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Óbidos Chocolate Festival, 6-22 March 2026 – Sweet Art and Family Fun

PC Staff — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 16:30:00 +0000

The International Festival of Chocolate in Óbidos returns for yet another month of chocolate, chocolate and MORE chocolate, April 25 to 5 May. Kids and adults alike delight...

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WOOL Urban Art Festival, 19-27 September in Covilhã

Greg Boegner — Fri, 11 Sep 2020 11:01:44 +0000

WOOL, the respected urban art festival nestled in the central Portugal town of Covilhã, brings to life more large-format murals and exhibitions from 19 to 27 September. For WOOL 2020, renowned Spanish artists Jofre Oliveras (work featured at top) and Alberto Montes, and Portuguese artists Tiago Galo and Catarina Glam, will paint large-scale murals on walls of buildings in the historic city center. Other activities planned for this edition include installation art works, the national premier of the film Martha: […]

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Water Parks Portugal

P. Simão — Thu, 09 Jul 2020 14:02:00 +0000

Wet! Wild! and loads of Fun! Whether it is with friends or family, you cannot miss a day out at one of Portugal’s many water park attractions. Water Parks Portugal offer something for everybody from bobbing around in giant wave pools or floating around on the lazy rivers to the daring tall vertical water shoots or whacky spiral slides – you will find yourself grinning from ear to ear! For younger kids there are special areas with children’s slides and […]

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Matches Museum (Museu dos Fósforos) in Tomar

P. Simão — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 10:44:37 +0000

Kids are always told to not play with matches. Well, here, at the Matches Museum (Museu dos Fósforos in Tomar, kids will delight in the stories the matchbooks tell and the strange forms in which the matchbook product was designed. The Matches Museum is housed at the Convent of San Francisco. On exhibit is the vast collection of matchbook connoisseur Aquiles da Mota Lima. Over 27 years, Mota Lima collected more than 43,000 matchbook cases and wallets, and 16,000 match […]

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Bairrada Wine Museum (O Museu do Vinho – Bairrada)

P. Simão — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 10:22:02 +0000

You would think Mom and Dad will have more fun at the Bairrada Wine Museum. But, there are some cool old things used long ago in the wine-making process for kids to see too! This museum is emphasizes history the wine-producing region of Bairrada in central Portugal. Six themed rooms, with filled with archaeological, ethnological and technical objects, shows the importance of the wine industry. Other features of the museum include educational activities, rural art, an auditorium and beautiful garden. […]

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Art Nouveau Museum (Museu Arte Nova) in Aveiro

P. Simão — Mon, 25 Jan 2016 10:12:14 +0000

Few know that Aveiro is a true center for the Paris-school of art nouveau architecture. The city center is full of spectacular buildings façades featuring this distinctive style of design. The Museu de Arte Nova honors the Portuguese heritage of art nouveau. At the entrance of the museum guests are greeted with a tile mural featuring seagulls, ducks and other Art Nouveau motifs. Inside, a road map suggests routes that design aficionados can take to see all of the amazing […]

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Bread Museum (Museu do Pão) in Seia

P. Simão — Sun, 24 Jan 2016 11:59:05 +0000

Who can’t resist the Bread Museum?!?! The Bread Museum in Seia, the entire family can learn the process of how bread is made, taste some delicious regional products and even sit down to a lovely traditional Portuguese meal. Inside the museum, kids follow the “Cycle of Bread.” 14 scenes depicting the bread-making process are recreated with marionettes. Visitors also experience an antique bakery and old street market. Other exhibition rooms explain the political and social effects of bread as well […]

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Play Museum (Museu do Brincar) in Vagos

P. Simão — Sun, 24 Jan 2016 11:52:51 +0000

The Play Museum (or Museu do Brincar) was founded by the Harlequin Theatre for Children, which dedicates itself to collecting toys and other childhood objects (clothing, school supplies, children’s literature, collecting, etc.). There are already 15,000 pieces in the collection. The museum is a large facility that consists of exhibition space, art gallery designed for children, workshops…and many activities for kids (drama, music and plastic). Adults may enjoy the Play Museum too…as they are transported back to the memories of […]

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