Camera Obscura Tavira Eye: The World's Most Beautiful Optical Illusion
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76 Ratings
Tavira
Experience the world's most beautiful optical illusion at Camera Obscura Tavira Eye. Discover magnificent scenic tableaux, moving figures, and grand transformation scenes that will leave you fascinated. Don't miss this extraordinary and unique experience!
Duration:
20 minutes
Cancellation:
1 day
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Highlights
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Camera Obscura - Tavira Eye - The Wonderful CAMERA OBSCURA, or Magic Mirror of Nature.
The most beautiful optical illusion in the world, known by Leonardo Da Vinci: - it’s real, but it’s unreal! Gorgeous scenic tables!! Showing, by magical effect, moving figures, Children’s Fairies, Small Cars in motion and Big Scenes of Transformation! It’s a lot of fun and many of its scenes are funny, generating excessive laughs. Men, women and children are all fascinated by this mysterious combination of nature’s wonders.
Money will be refunded at the door for each visitor dissatisfied with their merits. Tickets (valid until used).
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What's Included
- Experienced local guide
What's Not Included
- Food and drinks
- Hotel pickup and drop-off
Additional Information
The Amazing CAMERA OBSCURA, or Nature’s Enchanting Reflection.
Unveiling the most mesmerizing visual deception globally, acknowledged by Leonardo Da Vinci:
- it appears real, but it’s not! Splendid panoramic Tableaux!! Delineating, through enchanting influence, dynamic characters, Fantasy Kids, Toy Ships, in action, and Majestic Transition Scenes!
The spectacle is incredibly entertaining and incites uproarious laughter through many of its displays.
Men, women, and children all get equally beguiled by this mystifying fusion of Nature’s Marvels.
Tavira Eye showings take place every half an hour.
Tickets are available for purchase at the reception and can be used indefinitely.
Ensure you don’t miss out on this amazing and unparalleled experience worldwide!!!
- COVID-19 - Visitors must comply with the Health and Safety recommendations: Use of Masks or visors. Social distancing. Use of hand sanitizer.
- Each session lasts approximately 20 min. If you have just missed a session, the maximum waiting time until the next session starts is approximately 30 min.
- Subject to favorable weather conditions. If cancelled or closed due to poor weather you will be given the option of an alternative date or full refund.
- Maximum per visit: 15 visitors
- Children must be accompanied by an adult (height restriction).
- Not suitable for babies.
- Not wheelchair accessible, at the moment, due to Covid-19
- Not suitable for visitors suffering from vertigo / fear of heights.
- We rely on visitors acting responsibly and complying with all health and security recommendations. Thank you for your cooperation.
- We want to ensure that your visit is pleasant but safe! Please accept all safety and hygiene recommendations.
- Our employees are available to help you. Collaborate with us and BE A PUBLIC HEALTH AGENT!
Location
Camera Obscura - Tavira Eye
Calcada da Galeria N0 12
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(76 Ratings)
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George
Jul 1, 2023
History and sightseeing - This is a fantastic way to learn some of the history of the city ancient and more recent and to see how the city is evolving. Entrance is 5 euro for adults and that is great value. A must do when visiting Tavira
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Jon007
Jun 22, 2023
Excellent introduction to Tavira - Excellent visit to this tower adjacent to the castle ruins, situated in an old water tower. Very reasonable rates, and one of the best 'waiting areas' of any attraction! Plush armchairs, air conditioned comfort. Might have been nice to have a drinks machine to grab a coffee or cold drink while waiting?
Access to the actual viewing table at the top of the tower is either an open staircase if you're brave, or a six-person lift.
The guide was clearly very knowledgeable about the buildings in the town, and its history, and we had effectively a whistle-stop tour of Tavira. He checked nationalities of the group (we were all English mother-tongue) so maybe he did spend a little too much time on anecdotes, but I imagine that these get cut out when he has to use different languages throughout. He was very humorous and we didn't feel rushed at any time.
Only criticism is that it would have been good to have a little more information about how the camera actually worked, with maybe a simple tabletop demonstration.
Quite unbelievable how good the quality of the image was; you can see individual people walking in the street, washing flapping on washing lines. And how the machine needed just the slightest of adjustments to bring things into sharp focus.
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Oliviamaryj
Jun 21, 2023
Joyous experience - This is such a unique and interesting experience! It really has to be seen to be believed and really should be on your to do list while in Tavira ! It’s great value for money and we enjoyed it as adults but I can only imagine how much kids would love it ! Our guide/ host was super experienced and knowledgeable but also hilarious! He really made our visit really enjoyable
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976lucilleb
Nov 26, 2022
Tavira from above - One of the highlights of Tavira. It's worth the climb and the wait since visits are limited to around 20 people at a time. The guide gave descriptions in several languages with humorous commentary.
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Bigm99
Oct 7, 2023
Panoramic view of Tavira - Well worth a visit, interesting old lense technique, gives you a great panoramic view of the city and on top of that a knowledgeable guide.
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Marky400
Jul 7, 2023
Camera Obscura - See Tavira from a different perspective. - A very interesting, informative and different experience. We were guided around a live projection of Tavira by Clive. He was able to meld history with location across the city, he told us things we didn't know. Our visitors from abroad, our local friends and us, all found it amazing.
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Lesliera3117vz
Jun 21, 2023
Ok - This was an OK experience not awesome as many of the reviews stated. It was a little introduction to Tavira. Ok,not great.
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Jdevice
Feb 26, 2023
Great potential, but... - This could be a brilliant experience but unfortunately the guide ruined it. He spent far too long talking about 'naughty activities' people get up to - which he watches through his camera obscura and then tells visitors about - it was all very uncomfortable and creepy tbh. On a practical level it also meant he rushed through the rest of the presentation, didn't explain how the camera obscura works at all and then rushed off at the end. Ugh, left us feeling a bit grubby. Time for the guide to retire I think.
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Lcb943
Mar 4, 2024
Disgruntled and out of pocket - I booked and paid online but when I got there there was a notice saying the Tower was closed for maintenance.
Why dk they not take the booking option off the website if its closed. I tried to phone but no answer so I've emailed but no answer yet.
If you go dont pay beforehand and check it's open.
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B_ecca44444
Oct 23, 2022
Slightly odd - Good value I guess as €5 each and concept was good, interesting way to see Tavira. Unfortunately the guide was slightly missing the tone with his humour, he made lots of inappropriate jokes which were not ok to be honest in this day and age (sexist & pointing out the spots where people do ‘Thai chi’)- especially as meant for children too..! This really put a down on the Tavira eye, wouldn’t return because of this.
(Family trip, but we are grown up not teens)
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