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Tavira
A graceful riverside town of churches and tiled houses, with a ferry to a long island beach.
- Open
- Always
- Price
- Free; paid for the island ferry
- Time Needed
- Half a day
- Address
- Praça da República, 8800 TaviraDirections
- Getting There
- About 40 minutes by train from Faro.
Why Go
The town spreads along both banks of the Gilão, joined by an old seven-arched bridge, below a ruined castle and rooftops crowded with churches. Ferries cross from the edge of town to Tavira Island, a sandbar of dunes and beaches; at Praia do Barril, rows of rusting anchors recall the old tuna fishery.
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