Mar Me Quer Festival

Riverside area of ​​Portimão. From Friday to Sunday, from 18:30 to 01:00. Tickets: from €7.50 to €50

To sing in Portuguese by the sea: if your holiday really goes through the Algarve, don’t forget to make an escape to the Portimão waterfront in the next few days, as the Portuguese music will be loud and clear and can please the whole family. Diogo Piçarra, Bispo, Chico da Tina, Richie Campbell or Paula Fernandes are some of the names on the festival’s lineup that starts during the day, starting at 6:30 p.m., with a sunset animated by the DJs Sekmintendes, Nuno Luz and Honored Wilson. In addition to the cultural and artistic side, Mar Me Quer reinforces its concern for sustainability and ensures that the cups are reusable throughout the event.

Diogo Piçarra is one of the headliners of the festival that brings Portuguese music to Portimão

Music, poetry, yoga, food and tattoos at Selina Porto

Rua Das Oliveiras, 61 (Porto). Telephone: 93 831 0554.

To forget the hours in a secret garden: after chef Ana Leão took over the kitchen at the Easy restaurant, undoing any possible diet with Turkish eggs, focaccia, potato patties with lemon and garlic labneh and a yogurt and honey ice cream sandwich, walnut crumble and pistachios, caramel and orange blossom, know that in August Selina has other worthwhile news. In addition to the stay available in various formats, the space has regular hours in the garden with jam sessions at the end of the day, in collaboration with Jazzego, poetry nights, with the support of the Poetria bookstore, yoga or meditation classes. This month you can also count on Kria’s pop-up studio, where tattoo artist Bárbara Fonseca will do justice to anyone who wants to venture with her art.

From yoga to poetry, from food to music, Selina Porto is full of novelties

“Saramago Without Years”

Paredes de Coura Cultural Center. Until August 31. From Tuesday to Sunday, from 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. Free entry

Having Saramago as inspiration: November 16, 2022 marks the centenary of the Portuguese Nobel Prize, more than enough reason to see this exhibition by the painter Agostinho Santos, curated by the writer Valter Hugo Mãe. There are more than 30 paintings and a large-scale installation created from medicine containers, to address the Saramaguian theme, inspired by the books “Ensaio sobre a Cegueira”, “Memorial do Convento” and “Intermitências da Morte”. The exhibition that evokes Saramago revisits older works by Agostinho Santos, from 2005/2006, and presents more recent works, including acrylics, canvas, paper, cardboard and graphite.

José Saramago is the motto of this painting exhibition in Paredes de Coura

Picnics in the Quinta de Santa Teresa

Rua de Arufe, 530 (Loivos da Ribeira, Baião). From Monday to Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. Telephone: 22 941 9378.

To get away from the beach and find a shady spot: With a panoramic view over the Douro River valley, surrounded by century-old trees, a generous swimming pool and organic wines that respect nature, Quinta de Santa Teresa, in Baião, has just launched a picnic program. As a family or with friends, you can and should spread out your towel, not on the sand, but on the grass, and taste various typical flavors of the region and enjoy the silence and tranquility that a good vacation requires. Cheese with homemade jam, alheira de Baião, onion tart, salad with vegetables from the farm’s garden enriched with cottage cheese, radish, sultanas and organic strawberries are some of the snacks available, which you can add to wine tourism and special visits and 100 % personalized tastings. .

Spread out your towel and have a picnic at this estate in Baião, where wine and local produce are king

Rising Sun

Belém Pier (Lisbon). Tel.: 93 527 9577. Price: from €40 (guest) to €250 (private visit)

For a different awakening: Osceanscape, an agency that organizes boat trips on the Tagus River, has just launched a trip for those who like to get up very early. It’s called “Rising Sun” and for two hours you can watch the city wake up and the sunrise while you have breakfast on board with coffee, tea and, of course, a pastel de nata. There are also jackets and blankets available, if São Pedro is uncooperative, and you can do the tour individually or in a group.

Get up early and experience the new boat tour, where breakfast and the view are included.

BBQ at WOW

Rua de Choupelo, 39 (Vila Nova de Gaia). Telephone: 22 012 1200. From Monday to Sunday, from 6 to 10 p.m.

