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It Takes Two Island Swim
AN ARGENTINE Tango group, La Porteña Tango, will celebrate its 15 years of experience with a very special concert to be held at Teulada auditorium on Sunday, August 27 at 8pm.The group has performed more than 800 productions in 22 countries, on four continents.
La Porteña offers a modern and renovated show where music, dance and stories are intertwined, ranging from the deepest emotions to mischief and humour.
The show that invites its audience to walk along a long and winding path that traces the history of a music, humbly born in the suburbs and ports of the Río de La Plata and transcended the world by its own force almost without even trying.
La Porteña Tango have released five albums with the legendary Melopea label from Argentina, and have presented their music and dance shows in numerous of the world's most famous theatres and festivals in the world, making them the group with the highest audience in Europe today. Tickets are €24, and can be purchased from www.instanticket.es.
ON SUNDAY, August 27, the XXI edition of the traditional L'IllaPort de Benidorm Popular Swimming Tour will be held. Organised by the department of sports, it is one of the most anticipated events of the summer.
Competitors swim from Benidorm island back to the mainland.
Registration opened on Tuesday, August 1 and you can reserve your place at www.chiplevante.com. The registration fee is €24 and there are limited places available. Participants should arrive at 7am to board a trans fer boat to Benidorm island at 7.45am. The swimmers will depart at 8am. Participants will be obliged to use a location buoy.
Benidorm Island is a small nature reserve. The island sits approximately 3.5 kilometres from Benidorm.
Benidorm Island was once known as 'Peacock Island’ as it was once populated by peacocks. There are many fables regarding the island itself and how it got there, including how a giant kicked a rock out of the mountain in anger, which then landed in the sea.
