Tavira Guide

The Laudanum (Cistus ladanifer L.) is an important element in the existing brushwoods of ecosystems characterized by a Mediterranean climate, especially in non calcareous soils where it often becomes the dominating species.
It is a rapidly growing perennial plant. Usually upright bearing up to 2,5m tall although most of the times it does not exceed 2m [...]

The Almond Tree (Prunus Dulcis) is a rain-fed tree of the Rosaceae family, with a broad tree-top and upright spreading branches. It has long, peduncular leaves.
The white and pale pink flowers appear in the end of the Winter – beginning of the Spring.
When the fruits get ripe, the dry fruits open up freeing the kernel [...]