Eating cheaply in Porto Covo
Two places, one number that matters, and a Sunday problem. What the price symbols on a listing site will not tell you.
Journal
Notes from Porto Covo
Short pieces about this stretch of coast: which beach suits which day, where to buy food, what the sea is doing this month. Written by the family who owns the apartment.
The day to avoid eating out in Porto Covo
Five places shut on a Tuesday, including two of the best-known tables. Both of the cheap options shut on a Sunday. And for nine of them nobody publishes a closing day at all.
Why we built Blue Cove in Porto Covo
A Portuguese family, a long time away, and a village that keeps pulling us home. What we tried to fix, and the one thing we will not take credit for.
How to get a table at Zé Inácio in August
Porto Covo's best-known table takes no reservations, and in August that matters. Three things that work, and why the rest of the year you can ignore all of them.