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Festival of Medieval Arts – Salir do Tempo

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Tee Times Portugal Holidays - Festival of Medieval Arts "Salir do Tempo" Salir (near Loulé), Algarve, Portugal 11-13th July 2014

Tee Times Portugal Holidays – Festival of Medieval Arts “Salir do Tempo”
Salir (near Loulé), Algarve, Portugal
11-13th July 2014

Tee Times Portugal Holidays: Festival of Medieval Arts “Salir do Tempo”, Salir (near Loulé), Algarve, Portugal – 11-13th July 2014

The Algarve, a region of Portugal very popular as a holiday destination, is also rich in culture and history.

Salir village, only about 9 miles from Loulé, will bring some of this history alive as it steps back in time to the middle of the 13th century for the Festival of Medievel Arts. This festival will be exploring the time of the Reconquista (Reconquest) when, in this area of the Iberia peninsula, the balance of power was changing hands, from Muslims to Christians. This historically interesting and also entertaining event will be offering traditional music, along with period crafts and street entertainment.

For those considering booking holiday accommodation in the Algarve, Tee Times Tour Operator recommends the following Hotel Conrad Algarve, Encosta do Lago, Monte Da Quinta Suites and more.

The village of Salir is also famous for its regional cuisine. This includes Xarém (Xerem). This is a traditional Portuguese recipe, which is a stew of clam meat, thickened with yellow maize meal, and finally topped with a mix of bacon, ham and sausage.

Another famous produce of the area is Medronho, which is a brandy. Also known as Aguardente, or Firewater, Medronho is usually about 50% alcohol. This brandy is made from the red berry-fruit of the Arbutus unedo tree (‘Strawberry’ tree), which thrives in the poor Algarvean soil. It is said that, since there is no commercial plantations of Medronho trees in Portugal, the fruit collection and Medronho production is carried out by local farmers.

Golfers can call upon the knowledge, insight and recommendations of Tee Times Golf Agency, when considering the options of the many golf courses along the Algarve. These recommendations include Quinta do Lago South, Pinheiros Altos, San Lorenzo and many more.

By Richard FM Conlon

Portugal Golf: Quinta do Lago North GC Resurfaces

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Quinta do Lago North GC - Resurfaces with great Level

Quinta do Lago North GC – Resurfaces with great Level

Portugal Golf: Quinta do Lago North Golf Course begins to resurface with great level. It was closed on 17th November last year to enter complete refurbishment, is already taking new shape and promises to be a new challenge in this luxury resort in the Algarve, Portugal.

It has been removed tons and tons of dirt from the old field and all the surrounding areas of the fairways and greens and it is being deployed tons and tons of new bases, new earth and sand greens, roughs and new areas for new fairways, surrounding the roughs.

It is very time consuming but it is being made hole by hole and the deadlines are being met. There are already some seeded fairways, bunkers marked, limited watering greens and lots of work done.

Quinta do Lago North GC - Resurfaces with great Level

Quinta do Lago North GC – Resurfaces with great Level

Photos of today, two ‘par 3’, green of hole 8 already with grass and the 14th hole ready to receive the grass.

Experts say that this will be a field of ‘six’ stars in the Algarve. Let’s wait until the end of the year and if the weather helps to see, play and then analyze it… Looking good for now. It is due for completion in October, 2014.

When completed of course Tee Times will review it and surely offer it again on its best Golf holidays packages as before. We’ll keep you updated.

Quinta do Lago – North Course

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Quinta do Lago North CourseQuinta do Lago North Golf Course – The terrain is superb and typical of the area, sandy and littered with umbrella pines trees. In the spring, the rough is covered with a blanket of wild flowers, heather and gorse. The bunkering is incomparable, both on the fairways and surrounding the greens and gives the course an advantage over many of similar quality and design. The course is an anti-clockwise loop and favours that can draw the ball.

All the famous male and female players who have experienced this course, including ‘Ryder Cup’ and ‘Curtis Cup’ team members, have been euphoric in their praise for this course, which will soon take its place among the great European layouts.