LonelyPlanet just recognized Tavira Island one of the 10 World's best beaches to travel with children. In their new release of Travel With Children guide, LonelyPlanet lists a dozen of places recommended when traveling with children, among which and according to Reuters are places like Sardinia in Italy, Cottesloe and Noosa in Australia and other places in different locations of the world.Quote from LonelyPlanet: "On the South East Portuguese … [Read more...]

Tavira is now officially part of the movement Cittaslow after a successful application.Healthy food, eat with time, and preferrably in a traditional restaurant. Talk and have fun with friends. Exercise and walk, admire and protect the environment. Respect culture and habits, have a calm life based on quality principles in a fast and demanding world. These are the fundaments of Cittaslow.Cittaslow appeared in Italy in 1999 by Paolo … [Read more...]

As you might have noticed there is something different here since yesterday... Yes I changed domain name... again! - I hear your thoughts already: Why, why... WHY? or, Come on man! Decide what you want...Well, that is the fact, and it's not about what I want, but about what YOU want. You might have come accross a post I did before accross similar lines. At that time there were many good domain names taken and not being used, they were just … [Read more...]

If you are a fan of Social Networking, there is a Tavira Facebook Group dedicated to Tavira lovers. You can ask or answer questions of other members, share photos and thoughts.I created this Group 2 months ago just for fun, it has 8 members so far :P but I'd love to see it grow and build a community, and maybe someday we can meet in Tavira.So join in if you like, you're more than welcome :) … [Read more...]

A couple of months ago (around January) I was contacted by an editor of the Barlavento Newspaper. They found my Visit Tavira very interesting and wanted to write and article about it. I confess, I was flattered by the proposal and promptly accepted.After answering a short questionnaire, Filipe Antunes - Editor on the mentioned Newspaper - wrote a very good article about my site of which I'm very thankful, originally it's just available in … [Read more...]