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A guide to life in Porto for international buyers
Are you considering a life in Porto? This guide will hopefully provide you with the information you need to make a decision about moving to Portugal’s second largest city.Read more...
Facts about Portuguese Food
Five fascinating facts about Portuguese food – test your food trivia.Read more...
A Perfect Lisbon Day: What to do from dawn to dusk and beyond.
Find homes in Lisbon via our property portal. It’s easy to fall in love with Lisbon, but with so many wonderful things to see and do you may want some help planning the perfect day thereRead more...
Five Ways to Make the Best of Public Healthcare in Portugal
Find homes in Portugal via our property portal. The SNS is Portugal’s state healthcare system – the equivalent to Britain’s NHS. Here are five tips to help those who move to Portugal on how to get the best out of it.Read more...
How to win friends and not offend people in Portugal!
Find homes in Portugal via our property portal. All countries have their social quirks and traditions, and Portugal is no different. Here are some simple tips to effectively negotiate the etiquette minefield.Read more...
New year, new job in Portugal? You can do it if you try!
If you plan to move to Portugal and hope to find work in the country, these handy tips should help you.Read more...
A warm, sunny but traditional Christmas
While you’ll need to venture further north than the Algarve for any real chance of snow, Portugal knows how to throw a Christmas party with the emphasis on love rather than money. If you have never spent Christmas in Portugal, you’re probably a little unsure of what to expect. Especially in the Algarve region, which generally conjures up images of sun, sea and sand – not snowflakes and tinsel!Read more...
Five tips for renting an amazing home in Portugal
Suppose you could live in Portugal and it not cost you a penny? By letting your property in the UK and renting a property in Portugal instead you benefit from the considerably cheaper prices in Portugal. And if you don’t like it there, no problem, just come back. But how do you rent a home in Portugal long term?Read more...
Five ways to access British TV in Portugal
A dark cloud spread over British expats in Portugal back on 5th February 2014 – and it was nothing to do with the weather. British TV was switched off! Fortunately there are ways around the problem A satellite switchover resulted in the loss of most English TV channels for expats who had long been able to watch British TV using dishes pointed at UK satellites. Ever since, expats have been scrambling around for alternative ways to make sure they don’t miss “Bake Off” or “The Apprentice,” often with much frustration involved in finding something that works – and, just as importantly, keeps workiRead more...
Making your Portugal home feel like home
Find homes in Portugal via our property portal. If you’re considering an expat life in Portugal, is keeping a property at “home” the best of both worlds or should you throw everything into a full-time life abroad? Our writer from Portugal explainsRead more...
Property owners set to take tax hit
Find homes in Portugal via our property portal. Like many left-wing governments, Portugal is finding that being anti-austerity is popular at the ballot box but trickier to get past Brussels. Are property owners going to be targeted?Read more...
