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Savor the most thrilling experiences in Algarve!
Southern Portugal’s Algarve region is well known for its breathtaking coastline, quaint towns and breathtaking scenery.
1. Ponta da Piedade (Lagos)
This well-known location is well-known for its striking cliffs, unique rock formations and azure waters.
Visitors can use a boat, kayak or paddleboard to explore sea caverns and hidden grottoes. The vistas from the cliffs provide stunning panoramas of the Atlantic Ocean, making it a must-see for nature enthusiasts and photographers.
2. Benagil Cave (Carvoeiro)
One of the most well-known sea caves in the world is Benagil Cave.
This natural wonder, which can only be reached by boat, kayak or paddleboard, features a huge circular aperture in its roof that lets light stream into the sandy beach below.
Adventurers and beachgoers will find this place to be bizarre and breathtaking.
3. Tavira
Tavira is a charming town with a touch of traditional Portuguese architecture.
With its whitewashed buildings, ancient churches and Roman bridge, this Algarve village is less crowded than others.
Tavira Island, which is easily accessible by ferry, has lovely beaches that are ideal for unwinding.
4. Ria Formosa Natural Park
From Faro to Tavira, the enormous, protected lagoon system known as Ria Formosa stretches along the coast of the Algarve.
Birdwatchers, nature lovers and anyone interested in boat cruises through the park’s network of canals, islands and marshlands will find paradise here.
In this tranquil setting, chameleons, flamingos and other wildlife can be seen.
5. Sagres and Cape St. Vincent
Sagres is a mountainous and windswept hamlet at the southern coast of the Algarve, close to Cape St. Vincent, renowned as the “End of the World” during the Age of Discovery.
Adventurers and history lovers will love Cape St. Vincent’s dramatic vistas of the Atlantic and sense of isolation provided by the lighthouse and soaring cliffs.
These places encapsulate the Algarve‘s abundance of adventure, natural beauty and cultural diversity.
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Environmental Award for Tavira
Algarve Portugal again comes into the spotlight and enjoys good publicity, having another reason to take pride in the environmental Award for Tavira. ECO XXI was handed out to the Municipality of Tavira by the European Blue Flag Association.
Tavira has recognized and protected salt
The Algarve city of Tavira can now claim another unique kind of attraction to within its borders, and that is its salt.
The ‘Flor de sal de Tavira’ has now become a product with a protected origin having made the list of protected products from Brussels.
Algarves least best kept secrets – Algarve wines
We definitely talk a lot about tourist destinations in the Algarve and not nearly enough about its cuisine and drinks, although we have touched upon the wine culture of Algarve in previous articles, the subject on the whole is a large enough to warrant several articles.
We have talked about what makes Algarve wines special when compared to others, but today we’ll look at how the winemaking industry in Algarve evolved throughout the centuries to the award-winning industry that it is today.
Algarve history travel guide 2
In today’s look at the Algarve history travel guide, we’ll continue on from Cacela Velha where we last left off and head westwards toward the now privately owned for of Sao Joao da Barra in Cabanas, which is now a bed and breakfast. Then you can see the Forte de Rato in Tavira which became landlocked by the shifting sands of the Atlantic coast before it was actually finished.
Tavira is described by many to be the prettiest city in the Algarve, and while that may or may not be a disputed notion, what cannot be disputed is its history, having been home to Phoenicians, Romans, Moors and then to many various Northern European settlers.
Algarve monuments get renovated
There are plenty of Algarve monuments to look for and at while on your trip there, today we’ll be talking about just two of them that have undergone some recent renovations.
The town of Tavira has a very pretty little square, the Praca da Algoa, also known as the Bishop’s Square because of the statue of Antonio Maria Marcelino Franco that can be found there. Now the statue has been fully restored thanks to recent cleaning work that has been recently undertaken in the city.
