Casa do Cerro - Self-catering house in Algarve

Local points of interest from Tamar Welti:

• The Ria Formosa Natural Park is of particular wetland importance to bird life: as a breeding ground for many species, as a wintering ground for many birds from northern Europe, as a resting and feeding station for birds migrating between Africa and Europe.
• The beaches are fantastic both for bathers in the summer and for walkers in the winter. The salt marshes and tidal flats will thrill bird watchers with the many species of waders, waterfowl and sea birds. For nature lovers, artists, photographers.
• In Winter, there is the chance to see Bluethroats, Spoonbill, and most spectacularly Greater Flamingo.In Summer, you have the chance of seeing European Bee-Eaters, Golden Oriels, European Rollers, Woodchat Shrikes and Red-Necked Nightjars.
• And all year round you can see such exotic birds as White Storks, Black-Winged Stilts, Avocets, Hoopoes, Azure-Winged Magpies, Sardinian Warblers and Common Waxbills. It is also the only place in the Europe you stand the chance to see a Purple Galinule -
• Luz de Tavira is a small village with a few shops and cafes and an almost oversized church with an elaborate Manueline door on the south side of the church. In front of the church is the central square where there are often craft markets and flea markets.
• Walk some metres downhill to the shore of the lagoon of the Ria Formosa and onto the Algarve Ecovia, the footpath and cycle path that extends parallel to and along the coast.Fishing and small pleasure boats explore the estuary and offer dolphin trips