{"id":4123,"date":"2025-01-23T06:12:49","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T06:12:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.paulobizarro.com\/?p=4123"},"modified":"2025-01-23T06:12:49","modified_gmt":"2025-01-23T06:12:49","slug":"back-to-southwest-portugals-coast-for-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.paulobizarro.com\/?p=4123","title":{"rendered":"Back to Southwest Portugal’s Coast for Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

In December 2024 I took a couple of weeks vacation and went to Portugal. I had the opportunity to spend some time with the entire family, which is always good. I also spent a few days in Longueira, in the SW coast of Alentejo; the weather was cold but sunny, so excellent for trekking. Thus, one fine morning we decided to walk along the Nossa Senhora das Neves trail, which is part of the vast Rota Vicentina network. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This is my wife\u00b4s favorite trail, and indeed it crosses a beautiful rural landscape. I have already written several articles about this trail, so this time I will only share a few photos. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Grazing.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Along the trail.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sun burst.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sheep.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Rural landscape.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Another photo walk I did was along the coast, between Almograve beach and Lapa de Pombas fishing harbor. The late December light near sunset was wonderful, bathing the coastline in golden tones. The low tide was a bonus, revealing the spectacular geology of the area. Almograve is famous for its sunset, and it is easy to see why.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Local cat at Lapa de Pombas enjoying the sun.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Folded rock formations.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Golden light.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Coastal dunes.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Almograve sunset.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The magic of sunset.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It was great to spend some time back home, and be able to take a few photo walks in the southwest.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In December 2024 I took a couple of weeks vacation and went to Portugal. I had the opportunity to spend some time with the entire family, which is always good. I also spent a few days in Longueira, in the SW coast of Alentejo; the weather was cold but sunny, so excellent for trekking. Thus, … Continue reading Back to Southwest Portugal’s Coast for Christmas<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[22],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.paulobizarro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4123"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.paulobizarro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.paulobizarro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paulobizarro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paulobizarro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4123"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paulobizarro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4128,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paulobizarro.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4123\/revisions\/4128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.paulobizarro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paulobizarro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.paulobizarro.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}