Cabanas de Tavira is a Portuguese parish of the municipality of Tavira, with 6.31 km ² of area. The parish was instituted on July 12, 1997, and the village was elevated to the village on July 12, 2001.

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To the source of the Island of Tavira, is the Island of Cabanas, a narrow but extensive tongue of sand, before the last bar from the estuary to the source. The beach is located in front of the village of Cabanas, whose origins go back to tuna fishing campaigns, still being fishermen's land today. From the long shore of Cabanas, the artisanal fishing boats anchored in the estuary and the houses of dressing are lurking. The arm of the ria that separates the island from the continent is already modest, being able to cross the swimming in the low-sea. It is however by boat the preferential access to the island, it is just a few minutes to reach the beach, from Cabanas.

The walks along the sandy beach feel like walking, it is possible to reach moments of tranquility and isolation.

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In Cabanas de Tavira the visitor can taste, in the numerous restaurants of the marginal, oysters and clams collected in the near nurseries, as well as diverse plates of dust.

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The climate of the region is temperate Mediterranean; according to the climate classification of Koppen, Tavira has a temperate climate with a rainy winter and a hot dry summer (Csb). The average annual temperature is around 18 ° C, as in the rest of the coast and in the baroque of the Algarve leeward. In August the maximum temperatures are around 30 ° C and the minimum temperatures are 19 ° C, while in January the highs are around 16 ° C and the lows are 7 ° C. Considering the climatological norm 1961-1990, the city presents an average annual precipitation of 576 mm, distributed over approximately 65 days, mainly concentrated between October and April. Precipitation is essentially concentrated between October and February, December being the wettest month of the year, with about 100 mm of mean precipitation. There are five dry months, from May to September. Climatological autumn, as a rule, starts in mid-October. During the autumn and winter there are frequent short periods of intense precipitation and thunderstorm, alternating with mild days of clear skies. Cold waves are rare and very short, and occur essentially at the end of December or early January: in the years when these weather phenomena occur, minimum temperatures can approach 0 ° C. The last snowfall in the city occurred in February 1954, but in the early hours of February 1, 2006 it snowed in the Serra do Caldeirão, in the Cachopo region. the climatological spring can begin at the end of February, and it is a fickle season, and may fluctuate from year to year between dry and rainy. In Serra do Caldeirão, the average annual rainfall exceeds 800 mm, and there are only four dry months (May exceeds 30 mm); in addition, the annual average temperature is lower than the coast. In the mountainous region the convective phenomena can be frequent in the transition from Spring to Summer (April and May) and Summer to Autumn (September and October).

The coast of the municipality of Tavira has some of the most beautiful beaches of the Algarve and Portugal, all included in the Ria Formosa Natural Park. The sea can reach very pleasant temperatures during the summer and early autumn, which can by around 26 ° C in the warmer months. The beaches of the county are: Beach of the Lacém, Beach of Cabanas de Tavira, Beach of the Island of Tavira, Beach of the Terra Narrow, Beach of the Barril and Beach of the Male Man

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