{"id":59276,"date":"2026-10-14T07:41:40","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T07:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realdreams.pt\/?post_type=to-visit&p=59276"},"modified":"2026-10-14T07:41:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T07:41:40","slug":"ilha-de-tavira","status":"publish","type":"to-visit","link":"https:\/\/realdreams.pt\/zh\/attractions-to-visit\/regions-of-portugal\/algarve-region\/ilha-de-tavira\/","title":{"rendered":"Ilha de Tavira"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tavira’s beach is not a beach you walk to: it is an island. A short ferry ride across the Ria Formosa brings you to the Ilha de Tavira, a sliver of sand eleven kilometres long, with the Atlantic on one side and the calm lagoon on the other \u2014 the classic Algarve summer in one crossing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Between ocean and lagoon<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The island is one of the barrier beaches that make the Ria Formosa one of Europe’s great coastal wetlands. On its southern shore the sand runs on and on, holding the Blue Flag; on its inner side, a small village of fishermen’s houses faces the lagoon. At the far western end, the Praia do Barril keeps a strange and moving monument: the anchor cemetery, where hundreds of anchors from the old tuna-fishing nets lie planted in the sand, remembering the almadrava fishery that lived here between 1841 and 1967. Access is part of the pleasure \u2014 by boat from the town of Tavira<\/a>, or by the little train from Pedras d’El Rei. The whole system belongs to the Ria Formosa Natural Park<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What to see<\/h2>\n\n\n\n