Det sker i Funchal (Madeira), Portugal året igennem

Tætpakket — Christmas and New Year, Christmas holidays i Portugal

Intet nyt begynder i januar.

Stadig i gang: Christmas and New Year (1. dec. – 6. jan.)

Tætpakket — Carnival, Carnival holidays i Portugal

• Festival

  Carnival

  14.–17. feb.TætpakketBook tidligt

  One of Portugal's two serious carnivals: a costumed night parade down Avenida do Mar on the Saturday and a satirical one on Shrove Tuesday. Hotels price it like New Year. Kilde ↗

Tætpakket — Easter week, Easter holidays i Portugal

• Helligdag

  Easter week

  29. mar. – 5. apr.Påske & den stille ugeTætpakketLukninger

  Good Friday is a national holiday and Easter Sunday a day for family lunches. Many Portuguese take the week around it off, so hotels fill and rates rise for the first busy spell of the year, and some shops and museums close on Friday and Sunday. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Carnival (14.–17. feb.)

Tætpakket — Easter week, Festa da Flor

• Natur

  Whales and dolphins offshore

  1. apr. – 31. okt. · normaltHvalsæson

  The water drops off steeply a few kilometres out, so the boats find bottlenose and spotted dolphins most trips and pilot and sperm whales through the warmer half of the year.

• Festival

  Festa da Flor

  30. apr. – 31. majStor festivalTætpakketBook tidligt

  A month of flower carpets, kiosks and two allegorical parades down the seafront, timed to when the island's gardens are at their fullest. The parade Sundays are the busy ones. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Easter week (29. mar. – 5. apr.)

Travlt — Festa da Flor, skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i maj.

Stadig i gang: Whales and dolphins offshore (1. apr. – 31. okt. (normalt)), Festa da Flor (30. apr. – 31. maj)

Travlt — Summer holidays i Portugal, skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

• Festival

  Atlantic Festival

  1.–30. jun. · normaltLys & ild

  Fireworks fired over the bay on the first three Saturdays of June as an international competition, set to music, watched from the seafront and from the boats moored off it. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Whales and dolphins offshore (1. apr. – 31. okt. (normalt))

Travlt — Summer holidays i Portugal, skoleferie på 7 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i juli.

Stadig i gang: Whales and dolphins offshore (1. apr. – 31. okt. (normalt))

Tætpakket — rejsende beskriver det som højsæson, Summer holidays i Portugal

• Festival

  Madeira Wine Festival

  25. aug. – 15. sep. · normaltHøst

  The harvest is marked in the city and, better, up at Estreito de Camara de Lobos, where the grapes are still trodden in public and the year's wine is sold in the street. Kilde ↗

Stadig i gang: Whales and dolphins offshore (1. apr. – 31. okt. (normalt))

Travlt — Summer holidays i Portugal, skoleferie på 3 af de markeder, der fylder stedet

Intet nyt begynder i september.

Stadig i gang: Whales and dolphins offshore (1. apr. – 31. okt. (normalt)), Madeira Wine Festival (25. aug. – 15. sep. (normalt))

Skuldersæson — skoleferie på 4 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en helt almindelig måned

Intet nyt begynder i oktober.

Stadig i gang: Whales and dolphins offshore (1. apr. – 31. okt. (normalt))

Skuldersæson — skoleferie på 2 af de markeder, der fylder stedet, en helt almindelig måned

Intet nyt begynder i november.

Tætpakket — Christmas and New Year, Christmas holidays i Portugal

• Festival

  Christmas and New Year

  1. dec. – 6. jan.Jul & nytårTætpakketBook tidligt

  The lights go on at the start of December and the New Year's Eve display over the amphitheatre of the bay is the reason cruise ships and half of Portugal are here for it. Book a year out. Kilde ↗