Portugal Travel Guía

Portugal does not end on the frontier coasts with the Atlantic Ocean. Beyond the limit that marks the ocean, we find the islands of Madeira and the islands Açores. Of the above mentioned, he is already worth emphasizing its worldwide famous Sanjoaninas, festivities that take place close to June 24. There are the biggest pagan holidays of the Azores and a card of visit for many tourists who look for the island Terceira, to live and to share the local customs and traditions.

The Sanjoaninas goes back a XVIth century but they have always had an excellent role in the culture azoriana. They begin with the courtship of opening and parade of the queen, and are prefaced for several days, being provided with the cultural, recreational, ethnographic and sports activities.

One of the icy points of the holidays is the Bullfighting Fair of the Sanjoaninas. The bullfighting holidays are part of the program, with cheered up touradas to corda, releases of bulls and bullfights in square, always being always provided with the performance of famous toreadors on foot and on horseback. Also it is part of the program an exuberant allegorical courtship, an ethnographic courtship, parades and performances of popular bands as well as the achievement of games and sports competitions.

The nights they cheer up with the performance of musical groups, academic prickly pears, etc. it is a question, also, of an opportunity to taste the traditional plates of the island in the famous bars that also characterize these holidays. The festivity finishes with a fireworks spectacle on the Cove bay do Heroism, a declared city World Patrimony.

Certainly, it is worth giving the jump to the island of Terceira to be able to enjoy of these 10 days of holidays, music and diversion in a daydream environment.