Tavira on the Algarve

I just found this good little article about the village of Tavira. It was in the Sunday Mirror

"Away from the golf courses and villas which turn the Western Algarve into Kensington-on-Sea - Tavira is 30 minutes drive from Faro airport.

The town has a Roman bridge, the remains of a Moorish castle, a church clock which chimes the hour twice to make sure the fishermen don't oversleep and a leafy park.

There are good fish restaurants and for a day out you can visit sleepy towns inland, such as Sao Bras and Silves. But Tavira's secret is its white-sand beach reached by ferry (70p return) from the fishing quay. Known as the Ihla de Tavira, it is a three-mile sandbank with plenty of beach bars frequented by Portuguese families.

I book flights on the internet (BA, Monarch Scheduled, easyJet and a host of cheap charters are available) and stay b&b in a spotless room above one of the restaurants on the quay."