Brian Smith's favorite photos

On terrace of Restaurant Casa Velha, at Cacela Velha.

Corte-Real was a family of navigators that explored the Atlantic coast of North America in the 15th and 16th centuries. Their house, already disappeared, stood on ruins of older times, as recent excavations revealed. Traces of a Phoenician wall of the 8th century BC were found. A Turdetan altar of the 4th century BC was also discovered (Turdetans wre an Iberian people that occupied what is now eastern Algarve and central and southern Andalousia). Islamic dwelling structures (of the 12th and 13th centuries) were also discovered. These archaelogical ruins, located at Calçada Dom Paio Peres Correia, Tavira, will become a museological nucleus accessible to visitors, after the necessary works.

The photo was taken during low-tide, at Arroio, Luz de Tavira. The light spots on the mud and on the water surface are crabs.

It was unable to climb the vertical wall of the tank and pursue its normal life. We handed a tree branch which allowed it to creep from the bottom to the edge of the tank and then to the ground, recovering its normal activity. It happened at Palmeira Road, Luz de Tavira.

A glimpse from Liberty Street, Tavira.

At Ulmeiros Azinhaga, Lumiar, near the Hindu Temple of Lisbon.

Bride and groom are entitled to step on a tapestry before entering the Civil Registry of Almada.

Seen from the Roundabout of the Monument to World War I Victims, at Leiria.

View from Manuel António Rodrigues Street, Leiria.