På gång i Portimão (Praia da Rocha), Portugal under året

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

Inget nytt börjar i januari.

Pågår fortfarande: Winter long-stay season (1 nov – 31 mar), Christmas and New Year (24 dec – 1 jan)

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

Inget nytt börjar i februari.

Pågår fortfarande: Winter long-stay season (1 nov – 31 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: Winter long-stay season (1 nov – 31 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

• Säsong

  Sea warm enough

  25 jun – 5 okt · vanligtvis

  This is the Atlantic rather than the Mediterranean and upwelling keeps it a couple of degrees cooler than the eastern Algarve. The sheltered coves west towards Lagos warm faster than the open Praia da Rocha.

Mest folk — August peak, Summer holidays i Portugal

• Risk

  Serra de Monchique fire season

  1 jul – 30 sepRöksäsong

  The eucalyptus hills behind the coast burn most summers and a bad one puts smoke over the whole bay and closes the road up to Monchique. The coast itself is rarely at risk. Källa ↗

• Helg

  August peak

  15 jul – 31 augSkollovTrångtBoka tidigt

  Praia da Rocha's high-rise strip runs at capacity and Portuguese families join the northern Europeans for the whole of August. Rates fall sharply the week the schools go back. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Sea warm enough (25 jun – 5 okt (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — August peak, Festival da Sardinha

• Festival

  Festival da Sardinha

  4–9 augMat- & dryckesfestivalTrångt

  Charcoal grills the length of the Zona Ribeirinha, sardines on bread and concerts every night for the best part of a week. The town's canning history is the reason it exists. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Sea warm enough (25 jun – 5 okt (vanligtvis)), Serra de Monchique fire season (1 jul – 30 sep), August peak (15 jul – 31 aug)

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

Inget nytt börjar i september.

Pågår fortfarande: Sea warm enough (25 jun – 5 okt (vanligtvis)), Serra de Monchique fire season (1 jul – 30 sep)

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

Inget nytt börjar i oktober.

Pågår fortfarande: Sea warm enough (25 jun – 5 okt (vanligtvis))

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

• Säsong

  Winter long-stay season

  1 nov – 31 marVintersolsäsong

  Northern Europeans take apartments by the month and the golf courses and the walking routes are the draw rather than the beach. Plenty stays open, but the nightlife strip does not.

Lugnt — resenärer beskriver det som lugnt, Christmas and New Year

• 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: Winter long-stay season (1 nov – 31 mar)