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Europe » Portugal » Algarve » Tavira March 3rd 2009

Traveling East in the Algarve Just popped into the library in Tavira in the eastern Algarve looking for wifi but no power in the laptop so am on a pc. We have had lovely weather up till yesterday when we felt rain again. Other than that we have had unbroken sunshine which has allowed us to make some lovely back roads cycle rides. The ones from Salema to Sagres and to Lagos were delightful. It appears that there is an off main road cycle way all along the Algarve coast from the Spanish border to Cape Vincent. It is not all complete but the bits that are are worth while catching which is what we have tried to do. We are almost at the end of Portugal and so the next stop is either Seville or ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Algarve » Tavira September 12th 2008

I spent 11 days in Portugal visiting my brother and took a lot of nice photos. Portugal was a big surprise for me -- I was there 30 years ago and I don't remember it very well. I remember Lisbon as a dark, depressing sort of place and now it's a beautiful, colorful place -- they had an earthquake in 1755 that destroyed the city but then they rebuilt so I don't think that there could have been many changes since I last visited. My brother picked me up from Lisbon and took me to his home in Tavira. Tavira is a nice little holiday town and has little off shore islands where you take a ferry or boat to swim at the beaches. Russell is not very keen on the sun and I tend to ... read more
Village
Typical tiling on outside of house
Door in Tavira

Europe » Portugal » Algarve » Tavira September 12th 2008

The main town in the Algarve is Faro. We spent a day walking round the old town and came back another day for a boat ride on the lagoon. The lagoon has a lot of migratory birds in the autumn and spring, even flamingoes. ... read more
Old town in Faro overlooking lagoon
Faro
Faro from the sea

Europe » Portugal » Algarve » Tavira April 24th 2008

we went to tavira today to hang out on the beaches. there was no one on any of the beaches, they were totally deserted. The common building's in the city were amazingly built like museums or something. like the old buldings in calgary.... read more

Europe » Portugal » Algarve » Tavira April 15th 2008

April 11, 2008 After getting ready this morning, Julie and I met Katie at the bridge and walked to where we would get on the bus to Portugal. For once in my life I stayed awake on the bus because I was too busy reading my book “Playing for Pizza” by John Grisham. A couple hours after we left, we arrived at the boat to take us to Ihla de Tavira, the island we would spend 5 hours at. We headed straight to the beach, after we changed, to work on our tans. When the sun was out, it was nice, otherwise it was very windy, a little cold, and the sand blew all over- not fun! We decided to go for a walk a little later to kill time. We found a bunch of washed ... read more
Ihla de Tavira
waves of the Atlantic
a washed up starfish

Europe » Portugal » Algarve » Tavira March 23rd 2006

These pictures speak for themselves. We were traveling the the coubtryside and came upon a small town. While passing through, there was a pig slaughter going on in the middle of the "main road". My favorite part is the look on the young boy's face, it is an smile of evil enjoyment. The rest is the incredible countryside. Breath taking!... read more
Pig disection anyone?
Excellent countryside
Right near the beach, boyeee

Europe » Portugal » Algarve » Tavira March 20th 2006

We made the trek to Tavira today. On our way we visited some of the most beautiful rock foramtions. The coast of Portugal is amazing! One of the most austentecious place i've ever been, in a good way of course!... read more
After
This Rocks!
This Rocks! two?

Europe » Portugal » Algarve » Tavira October 19th 2004

Lagos, as I discovered Sunday, is a dreadful tourist-trap. The restaurants are chocked with elderly Brits and Germans and the shops are filled with touristy kitsch. It´s the kind of place I was actually embaressed to be walking around in. The beaches were nice, but the weather was overcast the whole time. At night it was a different story. I went out well after midnight on Saturday and Sunday with different groups of Aussis and Kiwis and even a couple locals and had a wonderful time both nights. Yesterday I woke up to drizzling rain (the first in 6 months in the region I´m told) and decided to leave. I took the travin here to Tavira, a nice little fishing town further east down the coast. I had read about a campsite on a island off ... read more




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