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Portugal - is it expensive?

  • 13-04-2011 7:42pm
    #1
    Captain Slow IRL
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    Following on from my Gran Canaria thread, I was wondering if anyone had been in Portugal recently? I was wondering how expensive it was, around Faro in particular?

    :)


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  • #2
    bamboozle
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    Portugal is cheap as chips, 2 expresso's in a lisbon cafe will set you back about 80c, 2 bottles of beer in your typical 'local' bar cafe in the algarve would be around 1-2 euro each.

    Portugal is most enjoyable (in my experience) if you ignore the fancy restaurants & bars and head to the restaurants where the locals eat with plastic tables and chairs and top quality seafood with silly cheap prices.


  • #3
    Unshelved
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    Away from the Algarve, Portugal really is great value. It's as bamboozle said, if you pass a restaurant (which looks more like a greasy spoon caff) and there are loads of locals, then you're on to a winner. Seafood there is amazing, as is frango - barbecued chicken.

    A lot of the Algarve is geared around tourists, so it can be a lot more expensive. My advice would be to go to Lisbon and resorts such as Caiscas (can also be quite dear so be choosy) or further away, Eirceira or Nazare - this is where the Portuguese go on holidays and they take no tourist prices nonsense. To give you an idea what to expect, we paid €1.20 for a bottle of beer and a glass of wine in Eirceira last year!


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