Praia do Barril
Island beach, anchor cemetery · Tavira (Algarve)
On Tavira’s barrier island, Barril was a tuna-fishing hamlet — its cemetery of anchors marks the fleet’s end. A miniature train crosses the lagoon to reach it, or walk the boardwalk from Pedras d’El Rei.
Good to know
- The anchor cemetery
- Narrow-gauge beach train
- Wide sea and lagoon sides
- Walk of 1.2km from parking
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