På gång i Lagos (Algarve), Portugal under året

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

• Natur

  Almond blossom

  15 jan – 25 feb · vanligtvisVildblommor & blomning

  The groves inland towards Barao de Sao Joao flower before anything reopens, and the cliff path to Ponta da Piedade is at its best in the same weeks.

Pågår fortfarande: West coast swell season (15 sep – 30 apr), Low season (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 at Loule

  14–17 feb

  The Algarve's oldest carnival parade runs at Loule, an hour east, and it is the only thing that fills this coast in February. Lagos itself keeps a small parade of its own. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Almond blossom (15 jan – 25 feb (vanligtvis)), West coast swell season (15 sep – 30 apr), Low season (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 at Loule (14–17 feb), West coast swell season (15 sep – 30 apr), Low season (1 nov – 15 mar)

Mest folk — Easter week, Easter holidays i Portugal

• Natur

  Dolphins offshore

  1 apr – 31 okt · vanligtvisValsäsong

  Common and bottlenose dolphins are close in from spring to autumn and the same small boats run the grotto trips at Ponta da Piedade. Morning sailings get the flat water.

Pågår fortfarande: Easter week (29 mar – 5 apr), West coast swell season (15 sep – 30 apr)

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

Inget nytt börjar i maj.

Pågår fortfarande: Dolphins offshore (1 apr – 31 okt (vanligtvis))

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

• Risk

  Wildfire season inland

  15 jun – 30 sep · vanligtvisRöksäsong

  Monchique burns badly every few summers and the smoke reaches the coast on a north wind. The beaches are not at risk; the roads and the walking country behind them are. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Dolphins offshore (1 apr – 31 okt (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — resenärer beskriver det som högsäsong, Algarve summer season

• Säsong

  Sea warm enough to swim

  1 jul – 5 okt · vanligtvis

  The western Algarve sits closer to the Atlantic than the eastern half and runs a few degrees behind it all summer. Meia Praia is the warm side of town; the west-facing beaches are not.

• Helg

  Algarve summer season

  1 jul – 31 augSkollovTrångtBoka tidigt

  Northern European school holidays and the Portuguese August land together, and the cove beaches here are small. Parking at Dona Ana is gone by nine in August. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Dolphins offshore (1 apr – 31 okt (vanligtvis)), Wildfire season inland (15 jun – 30 sep (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Algarve summer season, Summer holidays i Portugal

Inget nytt börjar i augusti.

Pågår fortfarande: Dolphins offshore (1 apr – 31 okt (vanligtvis)), Wildfire season inland (15 jun – 30 sep (vanligtvis)), Sea warm enough to swim (1 jul – 5 okt (vanligtvis)), Algarve summer season (1 jul – 31 aug)

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

• Säsong

  West coast swell season

  15 sep – 30 aprSurfsäsong

  Winter lows put swell on the exposed west coast around Sagres and Arrifana, forty minutes away, while the south-facing town beaches stay flat. That split is why people base here.

Pågår fortfarande: Dolphins offshore (1 apr – 31 okt (vanligtvis)), Wildfire season inland (15 jun – 30 sep (vanligtvis)), Sea warm enough to swim (1 jul – 5 okt (vanligtvis))

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

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Pågår fortfarande: Dolphins offshore (1 apr – 31 okt (vanligtvis)), Sea warm enough to swim (1 jul – 5 okt (vanligtvis)), West coast swell season (15 sep – 30 apr)

Lugnt — skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess sämsta vädermånader

• Säsong

  Low season

  1 nov – 15 marStängt mellan säsongernaStängningar

  A share of the restaurants and most of the boat operators shut, and the marina goes quiet, but the town has enough residents to stay open. Rooms are a third of the August price.

Pågår fortfarande: West coast swell season (15 sep – 30 apr)

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: West coast swell season (15 sep – 30 apr), Low season (1 nov – 15 mar)