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- <text id=93CT1829>
- <title>
- Portugal--Travel
- </title>
- <history>
- Compact ALMANAC--CIA Factbook
- Europe
- Portugal
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>CIA World Factbook</source>
- <hdr>
- Travel
- </hdr>
- <body>
- <p> Entry requirements: A visa is not required of US citizens for
- stays of up to 60 days, but a valid passport is necessary.
- Immunizations are not mandatory. Travelers may import or export
- foreign currency in any amount, provided it is for "touristic
- purposes." No more than 5,000 Portuguese escudos per traveler
- may be imported into Portugal, although up to 25,000 escudos
- may be exported.
- </p>
- <p> Climate and clothing: Wear summer clothing during the
- temperate sunny days and cool nights May-September. Fall-weight
- clothing and a topcoat or warm raincoat are appropriate for
- winter. A rainhat or umbrella is recommended.
- </p>
- <p> Health: Health and sanitation standards generally are good.
- Tapwater is potable year round in large cities and in outlying
- areas during rainy seasons. Bottled spring water is available.
- </p>
- <p> Telecommunications: Telephone and telegraph circuits are
- available to Western Europe and to almost all other points
- worldwide. Lisbon is five-time zones ahead of eastern standard
- time. AT&T card services are available through Marconi
- Operators. AT&T cards can only be used for calls to the United
- States.
- </p>
- <p> Transportation: Direct flights are available from the United
- States, and worldwide connections are good. Domestic air
- services fly to Oporto in the north, Faro in the Algarve, and to
- several other provincial cities. Railroads and buses serve the
- entire country. Lisbon has good, inexpensive taxi, bus,
- streetcar, and subway service.
- </p>
- <p> National holidays: The US Embassy and Consulates are closed
- on the following holidays: January 1 (New Year's), February 7
- (Carnival), March 24 (Good Friday), April 25 (Liberty Day), May 1
- (Labor Day), May 25 (Corpus Christi), June 10 (Portugal Day),
- June 13 (St. Anthony's Day--only in Lisbon), August 15
- (Assumption Day), October 5 (Portuguese Republic), November 1
- (All Saint's Day), December 1 (Portuguese Independence),
- December 8 (Immaculate Conception), December 25 (Christmas Day).
- </p>
- <p>Source: U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Public Affairs, May
- 1990.
- </p>
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- </body>
- </article>
- </text>
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