A small, but rapidly expanding, village that now boasts three restaurants and several bars. There is also a small market for farmers' produce, a butcher and three small 'Mini-mercado's.
I recently stayed in Almadena for a few weeks for the third or fourth time. As Blue Bossa says, it,s a lovely place and very friendly. Bar Six is a gem of a place. Great beer, friendly crowd and a barman who could teach multi national breweries a thing or two about how to run a bar. A warm welcome without the schmooze! The English bar in the Square has improved. Last time I stayed the noise at times, was unforgiving and some of the visitors, as Blue says, not too salubrious, but no sign of any of this for some time so I gather. Sadly, nearby Luz and Burgau are becoming heavily over-developed. Can't they learn from the ghettoes on the Spanish Costas? Otherwise the coast, especially on the West is often stunning and a treasure worth protecting from preditor developers with only profiteering in mind. The town of Lagos has loads of character and seems to have a good blend between tourism and local culture. My friends and I found excellent food and service on several occasions at the Restaurante Cavaleiro Da Luz very near Luz sea front. Almadena gets my vote!
Having been the owner of O Poço (the infamous ENGLISH BAR)for 7 years now, it has been interesting to re-read Bluebossas diatribe. At the time his or her comments were made, the only live music held in my bar was a charity bash.(for Portuguese Firemen),& by law everything stopped at midnight! However I will not lower myself to Bluebossas level,as Ican see that this attack was personal. If my bar was such a den of inniquity, then we would have failed years ago, as lots of businesses have. I have dared Bluebossa to reveal him/herself but cowards never will.
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5 Comments:
At 5:14 pm,
twm_ched said…
Almádena is Portugese for a high Muslim tower, or minaret. Not a lot of people know that.
At 1:56 am,
Anonymous said…
I new about the meaning of Almadena
Almádena, ou minarete, é a designação da torre da mesquita, de onde o almuadem anuncia as cinco chamadas diárias à oração.
At 9:15 pm,
Anonymous said…
I recently stayed in Almadena for a few weeks for the third or fourth time. As Blue Bossa says, it,s a lovely place and very friendly.
Bar Six is a gem of a place. Great beer, friendly crowd and a barman who could teach multi national breweries a thing or two about how to run a bar. A warm welcome without the schmooze!
The English bar in the Square has improved. Last time I stayed the noise at times, was unforgiving and some of the visitors, as Blue says, not too salubrious, but no sign of any of this for some time so I gather.
Sadly, nearby Luz and Burgau are becoming heavily over-developed. Can't they learn from the ghettoes on the Spanish Costas?
Otherwise the coast, especially on the West is often stunning and a treasure worth protecting from preditor developers with only profiteering in mind.
The town of Lagos has loads of character and seems to have a good blend between tourism and local culture.
My friends and I found excellent food and service on several occasions at the Restaurante Cavaleiro Da Luz very near Luz sea front.
Almadena gets my vote!
At 4:46 pm,
les giggs said…
Having been the owner of O Poço (the infamous ENGLISH BAR)for 7 years now, it has been interesting to re-read Bluebossas diatribe. At the time his or her comments were made, the only live music held in my bar was a charity bash.(for Portuguese Firemen),& by law everything stopped at midnight! However I will not lower myself to Bluebossas level,as Ican see that this attack was personal. If my bar was such a den of inniquity, then we would have failed years ago, as lots of businesses have. I have dared Bluebossa to reveal him/herself but cowards never will.
At 4:07 pm,
Anonymous said…
Les...we enjoyed our meals, drink & pub quiz in your bar. Loved talking parrot too!!
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