Festas de Sao Pedro da Afurada
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Afurada's fishing quarter keeps its own saint's festival for two weeks from 23 June, with a procession, fireworks over the Douro and street stalls of grilled sardines, fogacas and broa de Avintes.
The south bank of the Douro, with the port lodges, the Mercado Beira-Rio food hall, open daily from 11:00 to 22:00, and the two-star Yeatman above the river.

Vila Nova de Gaia is the south bank of the Douro, lined with port lodges and their tasting cellars. The Yeatman's two-star dining room crowns the hill, the Mercado Beira-Rio food hall covers the casual end, and the cable car links the levels. Taste port where it has always been aged, then eat facing the boats.
Afurada's fishing quarter keeps its own saint's festival for two weeks from 23 June, with a procession, fireworks over the Douro and street stalls of grilled sardines, fogacas and broa de Avintes.
The Festa da Broa de Avintes fills the Largo do Palheirinho in Avintes, Vila Nova de Gaia, for six August days around the traditional Broa de Avintes loaf.
Festival Craft puts national and international craft brewers on the central square at WOW in Gaia for three days in May, with petiscos and street food and the Porto skyline across the Douro.
The francesinha festival at the VP restaurant inside WOW offers six builds of the sandwich over one weekend, including chicken, cod, seafood and vegetarian.
Vinhos a Descobrir Harvest Edition brings small Portuguese wine producers to the Forte de Gaia over an October weekend to meet the people who make the wines.


