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Come to the best Celtic Festival of the World

Turismo de Galicia — Tue, 11 Jul 2017 14:00:16 +0000

The Celtic World Festival of Ortigueira is a festival dedicated to the folk music of the regions considered Celtic. With 31 years of tradition it is celebrated every summer, for four days (the second weekend of July), in the town of Ortigueira, in the province of A Coruña.

The main stage is located in the port and has hosted, throughout its editions, performances by Celtic music groups of high level and international fame. Since year 2000, in the surroundings of the port, a smaller stage has been set up, the Runas stage, where each year a jury competition takes place between new groups, whose prize to the winner is the performance on the main stage in the edition of the following year. During these 17 years, over 200 national and international bands have passed through the Runes Project, indicating and pointing out the power of this promotional platform.

During these days, both on the beach of Morouzos and in the Arboleda de Pinos, camping sites are available for people attending this festival, which is considered a Festival of International Tourist Interest and is one of the largest festivals in terms of number of attendees from all over Europe, having occasionally surpassed the 100,000 attendees per edition. Currently, its magnitude already exceeds the purely musical to consolidate as a free space where people come from the most diverse points of geography.

Little more that is spirit of freedom and the folkloric character of the event remain of that craft festival that was born in the year 1978 fruit of the effort of the school of pipes of Ortigueira. It was a visionary idea that triumphed thanks to the help of the whole town and that, in 2000, laid the foundations of what today is a true cultural industry, while opening its musical horizon to other types of music that do not have to be strictly Celtic.

The effort in the last editions is to strengthen the infrastructure of services (free buses, guarded parking, showers, toilets, information points, etc.) and make the stay of the thousands of visitors that fill the villa and the beach more comfortable. As well as to take care of the quality of the musical programming to the maximum. It is for all this that the folk stars choose the boxes of Ortigueira to present their last works.

The strength of the festival organized by the Concello de Ortigueira was worth so that in its edition of 2003 the Ministry of Economy awarded the Festival of National Tourist Interest. But the recognitions would go further and in 2005, as already mentioned, the contest entered a select group of events of International Tourist Interest. The thrust of the festival or its role in the projection of Galicia and Spain abroad were just two of the factors that led to recognition.

This year the festival will be held from July 13rd to 16th and extends its cultural offer beyond the stage Estrella Galicia (the main stage) giving different workshops. Once again, concerts and presentations will be organized both in the Teatro de Beneficencia and in the parish church. As in previous years you may enjoy a wide variety of free activities that contribute to increase the experiences that are lived in this festival.

For all these reasons, folk lovers will have in Ortigueira an unavoidable event to which, of course, you are invited.

A Ramallosa

Turismo-JBR — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 07:05:05 +0000

A Ramallosa

Situación – Ría de Vigo, concellos de Nigrán e Baiona (Pontevedra).

Superficie – 91,85 ha.

Acceso – Estrada pola costa PO-552 (Vigo-Baiona).

Servizos – Aloxamento: Si. Comer: Si.

Equipamentos – Observatorio municipal Casa Rosa de Sabarís (Baiona).

Outros espazos naturais relacionados / próximos: Parque Nacional “Illas Atlánticas de Galicia”, LIC “Illas Estelas”, “Serra da Groba”.

O espazo protexido abrangue o esteiro do río Miñor pechado case completamente pola praia da Ladeira, de máis dun quilómetro de lonxitude. Neste treito costeiro de forte presión humana como zona marisqueira e turística, mantéñense as marismas da Foz nas que conflúen coas mareas ademais do Miñor os regatos Groba e Belesar.

O observatorio de Sabarís dispón de amplas ventás e material telescópico para divisar a variada fauna do tremedal.

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Souto da Retorta

Turismo-JBR — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 09:38:38 +0000

Souto da Retorta

O Avó de Chavín poida que sexa a árbore máis alta de España e unha das de maior envergadura de Europa, pero sen dúbida é o eucalipto máis grande de Galicia. Na súa declaración oficial como Monumento Natural, xunto con outros 600 exemplares do Souto da Retorta tamén de grandes dimensións, calcúlanselle 61,78 metros de altura e 7,55 de perímetro. Outras medicións elévano por riba dos oitenta metros.

Os eucaliptos centenarios de Chavín foron plantados a partir de 1860 para drenar os terreos baixos como protección contra as enchentes. As ribeiras do río Landro forman parte da historia natural da comunidade, onde seguindo con datos oficiais preto da metade da súa superficie total está arborada.

O espazo limítase ademais por varias canles históricas como a da antiga fábrica da luz de Chavín. A rede fluvial do Landro conserva tamén á súa beira mostras de vexetación autóctona, por exemplo a área boscosa chamada Val do Naseiro, e lugares de interese como a fervenza do Pozo da Ferida (río Loureiro) cun desnivel de trinta metros de altura.

Situación – Na parroquia de Chavín, concello de Viveiro (Lugo).

Superficie – 3,19 ha.

Acceso – A seis quilómetros de Viveiro pola estrada cara a Mondoñedo (LU-540) e desvío a Chavín (LU-161).

Servizos – Aloxamento e comida nos arredores e en Viveiro.

Equipamentos – Paneis informativos.

Outros espazos naturais relacionados / próximos:

LIC “Costa da Mariña Occidental” LIC “Río Landro”
LIC “Monte Maior”
LIC “ Serra do Xistral”

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