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Algarve Golf and Gastronomie at Rota do Petisco 2019

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Algarve Golf and Gastronomie at Rota do Petisco 2019

Algarve Golf and Gastronomie at Rota do Petisco 2019

From April 24 to May 26, all the excuses are good to go to the Algarve. The tradition and richness of the Algarvian gastronomie with typical and genuine flavors are celebrated in the 9th edition of the “Rota do Petisco“, an event that, over four weeks, proposes a route for more than 250 of the best restaurants in the region, including in Lagos, Portimão, Silves, Faro and Tavira. A total of 303 restaurants and cafés from 12 counties, will be ready to welcome you with a tasty tapa, a glace of wine and enthusiasm.

To embark on this trip, participants must purchase a Passport (for sale at information points and participating restaurants), at a cost of € 1.50, which totally reverts for different local social projects. For each 12 stamps added in the Passport (for each 12 restaurants visited), the participants are still qualified for a set of prizes, to be drawn at the end of the event.

Algarve Golf and Gastronomie at Rota do Petisco 2019

Rota do Petisco 2019

Among the participants in the Delight Snack Road are the Pousada de Sagres, Tivoli Hotel (Lagos), Mar d’Estorias (Lagos), Faina Museum (Portimão), Taberna de Portimão, Maria do Mar (Portimão) , the Recanto dos Mouros (Silves), the Come in the Drawer (Tavira), the Salt Water (Tavira), the WAX ​​(Faro) or the Chalavar (Faro). The itinerary includes an “author’s menu” – the Road of the Chefs – with dishes prepared by some of the most respected chefs of the region, especially Megan Melling (Mar d’Estórias), José Moura (Tivoli Lagos) and Nuno Martins (Vista Rio Restaurant – Aguahotels Riverside), in Parchal, near Portimão.

The prices are the same as the General Delight Snack Road. There is also an “alternative menu” for the younger ones, precisely the Road of the Little Ones, where they promise suggestions adapted to the taste of the young.

After or before a round of golf on one of the 40 golf courses around the Algarve, you can enjoy this beautiful initiative, and combine Golf and gastronomie.

A complete list of participating restaurants and other information can be found on the Petiscos Road page here.http://rotadopetisco.com/

Not to be missed, the cultural program energized by the municipalities and parish councils participating in the Petisco Route.

Algarve Golf and Trade Awards

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vale do Lobo. Algarve Golf and Trade Awards

Algarve had four winners in Portugal Trade Awards

The Zoomarine, Vilamoura Marina, Conrad Algarve and the Farmhouse of the Palms were Algarve representatives, and winners at Portugal Trade Awards 2019, whose awards ceremony took place last week.

The ceremony, sponsored by the newspaper Publituris, was attended by the Secretary of State of tourism, Ana Mendes Godinho.

The Zoomarine triumphed in the category ‘theme park‘, for which was also named the Aquashow Park Hotel.

The Marina of Vilamoura was considered the best Portuguese marina, category in which it competed against the marinas of Portimão, Albufeira and Lagos, among others.

Marina of Vilamoura. Algarve Golf and Trade Awards

Marina of Vilamoura

The Conrad Algarve won in the category of «Luxury Hotel», beating other units in the Algarve, such as Anantara Vilamoura and Vila Vita Parc Resort & Spa.

Finally, the Farmhouse of the Palms won in «Accommodation in Rural Space».

Vale do Lobo is the best resort in Portugal

Vale do Lobo was recognized the “Best Resort in Portugal” at the 2019 Today’s Golfer Travel Awards, reaffirming the success of the resort as a premium golf destination.

These prizes are the result of the vote of readers of the publication who have played golf courses all over Europe and have expressly chosen Vale do Lobo as a resort of excellence for quality / price, service, course conditions, accommodation and general environment.

Vale do Lobo was distinguished by the fact that it brings together “everything you need for a fantastic golf holiday, including two golf courses (Royal and Ocean) of great quality and with a success story on par with spectacular holes right by the sea.”

Vale do Lobo. Algarve Golf and Trade Awards

Vale do Lobo

According to Hernani Estevão, Golf Director of Vale do Lobo, this award is the recognition of the resort philosofie and is success formula: “It is with great pride and satisfaction that once again we obtain this merit and recognition from the annual awards of Today’s Golfer Travel Awards.

Both golf courses of the resort, Royal and Ocean golf courses provide a unique experience for all golfers that visit and play, at Vale do Lobo, and that differentiates the resort by the several facilities and services of excellence that it aggregates, proving the reason why Vale do Lobo constitutes more and more a premium destination of choice”.

Algarve continues to be the Portuguese region with more blue flags

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Algarve continues to be the Portuguese region with more blue flags, the European indication for beaches of Excellence

Algarve continues to be the Portuguese region with more blue flags, the European indication for beaches of Excellence

The blue flag Programme is the most important environmental certification that a beach can conquer in the world. Created in 1987, the label is awarded by the Danish Foundation for Environmental Education – Fee (Foundation for environmental education), an entity accredited by the UN and Unesco to assess bathing beaches and marinas worldwide.

The Algarve has a total of 88 blue flags in 2019, totaling 84 beaches and four marinas awarded in 13 counties, the Blue Flag Association of Europe has announced today.
The Algarve region continues to be the most awarded zone of the country, although exhibit 1 less than in 2018, after the beach of Pintadinho in Lagoa had lost its distinction.

In addition to the 84 distinguished bathing areas, the marines Lagos, Portimão, Albufeira and Vilamoura also received the award.
Albufeira is the county with more distinctions, a total of 24, followed by Loulé, includes Vilamoura, Quarteira, Vale do Lobo and Quinta do Lago and Vila do Bispo, both with 11.

Algarve continues to be the Portuguese region with more blue flags, the European indication for beaches of Excellence

Blue Flag

Over the next few months, 125 environmental education activities will take place in the 88 award-winning areas. The Algarve also has two Blue Centers in Faro and Loulé.
In 2019, the challenge of the Blue Flag Program is to “continue to raise awareness of the fact that marine litter originates from terrestrial activities, the consequences of human behavior and the role of rivers as a bridge between land and sea.”

“The path goes through environmental education and the adoption of more rational and efficient behaviors in the use of resources. An education for conservation, protection and better management, which begins in our rivers and ends at sea. An education by a low-carbon society, “says the ABAE.