Away from the big mess, on the coast we have this quadrangular-shaped land, ideal for growing carob trees or other rainfed trees, access to tar and dirt.Carrasqueira is an area belonging to São Bartolomeu de Messines, which is a village of Arab origin, which already existed in 1189, when the crusaders and the troops of D. Sancho I conquered Silves. At that time, it was called Mussiene or Adh-Dhakira Assania[8], which proves that the village was properly structured. Unfortunately, we know nothing about the following centuries. The medieval church that existed here did not survive to this day and even the town seems to have lost its importance, probably due to its interior and peripheral location in relation to the main centers of power in the late-medieval Algarve. Book your visit now.