Terras de Sal is a cooperative of producers of Sea Salt Craft (Tal-Qual salt orTraditional salt), Fleur du sel and liquid salt, distributing and exclusively marketing this type of product. All of its products are collected and processed manually, according to traditional methods and techniques and fully respect the legislation for Tal-Qual salt and Fleur du sel (Decreto-lei 350/2007 of October 19 and Portaria 72/2008, January 23) .The products are certified for quality by SATIVA and the French certifier Nature & Progrés.
Its salterns are entirely in the Castro Marim and Vila Real de Santo António Salt Marsh Nature Reserve, the oldest in the country.

More information about the production conditions and the products can be provided on request.

Traditional Marine Salt 

The sea water goes to large tanks in natural clay (nurseries) during the high tides of greater magnitude. This water passes then into a sequence of tanks with decreasing depth (for sedimentation and evaporation). At the end, the water, already with a very high salt concentration, goes into small tanks (crystallization tanks) where the salt crystallizes. The water movement is done by gravity.
The salt precipitates on crystallizers. Once the salt reaches a sufficient thickness (approx. 10 cm), the bottom of the crystallizer is progressively scraped manually with the aid of suitable tools, wood (squeegee), pulling the salt to the edges of crystallizers where it is extracted from water and set to dry. It is placed to drain and dry in the sun and wind for about 5 days in small clay tracks bordering the crystallizers and is then packaged and stored.

Fleur du sel

The fleur du sel is formed on the surface of crystallization tanks being collected daily by hand with appropriate utensils in wood and stainless steel (strainers). It is placed to drain and dry in the sun and wind in small quantities and is then packaged and stored.

Fleur du sel with mixture of organic herbs:

- Mix for meat - thyme, basil and rosemary,
- Mix for fish - tarragon, fennel and coriander and
- Mix for salad or vegetables - parsley, oregano and savory.

GPS: 37.217295, -7.444041

R. São Sebastião, 17-19 | 8950-138 Castro Marim

Opening hours: 8:30am - 12:30 / 1:30 pm - 5:30 pm (Monday to Friday)