Portugal has a knack for turning public holidays into proper occasions, with everything from quiet family lunches to ...

On the frosted cusp of spring, in the higgledy-piggledy backroads of mountainous northeast Portugal, a town seems to be slipping beyond the pale. I’ve come to Podence for the vernal tradition of ...

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