På gång i Albufeira (Algarve), Portugal under året

Mest folk — Christmas and New Year, Christmas holidays i Portugal

• Natur

  Almond blossom in the barrocal

  15 jan – 25 feb · vanligtvisVildblommor & blomning

  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.

Pågår fortfarande: Low season on the Strip (1 nov – 15 mar), Christmas and New Year (24 dec – 1 jan)

Mycket folk — Carnival holidays i Portugal, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• 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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Almond blossom in the barrocal (15 jan – 25 feb (vanligtvis)), Low season on the Strip (1 nov – 15 mar)

Mest folk — Easter week, Easter holidays i Portugal

• Helg

  Easter week

  29 mar – 5 aprPåsk & stilla veckanTrångtStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Carnival (14–17 feb), Low season on the Strip (1 nov – 15 mar)

Mest folk — Easter week, Easter holidays i Portugal

Inget nytt börjar i april.

Pågår fortfarande: Easter week (29 mar – 5 apr)

Mellansäsong — skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

Mycket folk — Summer holidays i Portugal, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Risk

  Wildfire season inland

  15 jun – 30 sep · vanligtvisRöksäsong

  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. Källa ↗

• Säsong

  Sea warm enough to swim

  25 jun – 15 okt · vanligtvis

  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.

Mest folk — British and Irish school holidays, Summer holidays i Portugal

• Helg

  British and Irish school holidays

  1 jul – 31 augTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Wildfire season inland (15 jun – 30 sep (vanligtvis)), Sea warm enough to swim (25 jun – 15 okt (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — British and Irish school holidays, Festa do Frango (Chicken Festival)

• Festival

  Festa do Frango (Chicken Festival)

  1–10 aug · vanligtvisMat- & dryckesfestivalTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Dia do Municipio

  20 augStor festivalTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Wildfire season inland (15 jun – 30 sep (vanligtvis)), Sea warm enough to swim (25 jun – 15 okt (vanligtvis)), British and Irish school holidays (1 jul – 31 aug)

Mycket folk — Summer holidays i Portugal, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  Festas do Pescador

  1–10 sep · vanligtvisStor 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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Wildfire season inland (15 jun – 30 sep (vanligtvis)), Sea warm enough to swim (25 jun – 15 okt (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Pågår fortfarande: Sea warm enough to swim (25 jun – 15 okt (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

• Säsong

  Low season on the Strip

  1 nov – 15 marStängt mellan säsongernaStängningar

  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.

Mest folk — Christmas and New Year, Christmas holidays i Portugal

• Helg

  Christmas and New Year

  24 dec – 1 janJul & nyårStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Low season on the Strip (1 nov – 15 mar)