På gång i Évora, Portugal under året

Mycket folk — Christmas holidays i Portugal, skollov i 7 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

Pågår fortfarande: Olive harvest (1 nov – 31 jan (vanligtvis)), Christmas garden and lights (5 dec – 1 jan (vanligtvis))

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

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Mest folk — Easter week, Easter holidays i Portugal

• Natur

  Alentejo spring

  1 mar – 30 apr · vanligtvisVildblommor & blomning

  The plain is green for eight weeks a year and this is them: poppies between the cork oaks, storks on every chimney and the walking round the megaliths at its easiest.

• 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 ↗

Mest folk — Easter week, Easter holidays i Portugal

Inget nytt börjar i april.

Pågår fortfarande: Alentejo spring (1 mar – 30 apr (vanligtvis)), Easter week (29 mar – 5 apr)

Mycket folk — skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess bästa vädermånader

• Natur

  Cork stripping

  15 maj – 31 aug · vanligtvisSkörd

  Bark comes off the montado by hand through the hot months and the stripped trunks go raw orange, with the year painted on each one. It only happens to a given tree once in nine years.

Mest folk — Feira de Sao Joao, Summer holidays i Portugal

• Risk

  Wildfire season

  15 jun – 30 sep · vanligtvisRöksäsong

  The cork and eucalyptus country around the city carries fire risk all summer, and a bad week puts haze over the plain and closes rural roads at short notice. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Feira de Sao Joao

  18 jun – 2 jul · vanligtvisStor festivalTrångt

  The Alentejo's biggest fair takes over the Rossio for about ten days around 24 June, part livestock market and part cante alentejano and grilled meat until late. Källa ↗

• Risk

  Alentejo summer heat

  20 jun – 5 sepExtrem värme

  The interior of southern Portugal runs hotter than the coast by a wide margin and the walled town has no shade to speak of at midday. Everything worth seeing is best done before ten. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Cork stripping (15 maj – 31 aug (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Feira de Sao Joao, Summer holidays i Portugal

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Pågår fortfarande: Cork stripping (15 maj – 31 aug (vanligtvis)), Wildfire season (15 jun – 30 sep (vanligtvis)), Feira de Sao Joao (18 jun – 2 jul (vanligtvis)), Alentejo summer heat (20 jun – 5 sep)

Mycket folk — Summer holidays i Portugal, skollov i 7 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Natur

  Alentejo grape harvest

  15 aug – 5 okt · vanligtvis

  The vintage starts early down here, often in the second half of August, and the estates around the city open for it. Talha wine in clay pots is the local peculiarity.

Pågår fortfarande: Cork stripping (15 maj – 31 aug (vanligtvis)), Wildfire season (15 jun – 30 sep (vanligtvis)), Alentejo summer heat (20 jun – 5 sep)

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

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Wildfire season (15 jun – 30 sep (vanligtvis)), Alentejo summer heat (20 jun – 5 sep), Alentejo grape harvest (15 aug – 5 okt (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess bästa vädermånader

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Pågår fortfarande: Alentejo grape harvest (15 aug – 5 okt (vanligtvis))

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

• Natur

  Olive harvest

  1 nov – 31 jan · vanligtvis

  Alentejo produces most of Portugal's olive oil, and from late October the mills around Evora run day and night. Estates offer tastings of the new oil and walks through the groves. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Sao Martinho

  11 novReligiös högtid

  Saint Martin's Day is marked with a magusto: chestnuts roasted over fires and the first young wine or agua-pe of the year, in tascas, schools and village squares. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — Christmas holidays i Portugal, skollov i 7 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  Christmas garden and lights

  5 dec – 1 jan · vanligtvisJul & nyår

  The historic centre is lit from early December with the tree in Praca do Giraldo, and the public garden hosts a Christmas market of crafts and Alentejo food in the second half of the month. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Olive harvest (1 nov – 31 jan (vanligtvis))