Bistrot Gulli

Aljezur


On the main road 4.5km south of Aljezur, what looks like a standard driver's lunch stop surprises with a contemporary interior, covered terrace and a garden that provides fresh herbs for salads, steaming pizzas, pastas, risottos and beef carpaccio.


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