Spain and Portugal are world-class party spots, and you would have to go to Brazil or the Caribbean to find anything like the same atmosphere. Spaniards' zest for life has its maximum expression in Spain's fiestas, from the weird but wonderful religious processions of its Semana Santa, Holy Week, to the cheesey, cheerful pasodoble stomp of a saxophone band at a village hop. The Portuguese, sometimes considered more serious than the Spanish, have just as many festas, and are equally intense when hell-bent on having a seriously good time (not quite as consumate, but damn close).
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