Tavira is on a river

Tavira Portugal

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July 16th 2016
Tavira is nice seaside village with lots of restaurants on both sides of the river that flows into the ocean. Many tourists stop to look at the Roman bridge that crosses the river but the age of the bridge is disputed. We enjoy walking through the old part of town and eating at a Italian restaurant owned by a man from Turkey. Our apartment here is not great, the air conditioning is in the living r ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Algarve » Tavira

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Following its heyday as a world power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence in 1822 of Brazil a... ... read more