Cosa c'è in programma a Albufeira (Algarve) (Portogallo) durante l'anno

Folla al massimo — Christmas and New Year, Christmas holidays in Portogallo

• Natura

  Almond blossom in the barrocal

  15 gen – 25 feb · di solitoFiori e fioriture

  The almond groves in the hills behind the coast flower before anything else opens, which is the one argument for a hire car here in winter.

Ancora in corso: Low season on the Strip (1 nov – 15 mar), Christmas and New Year (24 dic – 1 gen)

Affollato — Carnival holidays in Portogallo, vacanze scolastiche in 3 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Festival

  Carnival

  14–17 feb

  Four days of parades across the council, and the one in the village of Paderne is the older and better of them. It is the only time the off-season town fills up. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Almond blossom in the barrocal (15 gen – 25 feb (di solito)), Low season on the Strip (1 nov – 15 mar)

Folla al massimo — Easter week, Easter holidays in Portogallo

• Festività

  Easter week

  29 mar – 5 aprPasqua e Settimana SantaAffollatoChiusure

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Carnival (14–17 feb), Low season on the Strip (1 nov – 15 mar)

Folla al massimo — Easter week, Easter holidays in Portogallo

In aprile non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Easter week (29 mar – 5 apr)

Media stagione — vacanze scolastiche in 4 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori, un mese nella media

In maggio non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Affollato — Summer holidays in Portogallo, vacanze scolastiche in 4 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Rischio

  Wildfire season inland

  15 giu – 30 set · di solitoStagione del fumo

  The coast itself rarely burns, but the Monchique and Caldeirao hills behind it do, and a bad week puts smoke over the beaches and closes the back roads. Fonte ↗

• Stagione

  Sea warm enough to swim

  25 giu – 15 ott · di solito

  This stretch of Algarve coast faces south and is sheltered from the Atlantic swell, so it holds its warmth weeks longer than the west-facing beaches around Sagres.

Folla al massimo — British and Irish school holidays, Summer holidays in Portogallo

• Festività

  British and Irish school holidays

  1 lug – 31 agoAffollatoPrenota presto

  The town runs on the northern European school calendar rather than the Portuguese one, so the fortnight either side of the end of July is the hardest to book and the dearest to fly into. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Wildfire season inland (15 giu – 30 set (di solito)), Sea warm enough to swim (25 giu – 15 ott (di solito))

Folla al massimo — British and Irish school holidays, Festa do Frango (Chicken Festival)

• Festival

  Festa do Frango (Chicken Festival)

  1–10 ago · di solitoFestival enogastronomicoAffollato

  The inland parish of Guia, nicknamed the Algarve's chicken capital, spends a long weekend grilling piri-piri chicken at communal tables, a genuinely local food tradition rather than a beach-strip event. Fonte ↗

• Festival

  Dia do Municipio

  20 agoGrande festaAffollato

  The town's charter day on 20 August, closed by a concert and fireworks over Praia dos Pescadores, at the exact peak of the season. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Wildfire season inland (15 giu – 30 set (di solito)), Sea warm enough to swim (25 giu – 15 ott (di solito)), British and Irish school holidays (1 lug – 31 ago)

Affollato — Summer holidays in Portogallo, vacanze scolastiche in 3 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori

• Festival

  Festas do Pescador

  1–10 set · di solitoGrande festa

  The fishermen's feast in the first week of September, with tasquinhas on the old beach and the boats brought in to Praia dos Pescadores. The crowds have thinned by then. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Wildfire season inland (15 giu – 30 set (di solito)), Sea warm enough to swim (25 giu – 15 ott (di solito))

Media stagione — vacanze scolastiche in 4 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori, un mese nella media

In ottobre non inizia nulla di nuovo.

Ancora in corso: Sea warm enough to swim (25 giu – 15 ott (di solito))

Media stagione — vacanze scolastiche in 2 dei paesi da cui arrivano i visitatori, un mese nella media

• Stagione

  Low season on the Strip

  1 nov – 15 marChiusura di bassa stagioneChiusure

  Most of the bars and a good share of the hotels in Areias de Sao Joao shut from November, and flights drop to a handful a week. What stays open is the old town.

Folla al massimo — Christmas and New Year, Christmas holidays in Portogallo

• Festività

  Christmas and New Year

  24 dic – 1 genNatale e CapodannoChiusure

  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. Fonte ↗

Ancora in corso: Low season on the Strip (1 nov – 15 mar)