. Crab. Again, we often catch them in nets and overfishing has lead to a The Great White shark actually decrease in population in European waters. do live in our waters, in fact they live in nearly all seas and oceans. However, they prefer the northern Atlantic so we are safe from them here in the south. Blue Sharks Hammerhead sharks These common sharks are quite often spotted by These sharks, famous for their oddly shaped heads, divers of scuba trips. can be found worldwide. \"Blue\" due to their faint colouring, this shark There are many types of Hammerhead sharks, the grows to be about 2.5 meters long, and feed on most common in the Algarve being the smooth smaller fish, Octopus and Crustaceans, though hammerhead shark. every once in a while a curious individual may Every year they are spotted in the Algarve, nibble a diver or fisherman. wandering around looking for food in the warmer Sadly they are often caught in fishing nets, waters of summer. so again, we are a much bigger threat They are much more scared of us than we are of to them then they are to us. them, often called the shy shark. Their mouths are much smaller than their heads so www.eastalgarvemag.com whilst in theory they could bite you, they really are not much of a threat. The Basking Shark As we mentioned before, Basking sharks do lurk in our waters and sometimes they venture close! Growing up to 10 meters long and weighing over 4.5 tons, these giants are truly impressive. Whilst they may give you a fright, they really don´t pose a threat, they prey on tiny fish and zooplankton, they would not know what to do with you! 49

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