Caldas de Monchique.

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Yesterday's damselfly lives around here.

It's a pretty place - a green valley with springs that already the Romans (obviously!) knew about.

Last time we were there, we met a guy on a donkey.

Here is the picnic area:



The water from the springs flows into several basins, ponds and small channels - some empty at the moment.



There are not many buildings - a greyish concrete hotel at the bottom of the valley, but most of the resort is faux-Moorish late 19-th century and some of the smaller chalets hidden behind the trees look much like examples of Bäderarchitektur.

Sleepy, except for the occasional daytrippers.