På gång i Funchal (Madeira), Portugal under året

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

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

Pågår fortfarande: Christmas and New Year (1 dec – 6 jan)

Mest folk — Carnival, Carnival holidays i Portugal

• Festival

  Carnival

  14–17 febTrångtBoka tidigt

  One of Portugal's two serious carnivals: a costumed night parade down Avenida do Mar on the Saturday and a satirical one on Shrove Tuesday. Hotels price it like New Year. Källa ↗

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)

Mest folk — Easter week, Festa da Flor

• Natur

  Whales and dolphins offshore

  1 apr – 31 okt · vanligtvisValsäsong

  The water drops off steeply a few kilometres out, so the boats find bottlenose and spotted dolphins most trips and pilot and sperm whales through the warmer half of the year.

• Festival

  Festa da Flor

  30 apr – 31 majStor festivalTrångtBoka tidigt

  A month of flower carpets, kiosks and two allegorical parades down the seafront, timed to when the island's gardens are at their fullest. The parade Sundays are the busy ones. Källa ↗

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

Mycket folk — Festa da Flor, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

Pågår fortfarande: Whales and dolphins offshore (1 apr – 31 okt (vanligtvis)), Festa da Flor (30 apr – 31 maj)

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

• Festival

  Atlantic Festival

  1–30 jun · vanligtvisLjus & eld

  Fireworks fired over the bay on the first three Saturdays of June as an international competition, set to music, watched from the seafront and from the boats moored off it. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Whales and dolphins offshore (1 apr – 31 okt (vanligtvis))

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

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Pågår fortfarande: Whales and dolphins offshore (1 apr – 31 okt (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — resenärer beskriver det som högsäsong, Summer holidays i Portugal

• Festival

  Madeira Wine Festival

  25 aug – 15 sep · vanligtvisSkörd

  The harvest is marked in the city and, better, up at Estreito de Camara de Lobos, where the grapes are still trodden in public and the year's wine is sold in the street. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Whales and dolphins offshore (1 apr – 31 okt (vanligtvis))

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

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Whales and dolphins offshore (1 apr – 31 okt (vanligtvis)), Madeira Wine Festival (25 aug – 15 sep (vanligtvis))

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

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Pågår fortfarande: Whales and dolphins offshore (1 apr – 31 okt (vanligtvis))

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

Inget nytt börjar i november.

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

• Festival

  Christmas and New Year

  1 dec – 6 janJul & nyårTrångtBoka tidigt

  The lights go on at the start of December and the New Year's Eve display over the amphitheatre of the bay is the reason cruise ships and half of Portugal are here for it. Book a year out. Källa ↗