On Saturday, 28th August 2010, Loule once again hosted White Night. This is the third year running and it gets better each year. I believe “White Night” started in Italy some ten years ago and has spread to a number of countries and again, I believe, to Brighton UK. It is a celebration and a...
Evora is a beautiful city located in the Alentejo region of central Portugal. What is not known to many is the importance of a series of magnificent stone megaliths in the surrounding countryside. One of the most spectacular is the megalith at Almendres. This stone circle is located about 5 km from the city of...
In the sweltering heat of summer, Beja has often claimed to be the warmest place in Europe. Temperatures often exceed 45C in summer. There is not much to photograph on a hot summer’s day except these fields of sunflowers that seem to thrive. There are fields of sunflowers that stretch for miles into the distance.
The Algarve was famous for it’s tuna fishing industry. The industry has long gone but it’s remnants still remain and can been seen in many of the fishing villages. One very strange site is located at Barril Beach near Santa Lucia. At Barril there are still remains of the fishing huts and processing. However, the...
On Thursday I took a trip, with a photographer friend, to the pretty town of Serpa which is in the heart of Alentejo. For those of you who have looked at my blog before, Serpa is about 50 km north of the copper mine of Minas da Sao Domingos. I left Tavira at 8am and...
