Festival Sons do Atlântico
Portugal Holidays: Atlantic Sounds Festival (Sons do Atlântico) at Ferragudo, Lagoa, Algarve – Portugal on 22-24th of May 2014.
This 3-day Atlantic Sounds World Music Festival will be held in the beautiful fishing village of Ferragudo, Lagoa, Algarve. With the event being aptly described as where traditional meets modern, the eclectic selection of music will include traditional and folk music, jazz and blues. The lineup of artists includes Ricardo Ribeiro singing Fado, urban Portuguese folk music. ‘Kumpania Babel’, a Portuguese folk band, and ‘Chambao’, known for their Flamenco music intermixed with electronic sounds.
Venturing beyond the village of Ferragudo, the city of Lagoa offers an open and friendly welcome for the modern-day tourist along with the beautiful feeling and atmosphere of old world Portugal. Set back slightly from the coast, but with a rich offering of beaches just a short car-drive away, many of these beaches have the prestigious Blue Flag designation. Offering beach users the reassurance that they are clean, safe places to use.
With a fine selection of golf courses in the area, for golfers attending the festival it could be an opportunity to play at least one game of golf during their holiday in Portugal. Silves Golf Course, just inland from the city of Lagoa, offers a challenging game with spectacular scenery. Also near-by are even more prestigius golf courses, named after their famous designers’, like Oceânico Faldo and Oceânico O’Connor.
Lagoa city and municipal area is ideally situated in the heart of the Algarve, so is within easy reach from many places along the coast. If however the desire was to stay local while attending the music festival the well know Portuguese Tee Times Tour Operator offers through their website various options of accommodation, such as: Monte Santo Resort, Tivoli Carvoeiro and various Pestana Hotels. All are close by and all offer an extensive choice of leisure and sport activities, along with spectacular sea views to wake up to.
By: Richard FM Conlon
Note: Concurrently on the date of 24-25th May ’14 it will be held the Lagos Golf Shop 2nd Golf Tournament. Details of this event here.
