Islamic Museum

Beautiful, English now available

Beautifully designed and interpreted. Signage is mostly in Portuguese, but they provide a booklet with English translations. The historical background revealed the complexity of Islamic history in the...

an essential visit

Unlike neighboring Spain and Morocco, Portugal has yet to fully embrace its rich Moorish history. This small museum just off Tavira's main square offers a rare opportunity to learn about and view the ...

Poorly conceived with no English descriptors

When obviously so much money has recently gone into display, very little (if any) is in English and the artefacts are not shown in the best light. Why can’t museums realise that for many nationalities...

Fascinating museum

This is a lovely little museum, built around the remains of some of the original muslim structures of the town. The custodian was excellent, helpful and polite. The first and second floors contained...

No English

Very nice museum, but no English text so hard to understand exhibits. Guide said there was an English brochure, but could not give us one because of covid.