Visit Alhao in Algarve Portugal

Join Shepherd Entertainment on a tour to the town of Alhao, known for its yearly seafood festival, in the Algarve region, Portugal.

Visit Alhao in Algarve Portugal The narrow roads protecting from the flaming sun and the box-like white houses with their flat roofs inspired the atmosphere of an African oasis. The biggest fishing port and canning factory of the region can be found in Alhao. A few years ago donkeys walking in the water caring baskets of fish were common sight. The village was raise to the rank of a town in 1808 and after 17 fishermen under the leadership of Garocha and Nobra sailed to Rio de Janeiro without a map to be the first to let the exiled King know of the departure of Napoleon’s troops. This event was made eternal by the heroic epic of Jose Agostinho de Macedo the New Organuts. Another famous spectacle of the town is the festival of the Marisco or the festival of seafood which is held in August every year. At this time, the table’s line up at the port grown with seafood. Each more delicious than the other, there’s lobster and crayfish, oyster and octopus, sea urchin and caviar, fish clams and calamari. It becomes lively only for the time of the festival, otherwise common tranquility await the visitors all year around. From the quay, the boatman takes us to the little islands belonging to the nature reserve of Ria Formosa, Armona, Culatra and Farol. Behind this salt the distillers in the massive farms we can find undisturbed places for bathing.