Vindima ao Vivo no Estreito de Câmara de Lobos
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.
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"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
"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
"An outdoor jazz and wine evening in the vine-covered Setubal Peninsula town of Palmela, pairing live music with Castelao and Moscatel wines from the surrounding DOC estates."
Palmela Wine Jazz
"Since 1963, Palmela's wine-harvest festival fills the hilltop town with the Cortejo dos Camponeses, a barefoot grape-treading ceremony, blessing of the first must, and a week of concerts under the castle walls."
Festa das Vindimas de Palmela
"A dedicated celebration of the ancient Alentejo tradition of Vinho de Talha, featuring showcookings, tutored tastings and food pairings centred on wine fermented in 2,000-year-old clay amphorae in the heartland town of Vidigueira."
Talha à Mesa
"A month-long October gastronomic festival across fourteen restaurants in the Lousã municipality, showcasing seasonal dishes built around Serra da Lousã DOP honey, chestnuts, wild mushrooms and local cheeses as autumn descends on the schist villages."
Festival Gastronómico Sabores de Outono
"A four-year-old October festival in a small Zêzere valley town celebrates the bucho recheado, a slow-baked stuffed pork stomach unique to the Beira Baixa, with showcookings, a confraria workshop, folk music and rancho folklore groups."
Festival Gastronómico do Bucho Recheado
"A two-week autumn gastronomic route through the restaurants of Fundão town, celebrating Serra da Gardunha produce including game, mushrooms, chestnuts and local wines, endorsed by the Aldeias do Xisto network."
Fundão, Aqui Come-se Bem - Sabores de Outono