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Portugal is small enough to explore easily, particularly if you have your own, great-value Portugal rental car. The landscape varies from charmingly forested mountains dotted with dilapidated stone villages to the big city charms of Porto and Lisbon. Porto is the home of port wine, retains a mediaeval charm, and provides a wonderful starting place for exploring northern Portugal and north-western Spain. Lisbon is flashy and better for the party people, though it can have a few rough edges. The Algarve has year-round appeal with its warm climate always attracting sun-worshippers. The rural hinterland retains a quintessentially Portuguese charm, and there are still plenty of places where you can't get a full English breakfast and you need your phrase book to order a drink.

Driving around
To rent a car in Portugal you must have held the license of your home country for at least one year. Drivers under 25 are likely to find rental prices a little more expensive than for older drivers. Driving in Portugal is on the right hand side of the road and it is compulsory to wear seatbelts. There are also prohibitions on using a mobile phone while driving. Drink driving laws and strict and the limit on blood alcohol concentration is 0.05%. A great value Portugal car rental really allows you to get out of the major cities and away from the crowded holiday resorts to explore the Portugal less known, experience the charming countryside and try some traditional regional Portuguese dishes.

Climate and When to Go
The midsummer heat on the Algarve, the Alentejo and in the upper Douro Valley are quite unbearable, but the summer heat is tolerable elsewhere. The prices on the Algarve in July in August also soar, and it is best avoided at this time for a more favourable period (June, September) when discounts of up to 50% may be had. The north is chilly and wet in winter, with some snow in the mountains.

Food
Seafood in Portugal generally offers excellent value, particularly caldeirada (seafood stew) and sardinhas assadas (grilled sardines.) The omni-present bacalhau must be tried. This dried cod can be prepared in a multitude of different ways, and when blended and fried with potato makes a delicious croquette. In many of its other incarnations it is equally delicious. Indeed, you would be well rewarded to stay away from some more common European meat dishes which can be disappointing in Portugal, and try the bacalhau, which everyone does well. Salads commonly accompany meals, and meals or menu deals are often kicked off with vegetable soup, or sopa de legumes.

Portuguese cake and pastry shops are everywhere, this is not the place for a diet. Portuguese coffee is reliable even in tiny coffee shops which do not appear promising at all. Portuguese wine also offers exceptional value. Try the young vinho verde, which is semi-sparkling and usually white – it complements a light, grilled seafood lunch on a hot day perfectly, without giving you the headache of the heavier varieties! Restaurants frequently offer jugs or carafes of the house wine at incredibly low prices, and they are generally drinkable, though the really low priced house wines can be a little rough.

Don't forget to try the ports of Porto in the north. They are drunk as tawny, ruby or white. Meals are not necessarily formally structured into breakfast lunch and dinner, or held at morning, noon and early evening. Rather, snacking is common, particularly at bars and cafes, and lunch is frequently taken up to 3pm, with dinner at 10pm not unusual, particularly in summer. Look out for the dish of the day, or prato do dia, which generally represents great value. The ementa turistica, or tourist menu is often provided in English, but rarely represents either good value, authenticity or haute cuisine. A couvert, or dish of bread, butter, olives, cheese or combination of small tasty things provided to the table at the beginning does cost extra and will appear on the bill, unless you send it back immediately, which is completely acceptable.

Airports and Air Travel
Portugal is incredible well served by budget airlines such as Easyjet (www.easyjet.com) and Ryanair (www.ryanair.com), particularly into Lisbon, Porto and Faro on the Algarve. In summer, unbelievable package holiday deals can be had ex-London and out of many German and French cities, on charter flights. They commonly include accommodation and meals. They can be such excellent value that it's worth taking the package even if you only want the flights.

If you are coming from outside Europe, Lisbon is the major international airport, though Porto sees fairly heavy international traffic as well. Lisbon airport is modern and comfortable. We have suppliers represented at all airports in Portugal, so collecting your bargain Portugal car rental is always easy and convenient.

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