Easter on 28 March sets the movable dates. New Year, Good Friday and All Saints' Day make three-day weekends; Corpus Christi, 10 June and 5 October leave bridges. 25 April, 1 May, 15 August and Christmas land on weekends.
How Halloween, trick-or-treating, and the Pão-por-Deus custom of 1 November work in Portugal, with safety tips, local events, and useful words.
Eurostat's 2025 figures put the share of people in Portugal who cannot afford regular leisure at 8.7 percent, under the EU's 12.1 and down from 20.6 in 2014. The gap is wide for the poor and over-65s, and 33.1 percent cannot afford a week's holiday.
The June saints' nights in Lisbon, Porto, and Braga: the dates, which towns get a local holiday, what happens each night, and how to get home.
