Wat er het hele jaar speelt in Nazaré, Portugal

Topdrukte — Tow Surfing Challenge window, Christmas and New Year

In januari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Big-wave season, Praia do Norte (15 okt – 15 mrt (meestal)), Tow Surfing Challenge window (15 okt – 15 mrt (meestal)), Out of season in town (1 nov – 31 mrt), Christmas and New Year (24 dec – 1 jan)

Topdrukte — Tow Surfing Challenge window, Carnival holidays in Portugal

In februari begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Big-wave season, Praia do Norte (15 okt – 15 mrt (meestal)), Tow Surfing Challenge window (15 okt – 15 mrt (meestal)), Out of season in town (1 nov – 31 mrt)

Topdrukte — Easter week, Tow Surfing Challenge window

• Feestdag

  Easter week

  29 mrt – 5 aprPasen & Goede WeekDrukSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Big-wave season, Praia do Norte (15 okt – 15 mrt (meestal)), Tow Surfing Challenge window (15 okt – 15 mrt (meestal)), Out of season in town (1 nov – 31 mrt)

Topdrukte — Easter week, Easter holidays in Portugal

In april begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Easter week (29 mrt – 5 apr)

Tussenseizoen — schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen, een gewone maand

In mei begint er niets nieuws.

Druk — Summer holidays in Portugal, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Seizoen

  Beach season on the main praia

  15 jun – 20 sep · meestalZee op temperatuur

  The sheltered town beach is a different ocean from the one round the headland: striped tents, sardines drying on racks, and water cold enough that most people go in twice.

Druk — Summer holidays in Portugal, schoolvakanties in 7 van de markten die de plek vullen

In juli begint er niets nieuws.

Nog steeds bezig: Beach season on the main praia (15 jun – 20 sep (meestal))

Topdrukte — Portuguese August, Summer holidays in Portugal

• Seizoen

  Portuguese August

  1–31 augSchoolvakantiesDruk

  This is a domestic resort before it is an international one, and in August it fills with families from Lisbon and Leiria. The funicular to Sitio queues down the street.

Nog steeds bezig: Beach season on the main praia (15 jun – 20 sep (meestal))

Topdrukte — Romaria de Nossa Senhora da Nazare, Summer holidays in Portugal

• Festival

  Romaria de Nossa Senhora da Nazare

  5–10 sepReligieus feestDruk

  The town's pilgrimage week up at Sitio around 8 September: processions, folk dancing, a fairground and bullfights in the square-shaped arena on the cliff. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Beach season on the main praia (15 jun – 20 sep (meestal))

Druk — Tow Surfing Challenge window, schoolvakanties in 4 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Seizoen

  Big-wave season, Praia do Norte

  15 okt – 15 mrt · meestalSurfseizoen

  Atlantic storms funnel down the Nazare canyon and the tow-in crews chase them from the lighthouse headland. Six to ten genuinely enormous days a winter, and no way to book them in advance.

• Festival

  Tow Surfing Challenge window

  15 okt – 15 mrt · meestalSurfseizoenDrukBoek vroeg

  The big-wave contest is called on 24 to 48 hours' notice when the forecast clears about twelve metres, so the town can go from empty to sold out inside a day between October and March. Bron ↗

Druk — Tow Surfing Challenge window, schoolvakanties in 2 van de markten die de plek vullen

• Seizoen

  Out of season in town

  1 nov – 31 mrtSeizoensluitingSluitingen

  Half the seafront restaurants shut while the surf crowd is here for the waves rather than the town. Rooms are cheap, the wind off the Atlantic is not gentle, and the fish market carries on.

Nog steeds bezig: Big-wave season, Praia do Norte (15 okt – 15 mrt (meestal)), Tow Surfing Challenge window (15 okt – 15 mrt (meestal))

Topdrukte — Tow Surfing Challenge window, Christmas and New Year

• Feestdag

  Christmas and New Year

  24 dec – 1 janKerst & nieuwjaarSluitingen

  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. Bron ↗

Nog steeds bezig: Big-wave season, Praia do Norte (15 okt – 15 mrt (meestal)), Tow Surfing Challenge window (15 okt – 15 mrt (meestal)), Out of season in town (1 nov – 31 mrt)