Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Corpus Christi
May 30 in 2013, June 19 in 2014
June 10
Portuguese National Day (Camões Day)
June 13
St. Anthony's Day, Lisbon; Pilgrimage to Fátima
Late June
Festas de Lisboa, Lisbon (last three weeks of June)
June 24
St. João Day, Porto
June 29
St. Peter's Day, Lisbon
July 13
Pilgrimage to Fátima
Aug 13
Pilgrimage to Fátima
Aug 15
Assumption (religious festival)
Aug 19
Pilgrimage to Fátima
Sept 13
Pilgrimage to Fátima
Mid-Sept
Our Lady of Nazaré Festival, Nazaré
Oct 5
Republic Day (businesses closed)
Oct 13
Pilgrimage to Fátima
Nov 1
All Saints' Day
Dec 1
Independence Restoration Day
Dec 8
Feast of the Immaculate Conception
Dec 25
Christmas
Dec 31
New Year's Eve
• Some Europeans write a few of their numbers differently than we do. 1 = , 4 = , 7
= .
• In Europe, dates appear as day/month/year, so Christmas is 25/12/14.
• Commas are decimal points and decimals commas. A dollar and a half is 1,50, and
there are 5.280 feet in a mile.
• When counting with fingers, start with your thumb. If you hold up your first finger to
request one item, you'll probably get two.
• What Americans call the second floor of a building is the first floor in Europe.
• On escalators and moving sidewalks, Europeans keep the left “lane” open for passing.
Keep to the right.
