Algarve Videos

If you’ve never been to the Algarve, the following videos should give you a good representation as to what treasures can be discovered in the region, from beaches, wines, seafood, nightlife and festivals. Enjoy.

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Arte Viva - São Brás de Alportel

As a lover of all things artsy and creative, I was thrilled to hear about this show, Arte Viva.

Exactly what it sounds like, Arte Viva is Live Art happening right in front of you. On July 12-13, more than 30 artists, in the areas of sculpture, painting, illustration, ceramics, photography, jewelry, rug work, etc. will all be displaying and working their art in the ‘Jardim do Museu do Trajo’ in São Brás de Alportel.

Arte Viva

(Photo Credits: pedroaxl)

Since art for the eyes wouldn’t be the same without some for the ears, music will also be accompanying the show with groups such as Nanook and Jazztapartano, on Saturday and Tinto Beat and Mare Nostrum on Sunday, music starts after 19:30.

Arte Viva
Cost: €4 euros entrance and kids under 12 are free
Date: July 12 - 13
Info: Arte Viva

Algarve - Adeus 2007

Now that the Christmas madness has past and the new year approaches, thoughts are on how to spend the last few days of 2007. We found a few things that might keep you busy, in the spirit of the season and take you straight into 2008!

Happy New Year

Enjoy, party safely and drive carefully.

Bob Sinclar Concert in Algarve – New Year’s Eve

Fireworks/Multimedia Show, midnight
Bob Sinclar, 12.15am
Venue: Praia dos Pescadores
City: Albufeira
Tel.: +351 289 599 500

New Year’s Eve in Portimao
Reggae and New Orleans Jazz - Alvor Waterfront
Brazilian rhythms -Portimão Waterfront
Trio Eléctrico with salsa, hip hop, percussion & belly dancing - Praia da Rocha
Tel: +351 282 470 700

Aljezur – Musical Fireworks Show
Date: 31 December
Venue: Next to the Town Hall
Time: 24h00

Faro – Music and Fireworks Show
Concert with the group EZ Special and DJ Fernando (Orbital).
Date: 31 December
Venue: Largo de São Francisco
Time: From 10pm

Lagos – Musical Fireworks Show
Date: 31 December
Venue: Ribeira de Bensafrim Left riverbank
Time: Midnight

Odeceixe – Fireworks Show
Date: 31 December
Time: Midnight

Vila do Bispo – Fireworks Show
Date: 31 December
Venue: Parishes of the municipality

Marquês de Borba 2006 - Alentejo

For this week’s “Now Drinking”, we got a fantastic surprise, thanks to our new favourite wine site, Adegga.com. To help pick our wine, we visited Adegga who recommended the popular Portuguese wine “Marquês de Borba“.

So we put our faith and taste buds in the hands of the good folks at Adegga and chose a couple of bottles, from the results of the first one…we’ll be checking back with them again and again.

Marques de Borba Red Wine - Altenjo

A commanding rich wine, full of crushed dark berry flavours with a long smooth and creamy finish. We liked this wine so much there isn’t any left in the bottle to show you the depth of its colour. Guess we’ll just have to get another bottle : )

We enjoyed this bottle with a 3-cheese pasta and tomato sauce, and savory oven baked roast…the Marquês de Borba was perfect. Would highly recommend it with roasts, game, grilled meats and pasta/tomatoes dishes, a really great red that’s warm and powerful. This wine can often be spotted at good local restaurants, so diners and tourists can look for it on the wine menu.

Marquês de Borba

Produced by: João Portugal Ramos
Region: Alentejo, Portugal
Type: Red wine
Grapes: Aragones, Trincadeira

Happy Birthday!

It’s not Algarve Buzz’s birthday, but rather Eddie, who is celebrating a birthday today – so she’s taking the day off from blogging … by force of course.

Happy Birthday Eddie.

Happy Birthday Eddie