I awoke this morning to my first day in Salema, Portugal after a late evening flight into Faro. Salema is a sleepy beach town except in the month of August and part of September. The area on the southern tip of Portugal is known as the Algarve coast. Salema is off the beaten path and is essentially a quaint fishing village frequented by surfers, a sprinkle of British tourists and a hint of some German tourists.
For those of you who are geographically challenged, the red dot indicates my location on the map. You can see that I am about as far southwest as you can go in continental Europe. The Algarve area of Portugal is just north of Morocco and to the due west of Spain.
The jagged coast line of Salema located on the Atlantic.
Looking through a craggy walkway out to the ocean where a single fishing boat sits after it has come back in for the morning.
The only street through Salema....luckily I chose a small Italian Fiat!
The buildings still have remnants of their Moorish style--whitewashed buildings with red tile and sometimes domed entryways.
Portugal's version of Clark W. Grisswold and/or Cousin Eddie...depending on how you look at it!
Believe it or not, these beaches get swept away every winter with the strong tides that take them out, only to be "returned" by the strong spring currents. The locals cross their fingers each year hoping that mother nature will do her job and return the sand. To date, the sand has always come back.
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