Portugal
Entry Requirements
A valid passport is the only requirement for US citizens. All other nationalities, please contact the nearest Portuguese Consulate in order to
obtain any requirements information.
Time
Continental Portugal and Madeira Island are on the Greenwich time - five hours ahead of Eastern
Time and eight ahead of Pacific Time. The Azores Islands are 1 hour behind the Portuguese mainland. Daylight savings time begins the last Sunday
in March (clocks are turned one hour ahead) and ends the last Sunday in October (clocks go back one hour).
Climate
Mild year round. Summers
are dry and clear, with warm sunshine extending long into Autumn. Winters are moderately cool and are the rainiest time of year, except in subtropical
Madeira, where there is little rain. Mid-Summer temperatures range in the 70 F, while Winter temperatures range from the low to mid-50s.
Business hours
Banks open from 8:30 am to 3 pm from Monday to Friday; closed on bank holidays. Shops open room 9 am to 1 pm and from 3 pm to 7 pm (working days). On Saturdays,
most shops close at 1 pm. In the shopping malls located in larger towns, shops are normally open on 7 days a week and holidays from 10 am to 11 pm.
Museums
open from 10 am to 12:30 am and from 2 pm to 5 pm. Closed on Mondays. Some palaces also close on Wednesdays.
Going to Portugal
International airports are:
Lisboa, Porto, Faro, Funchal (Madeira), Ponta Delgada (São Miguel, Açores), and Lajes (Ilha Terceira, Açores). The national airline is TAP-Air Portugal. The regional
air company, SATA, flies connections to the Açores Islands. There are also air links between Funchal (Madeira) and Porto Santo. Portugalia (www.pga.pt) and Air Luxor
also operate schedule flights to and from Portugal in Europe. Every day, international trains run between Paris and Lisbon (Sud Express); Lisbon-Madrid train Lusitânia,
and Porto-Vigo
Capital: Lisbon
Population: 3,319,900 (1997).
Government
Republic since 1910.
Head of State: President Anibal Cavaco Silva
since 2006.
Head of Government: Prime Minister José Socrates since 2005.
Economy
Portugal is an upcoming capitalist economy with a per capita GDP two-thirds
that of the four big West European economies. The country qualified for the European Monetary Union (EMU) in 1998 and joined with 10 other European countries in launching
the euro on 1 January 1999. The year 2000 was marked by moderation in growth, inflation, and unemployment. The country continues to run a sizable trade deficit.
The government is working to reform the tax system, to modernize capital plant, and to increase the country's competitiveness in the increasingly integrated world markets.
Growth is expected to fall off slightly in 2001. Improvement in the education sector is critical to the long-run catch-up process.
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