O que acontece em Albufeira (Algarve), Portugal, ao longo do ano

Lotação máxima — Christmas and New Year, Christmas holidays em Portugal

• Natureza

  Almond blossom in the barrocal

  15 Jan – 25 Fev · normalmenteFlores silvestres e floradas

  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.

Ainda em andamento: Low season on the Strip (1 Nov – 15 Mar), Christmas and New Year (24 Dez – 1 Jan)

Movimentado — Carnival holidays em Portugal, férias escolares em 3 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

• Festival

  Carnival

  14–17 Fev

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Almond blossom in the barrocal (15 Jan – 25 Fev (normalmente)), Low season on the Strip (1 Nov – 15 Mar)

Lotação máxima — Easter week, Easter holidays em Portugal

• Feriado

  Easter week

  29 Mar – 5 AbrPáscoa e Semana SantaLotadoFechamentos

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Carnival (14–17 Fev), Low season on the Strip (1 Nov – 15 Mar)

Lotação máxima — Easter week, Easter holidays em Portugal

Nada novo começa em abril.

Ainda em andamento: Easter week (29 Mar – 5 Abr)

Meia-estação — férias escolares em 4 dos países que mais mandam visitantes, um mês comum

Nada novo começa em maio.

Movimentado — Summer holidays em Portugal, férias escolares em 4 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

• Risco

  Wildfire season inland

  15 Jun – 30 Set · normalmenteTemporada de fumaça

  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 ↗

• Temporada

  Sea warm enough to swim

  25 Jun – 15 Out · normalmente

  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.

Lotação máxima — British and Irish school holidays, Summer holidays em Portugal

• Feriado

  British and Irish school holidays

  1 Jul – 31 AgoLotadoReserve cedo

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Wildfire season inland (15 Jun – 30 Set (normalmente)), Sea warm enough to swim (25 Jun – 15 Out (normalmente))

Lotação máxima — British and Irish school holidays, Festa do Frango (Chicken Festival)

• Festival

  Festa do Frango (Chicken Festival)

  1–10 Ago · normalmenteFestival gastronômicoLotado

  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 festivalLotado

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Wildfire season inland (15 Jun – 30 Set (normalmente)), Sea warm enough to swim (25 Jun – 15 Out (normalmente)), British and Irish school holidays (1 Jul – 31 Ago)

Movimentado — Summer holidays em Portugal, férias escolares em 3 dos países que mais mandam visitantes

• Festival

  Festas do Pescador

  1–10 Set · normalmenteGrande festival

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Wildfire season inland (15 Jun – 30 Set (normalmente)), Sea warm enough to swim (25 Jun – 15 Out (normalmente))

Meia-estação — férias escolares em 4 dos países que mais mandam visitantes, um mês comum

Nada novo começa em outubro.

Ainda em andamento: Sea warm enough to swim (25 Jun – 15 Out (normalmente))

Meia-estação — férias escolares em 2 dos países que mais mandam visitantes, um mês comum

• Temporada

  Low season on the Strip

  1 Nov – 15 MarFechamento de baixa temporadaFechamentos

  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.

Lotação máxima — Christmas and New Year, Christmas holidays em Portugal

• Feriado

  Christmas and New Year

  24 Dez – 1 JanNatal e Ano-NovoFechamentos

  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 ↗

Ainda em andamento: Low season on the Strip (1 Nov – 15 Mar)