Arraial de São Vicente
Held across nine days in the lush north-coast village of São Vicente, this popular summer arraial combines religious processions, folk music, marchas populares and open-air concerts beneath the dramatic sea cliffs.
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"In the terraced wine village of Estreito de Câmara de Lobos, visitors can tread grapes barefoot in large wooden vats exactly as it has been done for centuries, while local quintas open their doors for folk music and wine."
Vindima ao Vivo no Estreito de Câmara de Lobos
"On the golden-sanded island of Porto Santo, this costumed heritage festival recreates the era of Christopher Columbus, who lived on the island, with period parades, seafaring displays and historical re-enactments."
Festival do Colombo
"Organised by the Casa do Povo in Madeira's westernmost village, this rural apple festival brings together farmers from across the municipality for live apple-crushing, folk dancing, tastings and cookery workshops."
Festa do Pero
"In the old whaling village of Caniçal, fishermen honour their patron by sailing a flotilla of boats along Madeira's south-east coast in a unique seaborne procession, with the entire community aboard free of charge."
Festa de Nossa Senhora da Piedade
"Deep in Madeira's Valley of the Nuns, this chestnut harvest festival, the oldest of its kind in Portugal dating to 1983, fills the mountain village of Curral das Freiras with roasted chestnuts, poncha, a colourful allegorical parade of over 350 costumed figures, and traditional music."
Festa da Castanha
"In the clifftop fishing village of Câmara de Lobos, this long-running festival celebrates the fearsome black scabbardfish hauled up from hundreds of metres below the Atlantic, with live show-cooking, tasting sessions and folklore performances."
Festa Gastronómica do Peixe Espada Preto
"A beloved ten-day summer fair held inside the medieval walled town of Trancoso, one of Portugal's Aldeias Históricas, combining a traditional street market, folk performances and the patron saint festivities of São Bartolomeu."
Feira de São Bartolomeu
"In one of Portugal's most remote and characteristic schist villages, set inside the Montesinho Natural Park near Bragança, the Festa de Santo António draws a large, festive crowd to a hamlet of just a handful of permanent residents."
Festa de Santo António de Montesinho
"Considered one of the most genuinely traditional pilgrimages of the Alto Minho, the Festas de São Bartolomeu are the municipal celebration of Ponte da Barca, a small riverside town, featuring processions, folk music and a lively fair along the Lima riverside promenade."
Festas de São Bartolomeu
"A historic religious and popular festival in the marble-walled market town of Estremoz, marking the Exaltation of the Holy Cross with street celebration, processions and the convivial arraial atmosphere of rural Alentejo."
Festas da Exaltação de Santa Cruz
"The closing event of Alpiarça's season-long village festa programme, bringing music, folclore and local tradition to the small Ribatejo hamlet of Frade de Baixo each September."
Festas Populares do Frade de Baixo
"A small deep-barrocal village fair beside the Tôr bridge with crafts, regional gastronomy, children's activities, folk music and evening concerts drawing together the scattered hamlets of inland Loulé."
Feira da Tôr