Whether in winter or summer, holidays are by far the best time for a trip, whether alone, with friends or family, right? And if your destination to enjoy the quiet days and free of worries, tasks and work is Portugal, know that this is an excellent choice because this country is one of the best destinations in Europe, besides having lower prices than neighboring countries. However, to have a good trip and avoid unnecessary hassles, it is extremely necessary to have a planning, especially spending plans.

So, we created a list with some basic items about HOLIDAYS IN PORTUGAL 2022, where we show what you will spend on your trip, plus the costs of each one, with some options for the different types of trips you may intend to have (simpler, more comfortable or more luxurious) to give you a margin of how much money you will need to spend your holidays in Portugal. Thus, we have:

• Ticket and Visa;
• Lodging;
• Food;
• Transportation and attractions.

PRICE OF TICKETS AND VISAS: HOLIDAYS IN PORTUGAL 2022

The ticket is certainly one of the first and most important steps to follow, as well as the visa, after all they are both that will allow you to enter Portugal and return with peace of mind. Assuming that the cost of the passport is unnecessary if you already have one (if not, you should still add this extra value in your final count), travel to Portugal is not expensive, but this varies, of course, depending on the class and airline you choose to travel, besides your departure and arrival city and the chosen period. However, on average, tickets are around 200 € to 400 € in economy class and 3000 € to 3500 € in business class.

As one of the signatory countries of the Schengen Agreement, Portugal at the end of 2022 will require the ETIAS Visa Exemption, seen in more detail in our post United States and Europe: do you need a visa in 2022? where you will only be required to pay a fee during the ETIAS registration that will last 3 years. However, you still need the Schengen visa to enter the country, it is added with some service fees and varies according to its processing. So standard processing costs €23.31, urgent processing costs €41.96 and very urgent processing costs €74.59.

AVERAGE DAILY FOOD EXPENDITURE

The food is also a very important point in the trip, not only for the sake of survival, but also to ensure a good trip, after all the cuisine is a very attractive cultural point in the trip, it is certainly one of the main reasons for you to want to know the country, so much that is one of the reasons for the 5 most visited countries in Europe are in their placements. But of course, you may just want to make a simple and economical trip, going to restaurants with lower cost, or taking advantage of fast food and snack bars, or even simpler restaurants, spending about 25.0 € per day on meals. Similarly, with a little more money you can go to the more famous, more luxurious restaurants and enjoy your trip more leisurely without worrying about money being tight, which would be around €100.0 per day.

The prices for meals are around:

• Breakfast: €3.0 to €5.0, with pastel de nata costing €1.0, coffee €0.50 to €1.50 and other pastries €1 to €1.50;
• Fast food (for two people): €12.0 to €35.0, with ice cream from €2.0 to €5.0 or a bottle of water from €1.0 to €2.0;
• Simple lunch/dinner (without drinks): 10.0 € to 15.0 €;
• Full lunch/dinner (with drinks): €15.0 to €40.0, with longneck beer between €1.5 and €2.50 and a bottle of house wine in a restaurant ranging from €6.0 to €20.0.

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AVERAGE HOUSING PRICE

If you are planning a holidays in portugal 2022, the accommodation is another crucial point for your trip, and to ensure a better quiet stay is even better to make reservations in advance, that is, before the trip, mainly to not occur problems with vacancies available, for example. The average price of accommodation for a person per day is 25 €, but of course there are variations according to the type of accommodation and they are: the famous backpacker, the hostel, the budget, the intermediate, and the luxury.

In hostel, with shared room in Lisbon is the highest values around 8 € to 50 € per person, while in Porto the price is more affordable, indk from 6 € to 25 €. Already in economic ranges from 20 € to 70 €, in Lisbon, and lower prices between 20 € and 30 € in Coimbra and 15 € and 35 € in Vale do Ouro. Moving on to the intermediate, in Lisbon prices vary greatly from 25 € to 80 €, while in Fátima is a more affordable value around 20 € and 30 € and in Évora a slightly higher value of 25 € to 50 €. Finally there is the superior accommodation (luxury), in it the values are higher, being the largest in Lisbon with cost of 50 € reaching 300 €, almost half that amount in Porto with 40 € to 150 € and rising again to 50 € to 200 € in Algarve.

THE PRICE FOR STROLLING THE STREETS AND ENJOYING THE ATTRACTIONS

By far the most desired and exciting part of the trip, right? The culture and monuments of the country, its sights are the most attractive parts for tourists who decide to visit, so its attractions are so requested. But to go from one place to another, unless you want to continue walking and reduce your time with the attractions, transportation is essential to assist. For this there are the options of train, where tickets can vary from 3.55 € to 45 € in more popular cities, also has the possibility to rent a car, with smaller distances as 55 km costing 3 € to larger distances of 313 km costing 22 €. If you want a more economical trip and do not need to walk so much, you can also use and abuse public transport.

Knowing how you can get to your destination, you need to know the value of the activities you wish to participate in. Of course there are those open to the public, however the tickets are not so high for those that charge some value for entry. Depending on the city and how well known and sought after the attraction is, they vary a lot in price, but on a general average in cities like Lisbon they cost from 3.80 € to 19 € for adults and 3 € to 10 € for children, 5 € to 13.30 € in Sintra, and in Porto between 3 € and 13 €. And if you feel like calling someone to tell them about the beautiful sights you’re seeing, don’t forget to check out our list of the best mobile phone plans for tourists in Europe 2022.

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IS THE COST BENEFIT OF A HOLIDAY IN PORTUGAL WORTH IT?

After unpacking the expenses, you can create your own list according to how much you are willing to spend on each item and your preference, but Portugal being a country so beautiful and full of beautiful sights, it is very worth knowing it, don’t you agree? And if you are interested in knowing more about the Portuguese Winter: Holidays in Serra da Estrela you have a few more reasons to want to spend your holidays in this country. And since we’re talking about winter, how about enjoying the winter holidays in any or some of the 5 places to visit in the European winter?

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