COME AND VISIT TAVIRA, WHOSE STREETS BREATHE THE HISTORY OF A MILLENNIAL EXISTENCE TEMPERED BY THE AUTHENTICITY AND THE GENUINENESS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN STYLE.
Tavira boasts 234 square miles of coast, mountains and barrocal (hinterland). The coast has a sea front with 11 miles of fine sandy beaches located in the heart of Parque Natural da Ria Formosa (Ria Formosa Nature Park), a protected area of high environmental value.
Barril beach
Ria Formosa
Tavira Island
Carob trees, almond trees, arbutus trees and citrus groves colour the landscape of barrocal and the mountains. Traditional designed houses, haystacks, wood stoves, and windmills complete the overview.
Roman bridge
The history of Tavira lies in time. Excavations made on the “genetic hill” show the presence of the Phoenicians and other people of antiquity. The Moorish occupation has also left its influences in agriculture, in culture and in the city’s urbanism. Promoted to city back in 1520, Tavira is a city with a plethora of churches, convents, hermitages, and chapels, full of nooks and charm, crossed by Rivers Gilão and Séqua, that provide a visit in the tranquillity of a mild climate.
Tavira owns a vast heritage. It is essential to enhance and to pass on the traditions and the characteristic values of the Mediterranean Diet – UNESCO’s Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
VISIT
The centre of the Municipal Museum is focused on the exhibitions that approach history, the diversity of the municipal heritage and the new current artistic expressions. In the lobby, may be seen the “Phoenician ritual shafts”, dedicated to the worship of Baal, the god of storms.Price: 2€...
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Núcleo Islâmico (Islamic Centre) hosts a vast and diversified archaeological collection from the Moorish period, from which stand out Vaso de Tavira (Tavira’s Vase) (the real ex-libris of the museum), the capital of caliphal era, the ablutions fonts, and the Islamic wall in Cyclopean Masonry.Pri...
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A church whose main portal (as well as the church body) was designed by André Pilarte. It...
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Besides the landscape and cultural wealth, Cachopo is also rich in historic and archaeolog...
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The parish of Santa Catarina da Fonte do Bispo has 29.454 acres, inserted between the barr...
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DO
Praia do Barril (Barril beach) is midway through Ilha de Tavira, in a narrow tongue of fine white sand. The beach support equipment was in the past an old tuna fishing tackle....
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The Cycling Route runs through the entire coastline of the Algarve, in an extension of 133 miles, from Cabo São Vicente (Vila do Bispo) until Vila Real de Santo António, across twelve municipalities....
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The crops of the table and the feast are in the centre of a programme with farmers’ mark...
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“Verão em Tavira” is a Summer cultural programme, for all the residents and vis...
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The Forest Perimeter of Conceição de Tavira has an area of 1.129 acres and is located ju...
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EAT
To make your mouth water, this restaurant in Cabanas de Tavira values
the excellent gastronomic offer of Chef Noélia. Emphasis on the bivalve
molluscs from Ria Formosa, in this place with the smell of the ocean....
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Earning a star in the
Michelin Guide 2022, Chef Luís Brito’s restaurant is an experience not to be
missed in the city. At the table, the unique combinations of the international
cuisine with the regional flavours. At the window, the magnificent view over
river Gilão.
Price: from 75€...
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In a modest house in Cabanas
de Tavira what comes to the table is what most impresses. So...
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Facing the Formosa
Estuary, with a terrace for the best enjoyment of the good weather of ...
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On the site of a former
vending station located close to Igreja do Carmo, there is now th...
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SLEEP
Once a
manor house and a male private school. Nowadays, this restored palace is a
soulful tourism unit benefiting from all the modernity which has been added by
the current property owners. The city centre heat is cut off by a social
swimming-pool and five private ones....
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In the heart of the Natural Park of Ria Formosa, and within an easy walk
from the amazing Barril Beach, Pedras d’el Rei provides the perfect refugee for
some holidays in family, with friends or as a couple. Among the hiking and
cycling tours, going for a swim and many other available activities...
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Between the sea and the hill, two steps away from Tavira, the
refurbished hotel combines ...
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Located in the historic
centre of the city of Tavira, it is the result of the reconstruct...
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In the
heart of Tavira, next to Ponte Romana (Roman Bridge), Formosa Guesthouse provides
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