eSIM for Portugal
Covered by our Europe plan, from $10.00.
What the network is actually like
Nearly everyone lives on the coast, and that's where the network is strongest, though inland holds up too. Portugal built out 4G early. The Alentejo interior and parts of the Serra da Estrela is where it thins out.
Networks: Vodafone, NOS
How much data you'll need
A week is comfortable on 5GB, though driving the Algarve pushes it up.
City guides
Where the signal actually drops, and how to get around.
Where people go
Lisbon
Seven hills and tram 28. Wear shoes with grip on the cobbles.
Porto
Port lodges are across the river in Gaia, not in Porto proper.
Faro
Gateway to the Algarve, and quieter than the resorts around it.
What's on
Timings are month-level, because most of these move year to year.
Festa de São João
23 to 24 June
Porto
An all-night street party where strangers hit each other with plastic hammers.
Festas de Lisboa
June
Lisbon
Sardines and street parties across the old quarters.