Tavira" is het mooiste stadje van de Algarve", Tessa de Loo

"Tavira, ook wel het Venetië van Portugal genoemd, is het mooiste stadje van de Algarve. Gezien het grote aantal oude kerken en kloosters (37) is het misschien ooit ook het meest katholieke stadje geweest."

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This Nederlander writer had visited too the lovely town of Tavira, in Algarve (south of Portugal).

She begins to say that Tavira is known as Portugal's Venice...

We can see why ;-)

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She says that Tavira is the most beautiful town in Algarve ...

Let's see ;-)

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Here, in the Castle, with its beautiful gardens...

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(the typical "scissors" roofs of Tavira)

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In the main square, this monument to the memory of the people of Tavira who had helped King Dom Joao I to secure our independence in the Crisis of 1383-1385.

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...also a very catholic town with many churches and cloisters...

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And I must say, I agree with her...Tavira "is het mooiste stadje van de Algarve" ;-)

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