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  <title><![CDATA[Cricket Glen]]></title>
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  <description><![CDATA[Cricket Glen is a small eight-room hotel in the Alentejo hills near Évora, Portugal. Bed and breakfast, half board, and private garden events. Book direct.]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[The kitchen garden in July: what is ready right now]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The courgettes came in two weeks early this year and the basil is already taller than it has any right to be. Here is what is on the table this month and how Tiago is using it in the evening menu.]]></description>
    <pubDate>2026-07-10</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[We added a seventh walking route: the Guadiana river path]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[After two years of meaning to do it, Tiago finally mapped and laminated the Guadiana river path. It is a four-hour return walk with one steep section and a very good lunch stop at the halfway point.]]></description>
    <pubDate>2026-06-28</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Exclusive-use bookings: what that actually means here]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[We get asked about exclusive-use bookings a few times a year. Here is exactly what is included, what is not, and how far ahead you need to plan.]]></description>
    <pubDate>2026-05-15</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Spring at Cricket Glen: the orchard is flowering]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[The quince trees flowered in the last week of March, earlier than last year. The fig tree on the Fig Suite terrace is showing its first leaves. Here is what the property looks like right now and what is coming.]]></description>
    <pubDate>2026-04-03</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Walking the Alentejo: five routes worth your time]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Most people who come to the Alentejo come for the food, the wine, and the light. Walking tends to be an afterthought. That is a mistake. The landscape around Évora and the Guadiana valley is one of the best walking regions in Portugal, and almost none of it is crowded. Here are five routes we know well, ranging from a gentle morning stroll to a serious half-day on the ridge.]]></description>
    <pubDate>2026-05-12</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[What to eat in the Alentejo: a practical guide]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Alentejo cooking is not subtle. It is built on pork, bread, olive oil, and time. The region produces some of Portugal's best olive oil, its most celebrated pork (from the black Iberian pig, the porco preto), and a style of bread-based cooking that turns what looks like a simple ingredient list into something genuinely complex. Here is what to know before you sit down.]]></description>
    <pubDate>2026-04-18</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[How to book a small hotel in Portugal: what to ask first]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Booking a small hotel in Portugal is not the same as booking a chain. The things that matter are different, the flexibility is different, and the experience of staying is different. Here is what we have learned from running Cricket Glen since 2014, and what we would tell a friend who was planning a trip.]]></description>
    <pubDate>2026-03-05</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[Alentejo wine: what to drink and where to start]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Alentejo wine has changed a lot in the last twenty years. The region used to be known for heavy, tannic reds that needed years in a cellar. It still makes those, but it also makes fresh whites, skin-contact wines, and lighter reds that are good with food. Here is a starting point for visitors who want to drink well without spending a lot of time reading labels.]]></description>
    <pubDate>2026-06-01</pubDate>
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    <title><![CDATA[What to do near Évora: a practical list for a week]]></title>
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    <description><![CDATA[Évora is a UNESCO World Heritage city and most visitors spend a day there, see the cathedral and the bone chapel, and move on. That is a reasonable use of a day. But the region around Évora has enough to fill a week without repeating yourself, and most of it is not in the guidebooks. Here is what we tell our guests.]]></description>
    <pubDate>2026-05-28</pubDate>
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