An attractive fishing village on the Canal de Tavira about 3 km west of Tavira. It boasts some splendid restaurants. The main industry was octopus fishing but tourism is taking over. Less than a kilometre out of town on the road back to Tavira is a track leading seaward to the Sopursal Salinas (small sign). The approach to the salinas gate is public. Beyond the gate, access along the salinas roads is usually tolerated on foot. Private vehicles should not enter and in any event, the gate is locked outside of working hours.

This is a good area but the birdlife depends on the level of water in the ponds. Often the salinas next to the access road are best and sometimes full of waders and flamingos. The birds are tamer than elsewhere and offer good photographic opportunities from a car. Audouin's Gulls often roost on the bunds.

The rising sun is a nuisance, so the area is best tackled in the afternoon. A good circuit on foot is to take the first gated road off the access road eastwards, which eventually arrives at the bank of the Canal de Tavira and back through the main gate to the start point. Before the gated road, a badly rutted and abused (fly-tipping) public track passes by a large pasture and abandoned salinas before arriving in Tavira by the back door - Spotted Crake and Jack Snipe have occurred there.

About a kilometre west of Santa Luzia, Barril on the Ilha de Tavira is accessible from Pedras d'El Rei (a leafy holiday development). Cross the footbridge and follow the causeway alongside a narrow gauge railway through an interesting area of sapal, which is good for Bluethroats in winter, to the magnificent Atlantic beach. The island has few breeding birds, notably Greater Short-toed Larks, Stone Curlews and Kentish Plovers, but attracts migrants (especially to Barril's few trees) and storm-blown birds. Worth visiting at any time and refreshments are available.