Following the solar eclipse on August 12, the skies over Porto have another phenomenon in store for the coming days. In the early morning hours of August 28, a partial lunar eclipse will be visible to the...
The Porto district is under a yellow warning today due to the forecast of rain or showers, which may at times be heavy and accompanied by thunderstorms. According to the Portuguese Institute of the Sea an...
The August full moon is called the Sturgeon Moon and arrives on an extraordinary night: in addition to coinciding with a deep partial lunar eclipse, it promises to be one of the easiest to photograph over...
The Porto Book Fair is back at the Crystal Palace Gardens through September 6, featuring more than 200 events spread across 144 booths run by publishers, booksellers, and secondhand book dealers. We’ve pu...
Located along the right bank of the Douro River in Foz do Sousa (Gondomar), Zebreiros River Beach has been officially nominated for the 2026 River Beach of the Year award, presented by the Guide to Portug...
August in Porto means streets packed with tourists, but for music festival lovers, it’s time to head elsewhere. Still, there are destinations that festivalgoers from Porto might want to consider. An examp...
August is, every year, a bountiful month for those who enjoy gazing at the sky, and 2026 will be even more spectacular than usual: on the same day that Portugal witnesses the solar eclipse, the night of A...
On August 12, 2026, Portugal will host its first total solar eclipse on national territory since 1912. In Porto, the phenomenon will be visible as a very deep partial eclipse, with about 98% of the Sun’s...
August is synonymous with the beach, but also with rare astronomical phenomena. And there’s a very special one about to happen. We’re referring, more specifically, to the solar eclipse—the first total ec...
Summer is synonymous with music festivals, and one of the oldest on the Iberian Peninsula is about to return to Alto Minho: CA Vilar de Mouros will once again fill the air with music from August 18 to 22,...