I’ve put together a list of links you might find useful or interesting related to living and travelling in Portugal:

Travelling in Portugal

Visit Portugal - Portugal Tourist Information and their e-brochures

Bus/coach travel in Portugal via Trip Advisor - advice and links to regional and national services

Train travel in Portugal via Trip Advisor - advice and links to train and metro companies within Portugal

Transporlis – transport information for Lisbon and surrounds

Lisbon Lux - Cool and useful info about culture and places to go in Lisbon, in English and Portuguese

OPorto Cool - Insiders’ Cool Guide to Porto

Get Portugal - Travel and events information

Living in Portugal

Expat blogs

Algarve Blog - Travel tips and an expat’s experience of the Algarve

Casa Azul - The story of restoring a house in the country, growing veggies and daily life in central Portugal

Emma’s House in Portugal - An Aussie’s experience of buying and renovating an old house in Portugal

Moving to Portugal - Tales of moving to and living in the Algarve

Piglet in Portugal - Entertaining blog about life in the Algarve with recipes and gardening tales

The Hand Family in Portugal - A family’s take on relocating to the Algarve

Expat information, support and forums

Living in Portugal - the Portuguese Tourist Board’s official guide to moving to Portugal

AngloINFO Portugal - Expat resource and forum with ‘everything you need to know about living in or moving to Portugal’

Blog Expat – blog directory, forums, classifieds etc.

Easy Expat – Expat resource and forum

Expat Arrivals – Across the board expat resources

Expatistan – Cost of living index and comparison site

Expatsblog - Expat blog listing

Expat Focus – Country guide, forums and more

Expat Women – As you’d expect, a resource aimed at the female of the species

Hey Portugal - Practical information about living in Portugal, in English

 

Language Support

Helping Hands Portugal - Help with getting things done in Portuguese e.g. making phone calls

Portuguese Language Lessons - Hints and tips on learning Portuguese

 

Networking

Internations – Expat community, information and events. Mostly based in Lisbon

Portugal Friends - A social network for people of all nationalities, mainly foreigners, living and working in Portugal

Womennet - A support, networking and skills share group for women in central Portugal

 

News in English

The Portugal News – online and print newspaper. Covers the whole of Portugal but with heavy emphasis on the Algarve

Portugal Daily View - Daily news and features about Portugal, in English