We spend the month of October in Portugal, and learned a few things that were not quite clear in the guidebooks. I share them here: Discounts: Most subways, trains, museums, offer senior (65+) discount up to 50% -- sometimes requiring i.d. (drivers license okay); or Student or Child discounts as well. SIMcards for phones: evidently only Vodafone maintains an official shop at the Lisbon airport: I bought 2 cards @20euros each, providing 100minutes of talk and 5gb data in Europe, for 30 days...perfect timing for us! Lycamobile offers cheaper deals on Portugal-only cards: they have card-tables set up at busy metro stations (if I had known, I would have bought their deal). Duty-Free On Arrival: Lisbon airport duty-free sells within the arrival area (contrary to internet statements), so you can wait and buy duty-free in the Lisbon airport, where it’s cheaper than the US. In any case, the customs officials seemed quite loose though watchful. And in-Europe passengers were mixed with n
Log of our travels and thoughts.