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Gastronomy

À Terra Restaurant

More than a restaurant, À TERRA is a way of being. Inspired by local nature and a return to our deepest origins, here we cook with our hands and with our heart, honouring what is most genuine in this Algarve that welcomes us.
À TERRA is a restaurant with delicious and healthy home-made country cuisine. It is based on a concept of sharing and continuous service and uses various local ingredients as its base, including: olive oil, flower of salt, figs, carob, oranges, mushrooms, aubergines, tomatoes and coriander. And its aromas, textures, colours, melodies and stories are the heirs to this comfort kitchen.
The wood-fired oven and the Josper are the main actors, where we cook pizzas, bruschetta and various roasts in the oven, prepared in a traditional way. Bread is one of core items that we bake. Baked in our wood-fired oven, it is available from dawn until late in the day. 

Additionally, we offer fresh salads, rice with local vegetables and herbs from the herb garden, gratins and a range of other dishes. Everything to share, even dessert — for those with a sweet tooth, make an exception.

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Laranjal

Here we tell stories about this place, about the Algarve and about the Ria that the ancient people decided to call formosa (beautiful) for obvious reasons. Here we use your plate as a blank page, the kitchenware as pencils and pens and the ingredients as natural dyes. He writes stories, describing the saltiness of this land, the breeze that travelled from somewhere until it hits us, the colour of the oranges, the dance of the octopus, the patience of the oysters in the sunshine on a sandbank between two ocean inlets. And he writes about the local people, about their hands, wet from pulling in the fishing nets, their skin tanned by the sun as they harvest the earth's bounty.

Some warmer and some fresher; read these stories and take them home with you, in your MEMORIES.

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Chef's Table