To savor the evenings even more: this month the WOW program seems to have everything that summer in the city is entitled to: barbecue on the terrace, sunset with DJs, jazz festival and all with the Douro as a backdrop. Inspired by the typical gatherings around the barbecue, the VP restaurant will only have a special menu available in August that can be enjoyed in front of the grill, on a village-style terrace. There is fresh sausage, Beiras chorizo, longaniza, pork ribs, grilled and laminated rump and roast chicken are some of the snacks you can order, as well as wood-fired pizzas, wines, sparkling wines, sangrias, beers or more elaborate cocktails. The Jazz na Praça festival takes place every weekend, with free admission, and in the same space you can still see the daily videomapping show.

From the music at sunset to the special barbecue menu, WOW celebrates summer with views of the Douro

Honey Fair in Pedras Salgadas

Pedras Salgadas Thermal Park (Vila Pouca de Aguiar). From Friday to Sunday, from 2:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Free entry

To get sweet, sweet, sweet: Did you know that the municipality of Vila Pouca de Aguiar is rich and known for the production of honey and propolis? Did you know that these endogenous products have several benefits for our health, helping in skin treatments, respiratory diseases or digestive disorders? The XXI Feira do Mel returns to the Pedras Salgadas Thermal Park and in addition to the protagonist, darling, the event also has live music, with performances by Toy and Viva Samba Lisboa, craft stalls and several obligatory stops to taste the best of the Trás -Gastronomy of os-Montes. Among the activities included in the program are, for example, a craft immersion candle workshop, honey quality contests, exhibitions on the world of beekeeping and apitherapy demonstrations.

The Pedras Salgadas Thermal Park hosts a fair where honey is the main protagonist, to taste and learn more

Urban Art in Alameda Shop & Spot

Champions of Europe Street, 38 (Porto). Tel.: 22 507 6280. From Monday to Sunday, from 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.

For lovers of street art: the Alameda Shop & Spot proves that a shopping center can also be a true art gallery. “A Tua Arte” is the name of the project that brought to the space works created by Portuguese names such as Odeith, Contra, The Caver, Kruella D’Enfer, Third and also the Low Class Club trio, whose work is distributed in various corners, from the patio area, on the 4th floor, up to the escalators, also passing through the car park. In this exhibition it is possible to observe the various techniques for creating graffiti, from the most realistic structures to the harmony of colors that resemble a more childish style, passing through plastic to sculptures made with waste. One of the highlights of the script is the work of The Caver, a street artist, tattoo artist, illustrator and graphic designer who signs a colorful piece of more than 20 meters, exposed on one of the walls of the parking lot.

The national talent of urban art is exhibited in a Porto shopping center, from the escalators to the parking lot

New tacos in Coyo

Rua D. Pedro V, 65 (Príncipe Real) and Rua Ribeira Nova, 36 (Cais do Sodré), Lisbon. Tel.: 21 052 9201. From Sunday to Thursday, from 12:00 to 00:00; Friday and Saturday, from 12:00 a.m. to 01:00 a.m.

For those who can’t resist a couple of tacos: There are few things that taste as good on a hot day as a good couple of well-stuffed tacos and a cold drink to accompany them. Coyo has just launched new modes to celebrate summer, available only during August. The sardine taco combines the fish with roasted peppers, cabbage, onion chips, pico de gallo, jalapeño and cilantro aioli, in an obvious fusion between Mexican and Portuguese cultures, while the octopus taco is stuffed with octopus tentacles. confit, beetroot, avocado, romesco sauce and coriander. Like most of the other 12 tacos on the menu, both options are based on artisan gluten-free corn tortillas, made daily in-house, as well as guacamole, burritos, salads, quesadillas or traditional churros. But as a true Mexican table is not just food, in Coyo Taco the bar is also the protagonist and margaritas and other famous drinks are served at the bar.

The new octopus and sardine tacos refresh the menu of this Mexican restaurant

neo pop festival

Fort of Santiago da Barra (Viana do Castelo). Until Saturday, from 6:00 p.m. Tickets: from €55 to €112

To shake the helmet in party mode: Neopop celebrates 15 years, is considered one of the best electronic music festivals in Europe and returns to Viana do Castelo, this time without restrictions. If you are a fan of electronic music and you have a knack for dancing this style, don’t miss the boat and enjoy the festival until Saturday. The poster includes more than 60 artists, who will be spread over two stages, and there are names like The Blessed Madonna, Jeff Mills, Anastasia Kristensen, Tiago Fragateiro, Daria Kolosova, Lewis Fautzi or Ruuar.

The 15th edition of the festival dedicated to electronic music returns to Viana do Castelo and will last until Saturday

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