Map of Tavira from above, Palacio da Galeria - Phoenician Sanctuary of Tavira marked with a wine glass

Winery · Tavira

Palacio da Galeria - Phoenician Sanctuary of Tavira

Phoenician sanctuary connection at Tavira—Algarve wine history rooted in 3,000-year-old Mediterranean trade networks

What to do there

TourPalacio da Galeria - Phoenician Sanctuary of TaviraThe Municipal Museum of Tavira occupies a restored palace with an extraordinary secret: beneath glass floor panels, you can see excavated Phoenician ritual pits from the 7th-6th centuries BC. This is one of the only documented urban Phoenician sanctuaries in Iberia, likely dedicated to Baal, the storm god.