Qué hay en Ponta Delgada (Azores), Portugal, a lo largo del año

Concurrido — Christmas holidays en Portugal, vacaciones escolares en 7 de los mercados que lo llenan

En enero no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Winter Atlantic storms (1 Nov – 15 Mar (normalmente)), Christmas in Ponta Delgada (25 Nov – 6 Ene (normalmente)), Camellias at Terra Nostra (15 Dic – 31 Mar (normalmente))

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

• Festival

  Carnaval and the Coliseu balls

  1 Feb – 10 Mar · normalmenteCarnavalReserva pronto

  Carnival in Ponta Delgada means a schools' parade through the historic centre, malassada stalls, and the traditional gala balls at the Coliseu Micaelense, held since the 1920s and close to sold out most years. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Winter Atlantic storms (1 Nov – 15 Mar (normalmente)), Camellias at Terra Nostra (15 Dic – 31 Mar (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Easter week, Easter holidays en Portugal

• Festival

  Tremor

  10 Mar – 20 Abr · normalmenteFestival de músicaReserva pronto

  Five days of concerts staged in the town's halls and then out in craters, chapels and tea plantations across the island. It fills the small hotel stock in what is otherwise low season. Fuente ↗

• Naturaleza

  Whale and dolphin season

  15 Mar – 15 Oct · normalmenteTemporada de ballenas

  Blue and fin whales pass on migration from about April to June, the biggest animals anyone will ever see from a boat. Sperm whales and several dolphin species are here all season.

• 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: Carnaval and the Coliseu balls (1 Feb – 10 Mar (normalmente)), Winter Atlantic storms (1 Nov – 15 Mar (normalmente)), Camellias at Terra Nostra (15 Dic – 31 Mar (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Easter week, Easter holidays en Portugal

• Festival

  Senhor Santo Cristo dos Milagres

  8–14 MayFiesta religiosaMucha genteReserva pronto

  The largest religious festival in the Azores, on the fifth Sunday after Easter. Emigrant families fly in for it, the streets around Sao Francisco are carpeted in flowers, and flights sell out. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Tremor (10 Mar – 20 Abr (normalmente)), Whale and dolphin season (15 Mar – 15 Oct (normalmente)), Easter week (29 Mar – 5 Abr)

Concurrido — Senhor Santo Cristo dos Milagres, vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festival

  Holy Spirit festas

  1 May – 15 Ago · normalmenteFiesta religiosa

  Every village keeps a painted imperio chapel, and through the summer each takes its turn to crown a child and hand out soup and sweet bread to anyone who turns up. No tickets, no schedule you can rely on. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Whale and dolphin season (15 Mar – 15 Oct (normalmente)), Senhor Santo Cristo dos Milagres (8–14 May)

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

• Naturaleza

  Hydrangea hedges

  15 Jun – 5 Sep · normalmenteFlores silvestres

  The field boundaries across Sao Miguel are hydrangeas rather than fences, and from midsummer the roads to Sete Cidades and Furnas are lined blue for a couple of months.

Sigue en marcha: Whale and dolphin season (15 Mar – 15 Oct (normalmente)), Senhor Santo Cristo dos Milagres (8–14 May), Holy Spirit festas (1 May – 15 Ago (normalmente))

Concurrido — Summer holidays en Portugal, vacaciones escolares en 7 de los mercados que lo llenan

En julio no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Whale and dolphin season (15 Mar – 15 Oct (normalmente)), Holy Spirit festas (1 May – 15 Ago (normalmente)), Hydrangea hedges (15 Jun – 5 Sep (normalmente))

Concurrido — Summer holidays en Portugal, vacaciones escolares en 7 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Temporada

  Sea at its warmest

  1 Ago – 15 Oct · normalmenteMar templado

  Mid-Atlantic water warms late and peaks in September, which is also when the swimming holes at Ferraria and the Mosteiros pools are usable rather than bracing. Fuente ↗

• Riesgo

  Atlantic storm season

  15 Ago – 31 OctTemporada de huracanes

  Hurricanes that have turned north usually reach the Azores as post-tropical storms. They rarely do damage, but they cancel inter-island flights and boat trips for a day or two at a time. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Whale and dolphin season (15 Mar – 15 Oct (normalmente)), Holy Spirit festas (1 May – 15 Ago (normalmente)), Hydrangea hedges (15 Jun – 5 Sep (normalmente))

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

En septiembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Whale and dolphin season (15 Mar – 15 Oct (normalmente)), Hydrangea hedges (15 Jun – 5 Sep (normalmente)), Sea at its warmest (1 Ago – 15 Oct (normalmente)), Atlantic storm season (15 Ago – 31 Oct)

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

En octubre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Whale and dolphin season (15 Mar – 15 Oct (normalmente)), Sea at its warmest (1 Ago – 15 Oct (normalmente)), Atlantic storm season (15 Ago – 31 Oct)

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

• Riesgo

  Winter Atlantic storms

  1 Nov – 15 Mar · normalmenteTemporales de invierno

  A few deep Atlantic storms each winter bring gales, heavy rain and rough seas for a day or two; flights to the other islands and the mainland are cancelled and harbours close. Leave a buffer day before an onward flight. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Christmas in Ponta Delgada

  25 Nov – 6 Ene · normalmenteNavidad y Año Nuevo

  The Portas da Cidade and Campo de Sao Francisco are lit from late November, with a Christmas market, a giant tree, rides for children and a shop-window contest in early December, through to the New Year. Fuente ↗

Concurrido — Christmas holidays en Portugal, vacaciones escolares en 7 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Naturaleza

  Camellias at Terra Nostra

  15 Dic – 31 Mar · normalmenteFlores silvestres

  Terra Nostra Park in Furnas, about 45 minutes' drive away, holds hundreds of camellia varieties that flower through winter and usually peak in February, a good pairing with its warm iron-rich pool on a grey day. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Winter Atlantic storms (1 Nov – 15 Mar (normalmente)), Christmas in Ponta Delgada (25 Nov – 6 Ene (normalmente))