Tavira Guide

The origin of Tavira goes back to 2000 B.C., during the occupation of the Algarve by the Moors. Tavira was of great importance then because of its fishing and fish salting industry.The Castle of Tavira (locally known as Castelo de Tavira) lies in the town historic centre. It’s unknown when the first castle at this [...]

The Municipality of Tavira covering a total of 607,17Km2 and 25,105 permanent residents, is composed by nine civil parishes, here listed alphabetically:

Cabanas de Tavira
Cachopo
Conceição de Tavira
Luz de Tavira
Santa Catarina da Fonte do Bispo
Santa Luzia
Santo Estêvão
Tavira – Santa Maria
Tavira – Santiago

If you visit Tavira, make sure you plan a trip around the parishes in order to [...]

One of the main and unique architectonic elements of the city are the “tesouro” shaped rooftops, always in a very inclined angle and landing on the master walls of the houses. It’s said those rooftops to have Muslim traditions in the art of building, in the other hand some say it’s an Oriental influence from [...]