Lots of Donkeys in Tavira
The Continente shopping centre in Tavira often hosts ART work and this month its an array of donkeys.
The Continente shopping centre in Tavira often hosts ART work and this month its an array of donkeys.
Tavira has in recent times been gaining a reputation as a bastion of the Mediterranean diet. If you have been dining in some of Tavira’s fine fish and meat restaurants, you will know that the food is usually tasty, but similar. For those who are searching for a culinary experience like no other, look no…
Knitters are a community. When they get together they share patterns, wool, chat and all the good stuff. This is what happens anyway, at the Algarve tricot knitters group, when they get together. It’s not a large group, so there is space for more people to come along. They usually meet in São Bras Alportel. …
Many people move to the Algarve to live healthier lives. Many Portuguese have enjoyed the benefits of growing their own for centuries. It is not however always easy to find organic produce or shops that sell health foods. For example where can you get goats milk in Tavira? Is there such a thing as a LET’s…
I wonder if anyone else is getting that urge? That urge to sow seeds? Some of us who love pottering and growing fruit and vegetables are just about to see the pay off of scanning seed catalogues and poking soil. Does anyone else go round in circles with an inner dialogue, at this time of…
An exhibition of photography, video and other visuals arts was launched on the 16th of February at the Palácio da Galeria in Tavira. The subject of the exhibition is the Algarve and Andalucia “Geographies of Water and other Dreams”. Sea, rivers, mountains and hills are illuminated by the Iberian lens. The stillness before the possibility…
We are often bombarded with instructions about ethical, sustainable living. Companies, social enterprises and Governments of various flavours will tell us what we could be doing; but some of the most lasting results start and finish in communities. People doing it for themselves. People’s involvement underpinning simple ideas is usually the way to snowball change….