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Ria Formosa Algarve

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RIA FORMOSA

Its a lagoon system that extends from the Beach of Manta Rota and includes a wide variety of habitats: islands, marshes, sand dunes, salt marshes, freshwater ponds and waterways, farmland and forests.

Extends to the municipalities of Loulé, Faro, Olhão, Tavira and Vila Real de Santo António and covers an area of about 18,400 hectares along 60 km from the hip to Manta Rota.

South is protected from the ocean by dunes almost parallel to the continental edge, formed by two peninsulas (Faro peninsula that encompasses the beach and the beach Ancão Faro Cacela Peninsula and encompassing the beach of Manta Rota) and five sandy islands (Barreta , Farol , Armona, Tavira and Cabanas) that protect a vast area of marshland, canals and islets.

To the north, the fullest extent, the end of the lagoon does not have a precise demarcation, since it is dotted with salt, small sandy beaches, by land, arable land and fresh water lines that flow into it (Ribeira de São Lourenço Rio Seco, Ribeira de Marim, and Rio Ribeira de Mosqueiro.

Ria Formosa is characterized by sandy coastal dunes (beaches and dunes) that protects a lagoon . A portion of the lagoon system is permanently submerged, while a significant percentage emerges during low tide. The average depth of the lagoon is 2 m.

The presence of men attached to Ria Formosa in all its extension materializing, especially in urban areas, isolated buildings and turistic resorts.

Fishing and defense needs, here are two of the reasons they joined the men in this East Algarve: Cacela, dominated by its eighteenth-century fortress; Tavira, which was Roman and Arabic; the Fuzeta, which originated in a camp for sailors, Olhão, a city that seems a transpose of any North Africa, Faro, probably Ossonoba.

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Tavira Venice of the Algarve

Tavira Venice of the Algarve Tavira was a very important place on the map throughout Portuguese history, in fact, once the most important port beyond Lisbon at the time. During the Age of Discoveries. Fishing is still a mainstay of the local economy and the fishing boats are moored just beyond the old market. Tavira sometimes referred to as the Venice of the Algarve, with some fine Renaissance architecture, numerous churches, tree-lined squares and a certain romantic air. You will find fine examples of medieval houses complete with Gothic windows and doorways

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