In this long route, that lasts about one hour, we’ll start at the city’s centre, and from there to inside the castle, discover one the finest examples the portuguese wall tiles from the 18th century, in the Misericordia Church, and from there to meet the old Corte Real manor, place of excavations. The main points of interest inside the castle follows like the two parochial churches. After leaving the castle perimeter, we are going to walk to the oldest Tavira monastery, devoted to Saint Francis, with its garden with old coat of arms, along with noble house tombs. From there, the route will follow roughly the limits of the old King’s Farm (or Horta d’El Rey, in Portuguese) that was a farm inside the city without any kind of buildings up to only 50 years ago. The city developed to south and southwest around these limits, with the old hospital, the military headquarters and churches being built around these borders. The oldest relation of the city with the river will be discussed when we reach the riverside, with the market, garden and roman bridge, returning to the starting place, the city centre at Praça da República.
- Praça da República
- Porta do Castelo
- Igreja da Misericórdia
- Solar dos Corte-Real (Estação Arqueológica)
- Jardim do Castelo
- Igreja de Santa Maria
- Convento da Graça
- Igreja de Santiago
- Porta do Postigo
- Convento de São Francisco
- Jardim da Cerca do Convento
- Quartel Militar
- Travessa das Cunhas
- Igreja das Ondas
- Janela Renascentista da Rua D. Brites
- Jardim do Coreto
- Ponte Romana