Paradise in Portugal

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This post is especially for Hive account@pardinus. who lives much closer to the beautiful Alentejo than I do!

The Quinta do Barranco da Estrada is located in the Alentejo province in the tiny town of Santa Clara e Velha. The view of the Santa Clara reservoir is spectacular! And they tell me that on a hot day the swimming is really wonderful. I tried, but it was early in the year and the water was icy!

The Quinta is located far out in the country side and uses solar power to operate off the grid. It is not a luxury resort, but the rooms are great and the food is amazing!

The owner, Frank, is a master birder, and also operates birding tours and many of the other guests were there purely for the birding.

It was while staying here that I saw my first hoopoe, and azure winged magpies. And heard my first Nightingale sing! All treasured memories, and I would highly recommend going on one of his Birding in Portugal tours.