Almodovar: Village will have a mega water slide in summer, in late July.

Apr 16, 2018

Almodovar will receive at the end of July the “Water Slide Festival”. It is a summer event from 2015 He has toured five Portuguese cities and received over 35 thousand, returns this summer to various locations.

According to the magazine “Evasões”, a publication of the Global Media Group, Mega water slide in the summer will be in Almodovar in the first two days of September. However, and according to information from the Municipality of Almodovar, the village will receive the “Water Slide Festival”, but at the end of July, on dates to be determined.

"The biggest urban slips of Europe ', synonymous with hours of water fun in the middle of town, will return this summer to several Portuguese districts with two tracks 500 meters long each, totaling a thousand meters. "It is the largest in Europe», ensures the organizer Armando Pereira. And to slide on the slide, as often as you want, suffice to respect the queue: the entries in the event will always be free, as in previous editions.

Participants will be able to slide along two tracks slide (usually mounted on streets or avenues with gradient), on buoys, that "can bring from home or buy 'in the Water Slide Festival store. To make even more fun, participants can take pool accessories (like glasses), and is usually placed a foam gun in place.

Parallel to the slide, Slide the Water Festival will also offer a pool of adults, two children's pools, inflatable zone, stage with DJs and receive dance performances and musical entertainment. One of the main attractions is usually a pool which hosts water aerobics classes, swimming, hidro-cycling, among other modalities. Attractions may vary in municipalities where the event takes place.

The first Water Slide Festival held in Gaia 2015 and in three years he has passed for ten Portuguese cities, including on the island of the Azores, to more than 35 thousand. editions of 2018 They will be "made in partnership with the municipalities', so the entry will be free to the public, and will take place on weekends, from 10h00 to 19h00.