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.
