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Sea salt: the white gold of the Algarve

A selection of our photos of the traditional salt harvesting in the Algarve. For more information about this subject please click HERE

Saltern: Flooding

Harvest of Flor do Sal

The best quality sea salt: Flor do Sal

Flor do Sal: a must for excellent cuisine

Flor do Sal from Marisol

Sal Tradicional: ponds

Sal Tradicional: Wooden floodgate to regulate the brine

Sal Tradicional: Drying the salt by evaporation

Sal Tradicional: evaporation of water

Sal Tradicional: gathering and shaping of the salt

Sal Tradicional: Wooden rakes have been used for centuries

Sal Tradicional: traditional work by hand

Sal Tradicional: the result of two weeks of hard work

Sal do Mar: harvest with small machines at the end of the season