Mary loves Tavira! It's a beautiful, sleepy little town. After our bus trip we got out and optimistically set out to find the Calcada Guesthouse, only 10 minutes from the bus station. All we had to do was find Calcada St. and then find #12. Turns out Calcada isn't the name of the street it is a street and there are calcadas all over the place. We figured this part out after about 10 minutes of rolling our suitcases up, over and around along bumpy calcadas(which are actually small cobblestones, aka Portuguese pavement). Finally after about 20 minutes we decided to leave me with the luggage in the main square and Mary headed in search of our place that is only "10 minutes from the bus stop". About 10 minutes later she returned having found our guest house,after knocking on the door of the wrong house(luckily no one answered) and with the help of a friendly older gentleman. The place is great, very quiet and friendly owners, Andy and Tamsin. Later we walked over the Roman Bridge and found a good restaurant with a big beer.
Today we hiked around a bit. We walked out to Quatros Aguas, where tomorrow we plan to catch a boat over to the beaches of Ihla de Tavira. To get there you have to walk past salt ponds and we saw some interesting birds. For our meal we went to the Casa Cota and had more traditional Portuguese fare up on their rooftop patio. We tried dorada grelhada (grilled gill head) and sangria, with salad and lots of olives. Lots of very good food...mutu bom.
We came back to our place for a little nap and then out for dessert and a drink. We found out that just because a cafe has pasteleria in its name doesn't mean it will have good pastry. In fact one bite showed that it was very dry and mouldy. We left soon after this discovery, not even finishing our wine (the glasses were a bit sketchy, too). Our second choice was much better and we finished off the evening with a little port.
Take care.
K & M
Location:Calçada de Dona Anna,Tavira,Portugal
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