Restaurants in Praia da Luz and area during the winter months

When you have a happy snap like this one of Gabrielle about to munch on her cheese omelette, you can see that this was not high cuisine ... but boy, was it good! Food while you're away is an essential element in the sum of your happiness and finding the best restaurants is a first step. So here's a little look at some of the ones we have sampled so far in Praia da Luz.

Why is the weather in Portugal so good in Winter?

It's a well-known fact that the Algarve weather is some of the best in Europe during Winter months, but why is that? Surrounding territories are frequently subject to extremes of temperature - take January 2017 for example, where snow has fallen in Greece and Italy as well as across higher lands in Africa.

Fishy fishy fishy

In a long, thin country with a coastline length of 1,794 km and a population of about 10.5 million, fish is going to be an important component of the diet. Wherever one catches a glimpse of sea - which is in many places in this beautiful country, you're sure to see a small fishing vessel plying its trade around the shoreline.

Setting up to work in your business from abroad

The dream of many people is to disappear to somewhere warm in the winter months, but for most, that is only a dream. The reality is that work beckons and, unless you're a person of independent means, that salary cheque needs to keep on coming into your bank account.

However, if you are a business owner, you may be able to hand over day to day control of the company to your team while you work at a distance. So what would you need in order to do this and how could you make it successful?

Days five and six

New Year’s Day showed us a contrast in weather - cold and cloudy. Not unlike ourselves who were definitely hung over after the night’s excesses. Still we managed to get up in time for breakfast around 10am, but everything was very slow. We partook of a classic “morning after” breakfast with fried stuff and toast and then had a walk along the front to a pizza restaurant a little later, following a very slow morning - carbs were still needed.

Day four - Nick's birthday

We woke to brilliant sunshine and pressies for my birthday and then breakfast on the terrace - with a glass of champagne, of course and a Portuguese tart too! It was the start of a wonderful day. We took a walk to Cascais and did a little light shopping. Then took in a beer beside the sea, before heading home to coffee and reading in the sunshine.