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All hotels in Portugal The area is commonly known as the "bread basket" of Portugal, a region of vast open countryside with undulating plains and rich fertile soil. With very few exceptions all the major towns are mainly reliant on agriculture, livestock and forestry. There are several types of traditional cheeses, wines and smoked hams and sausages made in the Alentejo region, among others: Marble , cork , olive oil and mining industries are other important activities in the region and tourism is expected to still have growth potential. The Alqueva Dam is an important irrigation and hydroelectricity generation facility which supports a part of the Alentejo's economy.
The region is the home of the world's most important area for the growing of cork.
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Cork-oak, known in Portugal as "sobreiro", has been grown commercially in the region for the past years, with the areas between the trees typically given over to grazing , or on the more productive soils, to the growing of citrus fruit , vines or olives. As a consequence, a uniquely rich and varied ecosystem has developed.
The bark of the cork-oak is still harvested by teams of men using locally made hand- axes. No mechanical method has yet been invented that will allow the harvest to be achieved as effectively. The stripping of the bark is performed only in midsummer, when the bark can be removed more easily. The cork-oak is the only tree known that will allow this regular stripping of bark without damage. The harvest of one mature tree provides sufficient bark to produce about 4, wine bottle corks.
The industry provides employment for about 60, workers. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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No doubt the restaurant, run by two brothers for the past 28 years, is buzzing in July and August, when Portuguese holidaymakers descend on the Alentejo coast. But for the other 10 months of the year, the trickle of diners who come to feast on fantastically fresh seafood reflects the general pace of life in the Alentejo: One of the poorest, least-developed, least-populated regions in western Europe, the Alentejo has been dubbed both the Provence and the Tuscany of Portugal.
To travel here is to step back in time 40 or 50 years. But that stillness ends abruptly at the Atlantic Ocean, where there is drama in spades. And yet few people seem to know about it. There are some gorgeous, independent guesthouses in this area see below , but they are hidden in valleys or at the end of dirt tracks. Our base was Herdade da Nespereira , a beautiful acre estate of uncultivated land covered in rock-rose, eucalyptus and wild flowers 13km inland from Zambujeira.
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Our one-bedroom home, Azenha, was once home to the miller who tended the now-restored watermill next to it. A kilometre away from the main house, pool and restaurant, it is gloriously isolated. Stepping out of the house in the morning to greet our neighbours — wild horses on one side, donkeys on the other — with nothing but birdsong filling the air, I felt a sense of adventure you normally only get with wild camping. We followed her advice, walking down to the stream in search of terrapins and otters, or through clusters of cork oak trees, their branches hairy with lichen like the ancient trees of a fairytale forest.
On some days, we tramped uphill to the windmill, now a romantic house for two, for panoramic views across the estate and beyond. When we ventured out, we were always drawn back to the coast — the gentle sands and shallow bay of Farol beach close to Vila Nova de Milfontes, the rock pools of Almograve or the cove at Carvalhal. At the end of the day, we would head, sandy-footed, to the nearest restaurant, knowing that at every one there would be a cabinet full of fresh seafood to choose from — bass, bream, salmon, lobster, prawns, crabs, goose barnacles, clams … We never ate the same thing twice.
After scarfing platefuls of seafood on the terrace, we wandered down to the harbour where two fishermen, kitted out in wetsuits, were setting out by boat across the clear turquoise water to collect goose barnacles. Other than them, the place was deserted — just another empty beauty spot where I wondered for the hundredth time that week how this pristine stretch of coast has remained so undiscovered. The accommodation below is within easy reach of the coast by car a car is essential in this region, which has virtually no public transport. It has been renovated by Portuguese architect Pedro Oliveira, grandson of the film director Manoel de Oliveira , who is years old and still making movies.