Explore Portugal’s lively Santos Populares celebrations, including São João, Santo António, and São Pedro. Discover traditions, street festivals, music, food, and European Portuguese vocabulary connected to these beloved summer festivities.
Olá pessoal! Every year on 13 June, Portugal celebrates Saint Anthony’s Day (o Dia de Santo António), one of the country’s most beloved summer festivals. Part of the wider Santos Populares celebrations, the festivities are especially famous in Lisbon, the birthplace of Saint Anthony. From the colourful Marchas Populares and traditional sardine feasts to the … Read more
Who are the popular saints of Portugal? And why are they all celebrated in June? These celebrations are also known as Festas Juninas and are generally held around the summer solstice in June in the northern hemisphere. You may know them as Midsummer celebrations. The difference is, that Portugal dedicates three days to this instead … Read more
Caldo Verde is a Portuguese cabbage and potato soup served with slices of chouriço and is probably the most loved and well-known soup in this country! Obligatory during the Popular Saints festivities in June. It originated in Minho and has a few regional variations in its confection such as the addition of leeks or paio … Read more