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In Portugal you pay in euros, and the official language is Portuguese. The emergency number is 112, and the sockets follow the European standard at 230 V.
According to Eurostat, the price level for restaurants and hotels in Portugal in 2024 was 75.5 (EU27 = 100), compared with 112.1 in Germany. Fado has been on UNESCO's intangible cultural heritage list since 2011, and the cultural landscape of Sintra has been a World Heritage Site since 1995.
Porto
Plan Porto: Metro E from the airport, six districts compared, Clérigos, Lello and the Stock Exchange Palace with 2026 prices, Gaia port cellars, Douro train.
Photo: Krzysztof Golik · CC BY-SA 4.0
Algarve
Plan the Algarve: bus 16 and Aerobus from Faro, train to Lagos, toll-free A22, seven towns compared, Benagil rules, Ria Formosa, climate and tourist tax.
Photo: Keith Yahl · CC BY 2.0
Lisbon
Which Lisbon neighbourhood suits you, how the metro runs from the airport, which lifts are out of service and what tickets, the castle and Sintra cost.
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Photo: Sonse · CC BY 2.0
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