Useful facts to help you plan your visit to Portugal Festivals Public Holidays Visas Health Time Electricity Weights & Measures Money, Banks etc. Useful Telephone Numbers Festivals Portugal has many festivals and religious holidays that are worth seeing if you have the chance: Calendar Public and Bank holidays for 2014 1st January – New Year’s […]
Money in Portugal: the Euro
Money: EURO (EUR) Portugal was one of the 12 original European Union countries which switched to the Euro in January 2002. Prior to converting to the Euro, the Portuguese currency was the Escudo. 1 Euro is divided into 100 cents. The notes are differentiated by their size and colour and come in seven denominations. One […]