Healthcare
The state healthcare is extensive and costs are relatively low for all those contributing to the social security system. EU pensioners are also entitled to free services. If you choose to go private, there are many reasonably priced private doctors, who speak very good English.
Portugal Top Tips
The state healthcare is extensive and costs are relatively low for all those contributing to the social security system. EU pensioners are also entitled to free services. If you choose to go private, there are many reasonably priced private doctors, who speak...
Read More...All property unless specified is Freehold!
Read More...Subject to the submission of appropriate documentation to the tax authorities, there will be no inheritance tax due in respect of Portuguese properties bequeathed to parents, children or between spouses in the event of the death of the property owner or one of...
Read More...Once you have purchased a property in Portugal in your own name, instruct your lawyer to prepare a will. You are allowed to have a will for your Portuguese assests, without replacing the main will you may have in your own country. Most common types of will are...
Read More...Getting There
Portugal has airports at Faro, Lisbon and Porto, but most flights operate out of the first two.
Flights to Faro from London and regional airports in the UK run on a daily basis.
Flight times are around two hours and 40 minutes, and airlines include BA, easyjet, TAP, BMI Baby and Monarch
Portugal Currency
Food and Drink
Portuguese fare is deliciously uncomplicated. Grilled chicken, roast suckling pig or chinks of dense chewy bread dipped in olive oil.
Seafood is common place: the national dish is bacalhau (salted cod) but anything that swims is fair game for the dinner table.
The country produces some lovely wines – and or course, there’s Port.
Portugal Weather
Property Search
Portugal Climate
The Algarve is mild in the winter with the mercury hitting 13oC (55oF), while the summers are hot 28oC (82oF).
On the Silver Coast, the further north you go the wetter and cooler the weather becomes.