Carnaval de Alcobaça, Leiria. Dates: 28th February - 5th March 2025 Carnaval de Alcobaça is often called the "most Brazilian" Carnival in Portugal, thanks to its electrifying energy and samba ...

The demand for leisure cruising has remained strong following Covid-19 due to appealing prices when compared to land ...

The Portuguese have mostly quietly accepted reforms in the labor market, soaring unemployment and cuts to welfare to rein in their debt mountain - but calls to cancel the centuries-old tradition ...

Discovering pagan parades and pyrotechnics as part of Portugal’s ancient mountain carnival. Hidden away in the mountains of northern Portugal, the quiet town of Podence explodes into a riot of ...

The northeastern town of Olinda throws as good a Carnival party as anywhere else in Brazil, but its celebrations are marked by giant puppets. It's been a tradition there for 100 years.

The world's largest dance festival, there's nothing that can match a trip to Electric Daisy Carnival. Add a Show Listing: Sign-up: News on your favorite shows, specials & more!

While opioid deaths in the U.S. have soared, Portugal has been able to cut overdose deaths by 80%. We travel there and find that the different outcomes are the result of a different approach.

LISBON, Portugal — Elaborate costumes, scary masks and eye-popping wigs trumped dreary economic austerity Tuesday as most Portuguese defied a government appeal to keep working on one of their ...