Castro Marim Monthly Market
The Castro Marim Monthly Market takes place on the 2nd Saturday of each month. The markets of Castro Marim still retain the authenticity of other times and it is, in part, due to this that they have become increasingly popular. There you can find foodstuffs and other consumer goods and there are businesses in livestock and agricultural products.
Azinhal Monthly Market
On the last Sunday of each month, the village of Azinhal hosts the traditional monthly market, where, in addition to the best fresh and local products, you will have the opportunity to discover the crafts of the Castro Marim municipality, with local artisans working live in basketry, bilros and empreita, arts and crafts that represent this village in the Algarve mountains and that resist commerce and industrialization.
Terra de Maio Fair, Azinhal
Held in May in the village of Azinhal, this fair features a wide range of flavors and knowledge of the region, such as bobbin lace. They also present several taverns and ethnographic animation.
Permanent activities of the event include; Traditional Products Fair; Algarvian Breed Goat Contest, Seminars and lectures on the rural world; Gastronomic workshops such as the ”Laboratory of Taste”; Wine tastings; Folklore and traditional Portuguese music; Children's workshops, traditional games and donkey rides; Equestrian shows.
Castro Marim Crafts Fair
An event organized annually in July, with the participation of artisans and producers from the municipality of Castro Marim as well as from other regions of the country, in an arts and crafts exhibition, as well as promoting and supporting ancestral wisdom, many of them almost extinct.
At this fair it is possible to watch live the execution of detailed works such as bobbin lace and embroidery, basketry, decorative arts, rush/plank, saddlery and weaving or you can also purchase some delicacies from the region, from goat cheese, sausages, sweets , honey, spirits and liqueurs, homemade bread and other products made and sold by the producers themselves.
Altura Handicrafts Fair
On the last weekend of May, as part of the program of the Festivities in Honor of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, the Height Crafts fair takes place. Perpetuating the memory of our people and the secrets passed on from generation to generation, this event features ancient flavors and traditional crafts that resisted trade and industrialization.
For three days, artisans create, live, examples of popular art, authentic objects with soul, such as bobbin lace, tiles and basketry. Eggs, almonds, flour, milk and fruits are shaped by artisans' hands to transform into flavors that are almost forgotten, such as egg and almond sweets, bread baked in a wood oven, goat cheeses and wines and liqueurs of the region.
Photo credits: Castro Marim Municipality.
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