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We published a new article about weekend trips from Olhão by train to Faro, Tavira and Fuseta, and on to Seville by the Guadiana ferry under Weekend trips from Olhão by train: Faro, Tavira, Fuseta and on to Seville.

We published a new article about Olhão’s market halls, and how to make them the week’s supply line on a month-long stay under Olhão’s market halls make the case for a month — go in the morning.

We published a new article about one night at Wonder House: a quiet desk, a cool room in the heat, and nothing within walking distance that sells food under One night at Wonder House: calmer than the rumours, further than the map.

We published a new article about the communal dinner at a Catalan coliving with one condition at the door, a costume, and what that says about how optional a community really is under No costume, no food: how a feather got me dinner at Wonder House.

We published a new article about a terrace disco at a rural Catalan coliving where the dancing was optional and going to bed at eleven was fine under Dream Disco: the night a coliving let me leave the party early.

We published a new article about POMAR Base near Olhão: a solid desk, quiet nights, and a map that needs a car you don’t have under POMAR Base: a good desk, and an Uber to everything else.

We published a new article about a stay at Burgas Coliving, where the desk is as good as any and every evening needs a plan under Burgas Coliving: strong at the desk, weak on the map.

We published a new article about why the eastern Algarve’s colivings open from October to April and close when the beaches fill under Why eastern Algarve colivings fill in winter and close for summer.

We published a new article about where to eat in the eastern Algarve on an ordinary Tuesday in January under Where the eastern Algarve eats in January: the places that don’t shut.

We published a new article about the Ria Formosa in the cold half of the year, when the ferry isn’t running and the lagoon stops being a route to a beach under The Ria Formosa off-season: the lagoon, the islands, and the ferry that isn’t running.

We published a new article about Faro in winter, the arrivals hall with a cathedral attached that turns out to be the one place on this coast with a Thursday night under Faro in winter: the city everyone flies into and nobody stays in.

We published a new article about choosing between Fuseta, Olhão, Tavira and Faro as a base for a winter month under Fuseta, Olhão, Tavira or Faro: picking an eastern Algarve base for a winter month.

We published a new article about the first three weeks of a January stay in the eastern Algarve, with rain on ten of fourteen days, and why the stay only started working after that under The first three weeks were a slog: rain, a strange bed, strangers.

We published a new article about where in Europe a UK or German working day still fits a civilised local schedule, and where it eats your evening under Where in Europe can you actually work UK or German hours? A workation timezone map.

We published a new article about what stays open in the eastern Algarve in winter, what shuts, and how much it really rains under Winter in the eastern Algarve: what’s open, what closes, what to expect.

We published a new article about running the Ria Formosa before work: flat, quiet and, for part of the winter, still dark at seven under Running the Ria Formosa: flat, quiet, and empty at 7am.

We published a new article about fitting kitesurfing or paddleboarding in Fuseta around a full-time job under Kitesurfing and paddleboarding in Fuseta around a full-time job.

We published a new article about three evening rides on the Ecovia do Litoral from Fuseta, each under two hours under Cycling the Ecovia do Litoral from Fuseta: three rides under two hours.

We published a new article about four weeks in the eastern Algarve without a car, and the three times that decision cost something under Do you need a car in the eastern Algarve? A four-week test.

We published a new article about whether living next to the Atlantic helps or wrecks your focus, after thirteen weeks in Fuseta under Beach-adjacent coliving: does living next to the Atlantic help or wreck your focus?.

We published a new article about an ordinary working Wednesday in Fuseta, a fishing village of around 2,000 people under A weekday in Fuseta: what a working day looks like in a fishing village.

We published a new article about what a week inside Pomar na Praia actually looks like under A week at Pomar na Praia: what the rhythm actually is.