Travel Guide:
Our travel guides welcome you at the airport (in Porto). They also invite you for a free drink, where they give you information about your holiday and destination. During your further stay they assist you if required with advice and action.
On fixed times they visit your accommodation and you can call them at the office of our agent in Montalegre.

OFFICE AGENT AND TRAVEL GUIDES:
Rua S. Rosendo 20
5470-233 Montalegre
Visiting hours: Mondays till Fridays 9.30-13.00 hours and 15.00-18.00 hours, Saturdays 9.00-12.30 hour (except holidays)

Time:
Portugal has 1 hour time difference with the Netherlands. It is there 1 hour earlier.

CURRENCY:
The Portuguese currency is the euro (€).

VOLTAGE:
210 - 220 volts, the stopper contacts are the same as in the Netherlands. DRINKING WATER: The water from the tap is drinking water. However we advise you to buy bottled mineral water.

CLIMATE:
The Barroso has a mild climate, but we advise to take warm cloths in the late season.

LANGUAGE:
Besides Portuguese you can often use Spanish, French and English as well.

TELEPHONE :
Directly to England: you dial 00.44 and hereafter the number of the region (without the first zero), followed by the subscriber's number. From a post office or a telephone cell the calls are cheapest. Some telephone cells work with coins, other with pre-pay cards (in Portuguese: credifone). You can buy them at the post office and in some shops.

VISITING HOUR:
Shopping hours: 09.00 - 12.30 and 14.00 - 19.00. Saturday afternoon, Sunday and holidays closed. Banks: opened 09.00 - 14.45. Saturday, Sunday and holidays closed. Post office: opened 09.00 - 12.30 and 14.00 - 17.00. Saturday, Sunday and holidays closed.

PUBLIC TRANSPORT:
Bus - there are regular bus connections between the cities in the North, mostly until 19 hours. Taxi - you can recognize the taxi's by the colour: beige. Taxi fare in Portugal is less expensive than in the Netherlands.
TIPS: Bills in hotels, restaurants, cafés etc. are generally including service. If you are satisfied with the service, you can give a small tip, also for chambermaids, taxi drivers, etc...

ACCOMMODATIONS:
The accommodations are kept clean, as mentioned at the associated accommodation page. Washing the dishes is not included! Towels are generally replaced twice a week, sheets once a week. We advise to take your own dishcloths. In the kitchen, the following items are usually lacking: coffee-filter, whistling-kettle, peeling-knife, tin opener, corkscrew and a dishwashing brush.
Leave all data behind for the family that stays at home: - Name and phone number of your accommodation, flight numbers (departure and return trips), as well as the phone number for flight information at Schiphol: 0900-0141 (€ 0,50 per minute). Your insurance emergency number. Planned travel route and numbers of the car, if you’re travelling by car.
Phone number Turibarroso: + 351 963621292

MEDICINES:
Do not forget your medicines! We advise you take a enough for your whole stay. Another recommendation: keep your medicines in your hand luggage and ask your specialist or family doctor for a French or English medicine passport.

TRAVEL INSURANCE:
do you have the right travel insurance? Check this before your holiday starts.

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