Carnival parades fill the streets of Nazaré between Sunday and carnival Tuesday, while during Easter, people decorate their windows, doors and balconies with flowers, in order to participate in Nazaré Florida, a contest for the town's best decorated house. May is the month of Mary, and in the Sanctuary of Fátima the visions of the Virgin to the three shepherds are remembered, bringing pilgrimages from all over Portugal. During the summer, the drama of Portuguese bullfights fills the air. To close one year and ring in the next, Nazaré is an ideal place to be, with many revellers enjoying the best fireworks displays of the region.