A few years ago Robert and I decided it was about time we explored what remains of Arraial Ferreira Neto. It is now a posh hotel in the east Algarve, but was once a tuna fishing village. We had been fascinated by the Algarve’s fishing heritage ever since we had visited Praia do Barril with its tuna fishing anchors. It is a life that, like the tuna, has almost completely disappeared from this part of the world. Fortunately though there are a few remaining photographs, films and as you can see below models that offer a glimpse on what was a very challenging way to earn a living.

If you look carefully in my header photograph and also the square above you will spot a few sevens in the maze of nets, steel cables, anchors and boats, and it was these sevens that originally drew me to including this square in this month’s challenge.

It was only after re-reading one of the boards that I remembered this fishing trap, called an ‘Almadrava’, could be about seven miles in length.

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  15. The models are fascinating. It seems an enormous effort to go to to catch these creatures. I’ve never been a lover of tuna but it’s a sorry ending. The Anchor Graveyard is still a beautiful place and I did think of including 7 of them this month xx

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  16. We found lots of little villages that seem to have replaced fishing with tourism in the Algrave. Alas, we didn’t stay any where posh nor see this interesting museum.

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  18. A posh hotel sounds an unfitting end to this slice of history. I’m not sorry that the tuna fishing has stopped. Though quixotically, in another way I am sorry this old piece of history is indeed – just history.

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    1. The display is in what was once one of the community rooms, there is also a school on the site which is now the play area for kids staying at the hotel

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