FESTIVALS

Festa do São António
Portugal - June 12 - 1 day

Festa do São João
Porto, Portugal - June 23 and 24 - 2 days

Queima das Fitas
Coimbra, Portugal - May - 8 days

HOLIDAYS

January 1 New Year's Day

February 5 Carnival

March 12 Good Friday

March 23 Easter Day

April 25 Liberty day

May 1 Labour Day

May 22 Corpus Christi

June 10 National Day/Camoes and Portugal Day

August 15 Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary1

October 5 Republic Day

November 1 All Saints Day

December 1 Independence Restoration Day, Youth Day

December 8 Immaculate Conception

December 24 Christmas Eve - banks

December 25 Christmas Day

1 Not listed by the Banco de Portugal

Local Festas

Portugal has a remarkable number of festivals and local holidays, including the Holy Week Festival (Braga, Easter), which features colourful processions; the Festas de São João (Oporto, 24 June), when everyone dances through the streets amicably hitting each other over the head with leeks and the Feira de São Martinho (Golegã, November), which showcases all manner of horses, riding contests and bullfights. The following are known dates:-

May Municipal holiday (Ponta Delgada)

June Regional holiday (Azores)

June Saint Anthony's Day (Lisbon)

June Municipal holiday (Oporto)

July Regional holiday (Madeira)

August Municipal holiday (Funchal)

December Boxing Day (Madeira)

Weekend - Saturday, Sunday