Portugal is known for its various gorgeous beaches, football, delicious food with great dessert wines. This country also attracts surfers from all over the world and has long become the "Mecca" of European surfing.
But there are a few things to know that you shouldn't do in this country.
- Get drunk and sleep all night
- Buy keychain yellow tram number 28 from Porto to Lisbon
- Ask sausage in stores
- Drive to Ribeiro in Porto to taste Francesinha.
- Do you like beer? Please don't order a cerveja grande (large beer).
- If you speak Spanish ...
- Drink wine from Porto
- Call local Spaniards or Hispanic.
You should not get drunk to unconsciousness and try to get around your friends from Portugal. Otherwise, closer to 2 o'clock in the morning you will go home to sleep off, while your friends go to the club, meet the sunrise and play volleyball until early morning. They live at night!
Looking to buy the Eiffel Tower in London, or Big Ben in Madrid? Undoubtedly, souvenirs are a valuable gift and a kind of memory of the country you have been to, but you should not buy them in other cities.
For us, all sausages are practically one thing, but among the Portuguese, only salsichas belong to them. Do not call them sausages or anything else. Each has its own specific name.
Or come to the Baixa area of Lisbon to try Caldo Verde, blindly following the ideas of other tourists. It is not always worth following the advice of visitors; it is better to ask someone from the local about their preferences: their favorite restaurant or the beach. Then you will definitely not go wrong.
Have you ever heard of the locals ordering it? I strongly doubt it. If you want to try something more rewarding, go for Super Bock or Sagres. If you prefer a smaller bottle, ask for a mini, dark beer - cerveja preta.
Do not forget that you are in P-O-R-T-U-G-A-L-I-I and the local language is very different from the Spanish that you most likely know. For example, if you ask about the location of OFICINA (office in Spanish), you end up in the garage (OFICINA in Portuguese). And there are a huge number of such words that can confuse you!
Indeed, the local wine is world famous, but do not forget - it belongs to the dessert.
The people of Portugal are not Spanish, so they don't like being called that. Although Portugal is close to Spanish-speaking countries, it is older than Spain by as much as 400 years.
