Feira da Ladra de Vieira do Minho
The largest annual event in Vieira do Minho combines a traditional flea-market fair with livestock exhibitions, craft stalls, an ethnographic parade, equestrian shows and concerts, held each first weekend and Monday of October near Peneda-Gerês.
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"Held at the celebrated mountaintop sanctuary on the edge of Peneda-Gerês National Park, this major romaria draws tens of thousands of pilgrims to the shrine of São Bento on the 13th of August for an open-air mass, solemn procession and festive arraial."
Grande Romaria de São Bento da Porta Aberta
"The principal summer festa of Vieira do Minho draws pilgrims from across the Gerês foothills on Assumption Day for a solemn procession and evening arraial in this small granite-built market town."
Romaria de Nossa Senhora da Conceição
"The most important religious celebration of the Trás-os-Montes interior, held at the largest Marian sanctuary in the region on Assumption Day, drawing barefoot pilgrims from across the surrounding concelhos for a great procession and traditional fair."
Romaria de Nossa Senhora da Assunção
"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
"In this tiny Alijó village in the Douro hills, a six-day romaria lasting over 178 years features tableaux vivants on the procession andores (floats) performed by local villagers, spectacular fireworks and a fair franca, widely regarded as one of the best-organised festas in Trás-os-Montes."
Romaria de Nossa Senhora dos Aflitos