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The Corrida Mar Azul is Tavira's summer beach race, run barefoot along the sand between Terra Estreita and Praia do Barril on the Ilha de Tavira. The mini race for children and beginners covers 2km, starting at 11am from Terra Estreita, while the main 5km race sets off at 11.30am from Praia do Barril for the senior categories. On the same morning, Tavira Island also hosts kids athletics for the under-10 and under-12 groups as part of the town's Energiza-te summer sports programme. Now in its 35th edition, the race is organised by the Camara Municipal de Tavira and is reached by the regular ferry from Quatro Aguas or the Barril mini-train, so it makes for a proper morning out on the island rather than just a race.
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A small waterfall and deep green lagoon hidden in the Asseca valley, a ten minute drive inland from Tavira. Fed by the Ribeira da Asseca, the falls drop over an ochre limestone ledge into a pool that local legend swears is bottomless. Generations of Tavira families learned to swim here, and on summer evenings you will still find people picnicking on the rocks while teenagers dare each other off the lower ledges. Wildfires and storms have battered the old walkways over the years, so the setting is rougher than the postcard suggests, which is exactly why it stays quiet. Park by the lane above Santo Estêvão and walk the last stretch down; go on a weekday morning for the clearest water, and carry your rubbish out.
A tiny whitewashed hamlet above a lagoon where, at low tide, locals wade across to an empty white sandbar. Cacela Velha is barely a dozen houses, a church and an old fort on a bluff at the eastern end of the Ria Formosa. The magic is below: when the tide drops, the lagoon empties to warm shallows and you can walk out to a long ribbon of white sand with clear Atlantic water on the far side. Oysters are farmed in the channels, and the view from the churchyard wall is one of the finest in the east Algarve. Park at Fábrica or above the hamlet, check the tide table before you go, and carry everything you need, as the sandbar has no shade or facilities.
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