Portugal Travel Guide

In addition, citizens of Andorra may enter and reside in Portugal indefinitely without a visa. Portugal has five airports with scheduled international passenger traffic: While there's a variety of options to choose from to travel directly to Portugal from Europe, Africa or from across the Atlantic, indirect connections also link Portugal with Asia and Oceania.

ATMs/cashpoints (labelled Multibanco or ATM Express) accepting international cards can be found everywhere, and, contrary to Spain, are mostly without an extra machine fee (apart from what your bank charges you back home). Some areas are littered with Euronet ATMs - however similar to other countries, here as well they charge high fees and use disadvantageous exchange rates.

While not the most popular way to travel within Continental Portugal, you can consider flying TAP Air Portugal between Lisbon (), Porto (), and Faro (). Sevenair provides service to smaller airports at Bragança (), Cascais (), Portimão (), Vila Real (), and Viseu (). Ryanair fly Porto-Faro and Porto-Madeira.

Portuguese (português) is the official language of Portugal. Portuguese is one of the world's major languages, ranked 6th according to number of native speakers (approximately 250 million). It is South America's most widely-spoken language, used by almost all Brazilians. It is also an official language in several countries in Africa and Asia.

The emergency telephone number for police, fire, and medical assistance is 112. This is the national call centre dial in number for any emergency or to report an accident, fire etc etc. Ensure you have this number registered in your means of communication or noted down somewhere in case it becomes necessary to notify authorities or emergency response entities.

Portugal adheres to all international protocols and guidelines concerning consumer products and health care. Major cities are well served with medical and emergency facilities and public hospitals are at European standards. The national emergency number is 112. The Serviço Nacional de Saúde (National Health Service) 24-hour hotline is 808 24 24 24.

To call Portugal from abroad, dial country code 351 before the city code. To call abroad from Portugal, dial 00 before the country code. The city dialling code for Lisbon is 21 and for Porto is 22. All other city codes are three digits starting with 2. Telephone numbers are nine digits long, including the city code. Mobile numbers begin with 9.

Morality and social issues

It is not unusual for women to sunbathe topless on the beaches of Portugal, and there are several nudist beaches too. Thong bikinis are acceptable throughout the country's beaches.