Here's some basic information for you when it comes to travel to the Portugal...
CAPITAL
Lisbon
OFFICIAL LANGUAGE
Portuguese
EMERGENCY SERVICE
Ambulance, Police, Fire Brigade  112
FLAG
MONEY
The Portugal's currency is the euro. Coins are 1 and 2, 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, and 50 cents. Euro notes
come in 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, and 500 denominations.
The IVA is a 17% sales tax levied on a wide range of goods and services.
TIME
Portugal is one hour ahead of GMT/UTC; thus when it's noon in Lisbon, it's 11am in London, 6am in New York, 3am in San Francisco,
6am in Toronto, 9pm in Sydney and 11pm in Auckland. In the summer, the Portugal
observes daylight savings time, setting clocks forward an hour on the last Sunday in
October and; clocks are wound back in the first Sunday of the following March.
BUSINESS HOURS
Most banks are open 8:30am to 3pm weekdays; most museums and other tourist attractions are open 10am to 5pm
weekdays and are
often closed at lunchtime and all day Monday. Shopping hours generally extend from 9am to 7pm on weekdays and 9am to 1pm on Saturday.
RELIGION
Portugal is 99% Roman Catholic, with fewer than 120,000 Protestants and 5000 Jews.
ELECTRICITY
Electricity is 220V AC, 50 Hz, as in Australia, Asia and most of Europe; appliances designed
for DC supply or different voltages need a transformer.
WEIGHTS & MEASURES
Portugal uses the metric system of measurements. Petrol is bought in litres and food is
weighed in kilos.
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