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Visas in Portugal

Getting a visa to live and work in Portugal is an outwardly simple process, but can quickly become a confusing and painfully difficult task. If you’d like to tackle it on your own, go ahead. Hopefully this overview below will help get you started. If you’d like us to help you with everything, please get …

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ALGARVE Scouting Trip: the best 2 day itinerary ever!

Hi everyone, I’m Nick! I’ve been living in the Algarve for the past 23 years and I stay with my family here in São Brás de Alportel. My wife, Manuela, my daughter, Isabella, and my not-so-little dog, Lucky, are my constant companions. Many of you may have already seen my videos and blog posts before, …

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Where to live in Lisbon – a basic geographical primer

Lisbon Quick Facts Lisbon is a large complex European city and the easiest way to get a BASIC understanding of it is to look at the geography of Lisbon. This can be immensely confusing as the administrative divisions have changed a few times (after the revolution in 1974 and also when joining the EU). There …

How to drive in Portugal

Buying, renting, and driving a car anywhere in the world can be a never-ending matrix of information. Add that to not being familiar with a country’s rules, laws, and regulations, and you may find yourself wanting to smash up your driver’s licence, vowing to never step foot behind the wheel again. Portugal is no exception. …

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Top 5 Algarve Beaches

Algarve Beaches Fringed with seemingly endless sands and sapphire blue seas, the Algarve is home to some of the most spectacular beaches in the world. Along its 200-kilometre coastline, these beaches vary from picturesque sheltered coves, with dramatic cliffs and caves, to broad stretches of sun-bleached sand. Algarve Addicts have compiled a list of our …