Ben-UK's Tavira, Portugal page
by Ben-UK
Tavira doesn't really make any concessions to tourism - and I liked it for that ..
A former tuna fishing port on the eastern end of the Algarve, Tavira is split by the River Gilao, crossed by a seven-arched Roman bridge.
The best view of Tavira is from the walls of the Moorish castle - behind the castle is the church of Santa Maria do Castelo, built on the site of a Moorish Mosque and in it are the tombs of Dom Paio Peres Correia and his seven Knights.
If you would like to see more photos, please visit my Tavira Travelogue on this page - thanks.
A roadtrip to Cabo de São Vicente
by Christina1881
We - my bf and I - went to Portugal for a couple of days durring Easter 2006. We decided to go on a little roadtrip, deciding the route as we came along, taking one turn here - another there - and try to find places beautiful and nice to visit, but without using a travel-guide all of the time.
We just wanted to relax and take one day at a time.
We visited the cities/villages mentioned below:
Starting at Granada
-> Sevilla (Spain)
-> Isla Cristina (Spain)
-> Tavira (Portugal)
-> Olhão
-> Faro
-> Quarteira
-> Albufeira
-> Carveiro
->Portimão
-> Lagos
-> Sagres
-> Cabo de São Vicente
-> and lots of others small nameless villages
At the beginning my boyfriend said that he just wanted to reach Portimão, but when we got there we said "lets go to Lagos", and when we reached Lagos I said "lets go to the end of the old world", so we went all the way to Cabo de São Vicente where I imagine that many people before 1492 have been standing on the rocks at the end of Europe thinking "this is the end of the world".
We saw the most beautiful sunset there - looking over the ocean, only seeing the ocean. No land on the other side (at least that we could see) and I kept thinking on my history books, and the world of long time ago, when this really was the end of the world and they did not know that on the other side of the Atlantic Ocean there was a new world to be discovered.
Our trip through Portugal was a really beautiful trip, we saw so many really beautiful places, and especially the Orange Trees there were blooming was a wonderful experience for me (coming from Northeurope where oranges is something that comes from south of Europe or Latin America!!) The smell of the trees was AMAZING! The smelled so GOOD! I did not know that.
We ate at some really good sea-food restaurants on all of the trip, and slept either in hostels or in the tent that we had brought along. We had a really beautiful and relaxing trip.
Unfortunately my camera broke just before taking off for this trip, so I have only very few pictures taken by my bf. It is a shame, especially since my cam is better, and I would have loved to show some of the beautiful places that we went - and keep the pics as nice reminderes of a wonderful trip - but at least I always have the memories kept in my heart.
Forum Posts
anybody living in tavira portugal
by johnmckenna
looking for information from somebody living in tavira portugal
Re: anybody living in tavira portugal
by ranger49
This is the list of VT members resident in Tavira -
http://members.virtualtourist.com/vt/s/?m=2&h.q=442c6
Not all of them are currently active - note the Last Online Date given.
Re: anybody living in tavira portugal
by ranger49
PS - If you would like to ask a specific question about Tavira - it is very possible that a VT member, not necessarily resident there - might be able to help.
Re: anybody living in tavira portugal
by cubsur
Not important then.
Re: anybody living in tavira portugal
by johngmckenna
sorry for delay had a problem did not know how to reply looking for the name of a estate agent in the old area of tavira i had his web address and e-mail address had a problem with my computer and lost all info only info i have it was a husband and wife i think his first name was bjorn there business was in the old square
Re: anybody living in tavira portugal
by ranger49
You might be looking for a needle in a haystack but google found this list for me in seconds -
http://www.algarveagents.com/Tavira/Tavira-Town/
If you don't find what you are looking for there I suggest you play around a bit on google with different search phrases.
Of course you could be lucky - a member might come along and recognise just the one you want.
Good Luck.
Re: anybody living in tavira portugal
by johngmckenna
thanks tried the normal channel even tried google new street search does not work in tavira
Re: anybody living in tavira portugal
by johngmckenna
hi had a look at algarve agent think it might have the right one sent them a e-mail waiting for a reply thank you very much for your help
Re: anybody living in tavira portugal
by ranger49
You are welcome - just hope it turns out you have found what you are looking for.
Seville Spain to Tavira Portugal
by TerryKooper
What is the easiest way to travel from Seville Spain to Tavira Portugal in the Algarve?
Re: Seville Spain to Tavira Portugal
by happysnapperuk
Terry, that´s kind of an open question, it partly depends on your circumstance. In the next couple of weeks I´m driving from Granada Spain to Albufeira Algarve via Sevilla. It´s a straight A92 - A49 for me, past Tavira and into Albufeira. I doubt you´ll find suitable air flights and I reckon you´d easily get a bus from Sevilla to Huelva on the border. Don´t know about buses in Portugal. Trains? Hmmm, I´d be pretty dunious on that one lol.
Jim
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Tavira - Portugal
Tavira - Portugal
Tavira - Portugal
Tavira - Portugal
