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The old cliché that Porto works while Lisbon plays is redundant on June 24, when Portugal’s second city teaches the capital a thing or two about having fun. The Festa do São João is a magnificent display of midsummer madness – one giant street party, with every available outdoor space in Porto given over to a full night of eating, drinking and dancing to welcome in the city’s saint’s day. Fireworks, bonfires and roaming bands of hammer- and leek-wielding lunatics keep the crowds entertained all night – traditionally, you’re meant to witness the first majestic rays of dawn down on the beaches of Foz do Douro, with the day of São João itself spent recovering, a regatta of traditional boats down the Rio Douro providing a gentle antidote to the night before.
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Where?
Porto, Portugal
When?
June 23 and 24
How Long?
2 days
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