I find Algarve Express (based in Almancil) https://www.algarveexpress.com/ to be great value and I use them for all sorts, from tiny Amazon deliveries (if you have Prime it’s cheaper to ship to Algarve Express and collect than to pay for international shipping from Amazon) to large items of furnitur...

You can buy asthma inhalers here over the counter and much cheaper than the UK

If travelling from the Algarve to Porto by car it will cost you around €150 in tolls (return) but about €40 return to fly. Domestic flights either leave and return same day or every 3 days.

RichardHenshall wrote: ↑

Tue May 07, 2019 10:44 pm

The documents at http://www.imt-ip.pt/sites/IMTT/Portugu ... ences.aspx suggest that there will always be at least 90 days available to avoid the driving test requirement.

This is brilliant news Richard. Thanks for sharing!

Ok, so there is a difference between renewing an existing Portuguese license and getting your first Portuguese license via the license exchange programme with DVLA in the UK. The first seems to take around 3 weeks from what I’ve heard from a few different sources. The latter has been reported as tak...

I'm learning Portuguese with the Dualingo App. I'm making fast progress. It's fantastic, easy to use, free (if you don't mind the ads), fun and the lessons really stick. Only trouble is it's the Brazilian pronunciation. Anyone else found an app as good but European Portuguese?

Great for avoiding commission, I've saved thousands already. I use Revolut https://www.revolut.com/ who give you a free account with card and a €200 ATM cash withdrawal limit per month and unlimited pre-paid card purchases. You can pay an annual fee and get a much higher cash withdrawal limit and su...

Just wanted to share a brilliant lunch venue in Faro old town, close to the castle: Hapetite . http://www.hapetite.pt Fine dining at cafe prices. Lovely staff and they speak english. They are an upscale restaurant but do a choice of fish or meat 'dish of the day' with wine, bread, olives and dessert...

Anyone know how long it takes to get a Portuguese drivers license from Faro IMT these days? I surrendered my UK license at Faro IMT in February 2019 (before Brexit to avoid having to do a Portuguese driving test) but have heard horror stories of them taking almost a year to send out the Portuguese l...