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Madeira Wine Fest

Take part in September in the festival that's dedicated to one of the most famous products from Madeira island.The Madeira Wine Harvest Festival is always the perfect excuse to visit Madeira.

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Columbus Festival

In September, in an atmosphere evoking the period of the Portuguese Maritime Discoveries, the island of Porto Santo puts on a whole range of concerts and performances linked to music and theatre. Vila Baleira devotes a week to the navigator Christoph

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Festivals of the Lord Jesus Christ

In São Miguel, in the Azores, witness the Festivals of the Lord Jesus Christ. The image of the Convento da Esperança, in Ponta Delgada, is paraded on the fifth Sunday after Easter, with much fanfare and torchlight.

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Douro Valley Half Marathon

In May, come to the Douro wine region and take part in one of the world’s most beautiful races!Starting at the lake formed by the dam of the Barragem de Bagaúste in the municipality of Armamar and ending in the Avenida do Douro in Peso da Régua, this

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Sea Week

During one week in August, the sea is the key theme underlying the year’s most important event in the island of Faial.The nautical Festival is the main event within the Sea Week and includes sporting competitions in various modalities such as swimmin

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Medieval journey to Santa Maria da Feira

Every year in the month of August, Santa Maria da Feira once again becomes a medieval town, filled with knights in heavy armour, wielding long swords and taking part in jousting tournaments.Over a 12-day period, the historical centre is transformed i

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Vagos Metal Fest

The return of the Vagos Metal Fest, one of the biggest events of its kind in Portugal, is scheduled for July 2020.More than a music festival, this event is meeting of friends and of the "metal family" that takes place in Vagos, at the Parque Municipa

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Suggestions

Surfing in the Center of Portugal

Between Ovar and Torres Vedras, there are about 300 km of Atlantic coast in Central Portugal that surfers can explore in search of the perfect wave or simply to be amazed by the variety of waves.

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