Festas da Nossa Senhora da Lapa
The annual town festa of Arcos de Valdevez combines an agricultural and livestock show, ethnographic parade, river-boat festival on the Vez, cantares ao desafio folk-singing duels and a solemn procession honouring Nossa Senhora da Lapa.
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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
"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
"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."
Arraial de São Vicente
"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
"A 72-edition-strong riverside village festival on the Guadiana at the Spanish border, with fireworks over the water, river sports, regional food stalls and live music over three celebratory nights."
72.ª Festa de Alcoutim