Qué hay en Lagos (Algarve), Portugal, a lo largo del año

Máxima afluencia — Christmas and New Year, Christmas holidays en Portugal

• Naturaleza

  Almond blossom

  15 Ene – 25 Feb · normalmenteFlores silvestres

  The groves inland towards Barao de Sao Joao flower before anything reopens, and the cliff path to Ponta da Piedade is at its best in the same weeks.

Sigue en marcha: West coast swell season (15 Sep – 30 Abr), Low season (1 Nov – 15 Mar), Christmas and New Year (24 Dic – 1 Ene)

Concurrido — Carnival holidays en Portugal, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festival

  Carnival at Loule

  14–17 Feb

  The Algarve's oldest carnival parade runs at Loule, an hour east, and it is the only thing that fills this coast in February. Lagos itself keeps a small parade of its own. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Almond blossom (15 Ene – 25 Feb (normalmente)), West coast swell season (15 Sep – 30 Abr), Low season (1 Nov – 15 Mar)

Máxima afluencia — Easter week, Easter holidays en Portugal

• Festivo

  Easter week

  29 Mar – 5 AbrSemana Santa y PascuaMucha genteCierres

  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. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Carnival at Loule (14–17 Feb), West coast swell season (15 Sep – 30 Abr), Low season (1 Nov – 15 Mar)

Máxima afluencia — Easter week, Easter holidays en Portugal

• Naturaleza

  Dolphins offshore

  1 Abr – 31 Oct · normalmenteTemporada de ballenas

  Common and bottlenose dolphins are close in from spring to autumn and the same small boats run the grotto trips at Ponta da Piedade. Morning sailings get the flat water.

Sigue en marcha: Easter week (29 Mar – 5 Abr), West coast swell season (15 Sep – 30 Abr)

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

En mayo no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Dolphins offshore (1 Abr – 31 Oct (normalmente))

Concurrido — Summer holidays en Portugal, vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Riesgo

  Wildfire season inland

  15 Jun – 30 Sep · normalmenteTemporada de humo

  Monchique burns badly every few summers and the smoke reaches the coast on a north wind. The beaches are not at risk; the roads and the walking country behind them are. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Dolphins offshore (1 Abr – 31 Oct (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — los viajeros lo describen como muy concurrido, Algarve summer season

• Temporada

  Sea warm enough to swim

  1 Jul – 5 Oct · normalmente

  The western Algarve sits closer to the Atlantic than the eastern half and runs a few degrees behind it all summer. Meia Praia is the warm side of town; the west-facing beaches are not.

• Festivo

  Algarve summer season

  1 Jul – 31 AgoVacaciones escolaresMucha genteReserva pronto

  Northern European school holidays and the Portuguese August land together, and the cove beaches here are small. Parking at Dona Ana is gone by nine in August. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Dolphins offshore (1 Abr – 31 Oct (normalmente)), Wildfire season inland (15 Jun – 30 Sep (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Algarve summer season, Summer holidays en Portugal

En agosto no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Dolphins offshore (1 Abr – 31 Oct (normalmente)), Wildfire season inland (15 Jun – 30 Sep (normalmente)), Sea warm enough to swim (1 Jul – 5 Oct (normalmente)), Algarve summer season (1 Jul – 31 Ago)

Concurrido — Summer holidays en Portugal, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Temporada

  West coast swell season

  15 Sep – 30 AbrTemporada de surf

  Winter lows put swell on the exposed west coast around Sagres and Arrifana, forty minutes away, while the south-facing town beaches stay flat. That split is why people base here.

Sigue en marcha: Dolphins offshore (1 Abr – 31 Oct (normalmente)), Wildfire season inland (15 Jun – 30 Sep (normalmente)), Sea warm enough to swim (1 Jul – 5 Oct (normalmente))

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

En octubre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Dolphins offshore (1 Abr – 31 Oct (normalmente)), Sea warm enough to swim (1 Jul – 5 Oct (normalmente)), West coast swell season (15 Sep – 30 Abr)

Tranquilo — vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan, uno de sus peores meses por clima

• Temporada

  Low season

  1 Nov – 15 MarCierre de temporada bajaCierres

  A share of the restaurants and most of the boat operators shut, and the marina goes quiet, but the town has enough residents to stay open. Rooms are a third of the August price.

Sigue en marcha: West coast swell season (15 Sep – 30 Abr)

Máxima afluencia — Christmas and New Year, Christmas holidays en Portugal

• Festivo

  Christmas and New Year

  24 Dic – 1 EneNavidad y Año NuevoCierres

  Christmas is kept at home: from the afternoon of 24 December through the 25th most restaurants, shops and museums close, and 1 January is just as quiet. Restaurants that do open on New Year's Eve usually sell set dinners that book up ahead. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: West coast swell season (15 Sep – 30 Abr), Low season (1 Nov – 15 Mar)