Tag Archives: Traditions

Celebration of Popular Saints in Tavira

Saint Anthony, Saint John and Saint Peter As in many other Portuguese towns and cities, June is a special month in Tavira, marked by the celebration of the Popular Saints – Santo António (Saint Anthony), São João (Saint John) and São Pedro (Saint Peter). The celebrations will feature a series of traditions and festivities involving […]

Tavira holds activities to celebrate European Heritage Days

The Municipality of Tavira held various cultural activities as part of the European Heritage Days programme on 22–24 September, including a talk, visits to exhibitions and monuments, wine tasting and an accordion concert. These activities were aimed at publicising and safeguarding the municipality’s artistic, historical and cultural heritage, fostering dialogue between experts from different areas […]

Squid fishing in Bol on island Brač

As part of the commemoration of 100 years of tourism in Bol, the Tourist Office with the help of the Association of Bol caterers organized the first squid, octopus, cuttlefish and muskrat hunting competition on October 7 and 8, 2023. Fishing lasted two days, with 35 teams and 120 competitors. Chefs from the Association SKMER […]

Tourist and Gastronomic Route

Cheeses from Central Portugal There is a new Tourist and Gastronomic Route to discover in the Central region of Portugal, which invites you to embrace traditions and flavours, and already has 43 members, nine routes and more than 50 unique experiences. The common denominator are the cheeses with the Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) from […]

Mediterranean Diet Fair

– September 7 to 10, 2023 From the 7th to the 10th of September, Tavira will be staging another edition of the Mediterranean Diet Fair.  The event will be offering a varied programme which is the result of an extensive partnership between the entities involved. Attended by official bodies and delegates from regional, national and […]

10 years of the Mediterranean Diet in Tavira and Portugal

In Baku, on 4 December 2013, the Mediterranean diet of 7 countries was recognised as UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage.  To mark the 10th anniversary, Tavira Municipality throughout this year will publicise messages every fortnight from the partners/bodies who have contributed to or undertaken projects to safeguard the Mediterranean diet.  Various national, regional and local entities […]

Municipality of Tavira organises handicrafts

food, folklore and wine-tasting workshops  Under the “Valorising – Sustainability Support Line” programme, the Municipality of Tavira proposed the project “Tavira and the Mediterranean Diet: A Sustainable Tourism Destination. In this context, experimental workshops were planned based on the customs and traditions of the Mediterranean diet within the scope of handicrafts, folklore, food and wine […]

Touring the Algarve through the History of Paladares

“𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐫 𝐨 𝐀𝐥𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐯és da His𝐭ó𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐝𝐨𝐬 𝐏𝐚𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬” On Friday, June 16th, at the Sotavento Delegation of Regional Directorate for Agriculture and Fisheries Algarve, we will be talking with: Deana Barroqueiro for “Touring the Algarve through the History of Palate”. The program includes a visit to the CEAT ( Tavira Agricultural Experimentation Center) Fruit Collections, at 9.30 am, and a […]

Gazpacho

A very summery traditional Spanish recipe One of the typical dishes of Mediterranean cuisine is the Gazpacho, originally from the autonomous community of Andalusia.This “cold soup” of vegetables has many variations, due to regional and/or personal preferences. It is traditionally prepared as a mixture of tomato and other ingredients such as cucumber, pepper, onion, garlic, […]

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