Praia da Terra Estreita by xicomelo
Praia da Terra Estreita is a beautiful and calm beach, maybe the less known in the Tavira's Island. This is my favourite beach of Portugal. When I was a kid this place of sand was not a known beach of everyone. There were no public boats to the island and I used to go there with a friend who had a small boat.Nowadays, there's a private company that offers boat trips to the beach. It's a 10/15-minute trip very enjoyable in the "Safari Boat". However, boats are small and so there are not many people there.
If you like empty beaches, this is the one for you. Take the first boat-trip at 9h00 and stay there with only more 20 people (the capacity of the boat). If you think you need more space for you, when you'll arrive to the beach, walk to the right and you'll have 2 km's of only sand and sea. Or walk to the left and you'll have the same scenario.
There's also a nice but small esplanade in the beach.
The name of the beach, in english, means "Narrow Land". It was the name given by the fisherman of Santa Luzia village who used to go there on sundays (in summer season) with their families to have a beach for them. "Narrow Land" because is the place where the island is very narrow - you can reach both sides of this piece of land in one minute walking.
