På gång i Lisbon (Lisboa), Portugal under året

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, Christmas and New Year

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

Pågår fortfarande: Christmas and New Year (24 dec – 1 jan)

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Carnival

• Festival

  Carnival

  14–17 febTrångt

  A long weekend here rather than a spectacle, and Shrove Tuesday is a de facto holiday. The parades worth travelling for are in Torres Vedras and Loule, not the capital. Källa ↗

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Easter week

• Helg

  Easter week

  29 mar – 5 aprPåsk & stilla veckan

  Families leave for the villages for the week, so the city is quieter than the hotel prices suggest and the neighbourhood restaurants thin out. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Carnival (14–17 feb)

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Easter week

Inget nytt börjar i april.

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

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

• Natur

  Jacaranda bloom

  15 maj – 20 jun · vanligtvis

  The avenues around Praca do Principe Real and Avenida Dom Carlos I go purple for a few weeks, usually from the second half of May. Källa ↗

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Santos Populares

• Festival

  Santos Populares

  1–30 junReligiös högtidTrångtBoka tidigt

  Street parties through Alfama, Graca and Madragoa all month, peaking on the night of 12 June for Santo Antonio: charcoal sardines, paper garlands and marches down Avenida da Liberdade. Källa ↗

• Säsong

  The nortada

  15 jun – 15 sep · vanligtvisVindsäsongRisk

  The Atlantic north wind gets up most summer afternoons, which is why the city works early and why the beach at Guincho is for kitesurfers rather than sunbathing. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Jacaranda bloom (15 maj – 20 jun (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Summer holidays i Portugal

Inget nytt börjar i juli.

Pågår fortfarande: The nortada (15 jun – 15 sep (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — redaktionens toppmånad, Residents' holiday month

• Säsong

  Residents' holiday month

  1–31 augSkollovStängningarTrångt

  Family restaurants close for a fortnight and residents leave, at exactly the point visitor numbers are highest. Check that the place you were told about is actually open. Källa ↗

• Säsong

  Sea at its warmest

  15 aug – 10 okt · vanligtvisHavet varmt nog

  The Atlantic here is never warm, but it holds what heat it has into early autumn, and the Costa da Caparica beaches empty out after the first week of September. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: The nortada (15 jun – 15 sep (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — mellan topparna, Summer holidays i Portugal

• Natur

  Grape harvest

  1 sep – 15 okt · vanligtvis

  The vintage runs in the estates up the Tagus and out towards Setubal, close enough to Lisbon to be a day out rather than a trip. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: The nortada (15 jun – 15 sep (vanligtvis)), Sea at its warmest (15 aug – 10 okt (vanligtvis))

Mellansäsong — mellan topparna, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Pågår fortfarande: Sea at its warmest (15 aug – 10 okt (vanligtvis)), Grape harvest (1 sep – 15 okt (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, Web Summit

• Festival

  Web Summit

  9–12 novStor festivalTrångtBoka tidigt

  Seventy thousand people arrive at Parque das Nacoes for four days and the whole city's hotel stock reprices around it. Avoid the week or book it months out. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Sao Martinho

  11 novMat- & dryckesfestival

  Roast chestnut braziers on the corners and the year's new wine, on the wettest stretch of the calendar and with nobody queueing for the tram. Källa ↗

Lugnt — redaktionens lugna månad, Christmas and New Year

• Helg

  Christmas and New Year

  24 dec – 1 janJul & nyårStängningar

  Salt cod on Christmas Eve and a centre that closes down between the holidays. Rua Augusta stays lit and most of the kitchens behind it do not. Källa ↗