(Algarve, Portugal) 4 dias 4 puestas de sol dia 4: Tavira
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Trail stats
- Distance
- 1.22 mi
- Elevation gain
- 3 ft
- Technical difficulty
- Easy
- Elevation loss
- 3 ft
- Max elevation
- 41 ft
- TrailRank
- 31
- Min elevation
- 13 ft
- Trail type
- Loop
- Time
- 37 minutes
- Coordinates
- 145
- Uploaded
- January 8, 2014
- Recorded
- December 2013
near Tavira, Faro (Portugal)
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Itinerary description
Hemos parado para deleitarnos con la puesta de sol y comprar frango asado para cenar.
Y no olvidamos nuestra visita anterior, pues bien merece más tiempo:
Tavira 2,5km
Tavira (Portuguese pronunciation: [tɐˈviɾɐ]) is a Portuguese city, situated in the east of the Algarve on the south coast of Portugal.It is 30 kilometres (19 miles) east of Faro and 160 kilometres (99 miles) west of Seville in Spain. The Gilão River meets the Atlantic Ocean in Tavira.
The city has since been rebuilt with many fine 18th-century buildings along with its 37 churches. A 'Roman' (actually Moorish) bridge links the two parts of the town across the River Gilão. The church of Santa Maria do Castelo, built on the site of a Moorish mosque, holds the tombs of Dom Paio Peres Correia and his knights. The church dates from the 13th century and the clock tower has been remodeled from the original Muslim minaret. A bust of Dom Paio Perres Correia who died in 1275 can be seen on the corner of the town hall. Its original economic reliance on the fishing industry has now passed due to changed migration patterns of Tuna and further silting up of the river Gilao. The population is in the region of 25,000 inhabitants(municipality of Tavira) supporting a military base whilst the surrounding area is still fairly rural and undeveloped. This is now changing due to the demands of the tourist industry and opening of golf courses in the near vicinity. The beach for this town lies past the salt pans and is reached by a ferryboat that takes the visitor to the sand-bar island known as Ilha de Tavira, part of the Ria Formosa. The island and beaches can also be reached from the nearby footbridge in Santa Luzia.
dia 1: Silves, Fontes de Estombar, Ponta Piedade (35km)
Silves
Fontes de Estombar 2,7km
Ponta da Piedade
Lagos desde Puerta de los Cuartos
dia 2: Caldas de Monchique, praia Porto do Mos (38km)
Caldas de Monchique, balneario 1,8km
dia 3: Cabo San Vivente, Sagres, Burgau, Luz (35km)
Armaçao Nova 1,5km
Castello Belixe, punta Belixe 0,5km
Praia Tonel 0,7km
Burgau
Luz pueblo y praia
dia 4: Olhao, Pedras do Rey (praia do Barril), Cacela Velha, Tavira (35km)
Olhao
Qinta do Marim, Parque Natural Ría Formosa 5km
praia do Barril 3,3km
Cacela Velha 1,5km
Tavira 2,5km
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Car park
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parking
Tavira
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Ponte Romana
Tavira's origins date back to the late Bronze Age (1.000-800 BC). In the 8th century BC it became one of the first Phoenician settlements in the Iberian West. The Phoenicians created a colonial urban center here with massive walls, at least two temples, two harbours and a regular urban structure. Phoenician Tavira existed until the end of 6th Century BC, when it was destroyed by conflict. It is thought its original name was Baal Saphon, named after the Phoenician Thunder and Sea god. This name later became Balsa. After a century of being abandoned, the settlement recovered, during the urban bloom that characterised the so-called Tartessian Period, and became bigger than ever. This second urban center, Tartessian Tavira, was also abandoned by the end of the 4th Century BC. The main centre then moved to nearby Cerro do Cavaco, a fortified hill occupied until the time of Emperor Augustus.
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Praça Dr. António Padinha
Praça Dr. António Padinha
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Rio Gilão
The Gilão (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒiˈlɐ̃ũ̯]) is a river in southern Portugal. It is approachable from the Atlantic Ocean, where it enters at the town of Tavira in the Algarve, 35 km east of Faro. The river Gilão changes its name to Rio Séqua at the ancient bridge named Ponte Romana in the center of Tavira. The river's source is located in the Serra do Caldeirão mountains of the central Algarve, at the confluence of the Asseca, Zimbral and Alportel rivers,[1] the latter rising north of São Brás de Alportel. From here it flows in a southeasterly direction and passes through the Ria Formosa national park south of Tavira, eventually meeting the Atlantic Ocean between the barrier islands of Tavira and Cabanas.
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Rua Borda de Água Da Assêca
Rua Borda de Água Da Assêca
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Rua Jacques Pessoa
Rua Jacques Pessoa
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