Local Food, Wine & Regional Products in Lagoa (Algarve)
Must-try regional dishes, local wines, traditional sweets and artisan products — handpicked to help you experience the real taste of Lagoa (Algarve).
Vinho de Lagoa
DOC Algarve wines from the Lagoa sub-region, traditionally fortified, more recently dry whites and reds from Negra Mole.
- wine
- DOC
- artisan
Cataplana de marisco
Seafood stew slow-cooked in the hinged copper cataplana pan, a Carvoeiro-Lagoa staple along the cliff coast.
- seafood
- cataplana
Doces de figo
Dried-fig and almond paste shaped into small fruits, a sweet tradition rooted in the Barrocal Algarve groves.
- dessert
- figs
- almond
Aguardente de medronho
Arbutus-berry eau-de-vie distilled in nearby Monchique, traditionally served after lunch in Lagoa restaurants.
- liqueur
- medronho
