After the United Kingdom - allowing EU tourists to come visit again - Portugal announced EU touristst can go on "all types of visits to Portugal, including even non-essential visits" starting from May 17, subjet to some conditions. All passengers over 2 year old will have to show a negative Covid-19 PCR test taken less than 72 hours prior to the trip. As for children, we remind you that PCR tests can be performed via saliva test in laboratories.
But you will also have to be sure the incidence rate of the country you are from is "below 500 cases for 100,000 inhabitants". In France, this rate - as of Thursday May 13, 2021 - is of 142,00.
To reassure the future tourists, the government has set up a “Clean & Safe” label enabling to guarantee health precautious taken by labelled places. Over 4,000 places have requested the label in order to launch their summer season.
As for the coast, Portugal set up a beach occupancy scheme: you will have to keep a 3-meter distance between each family or group, and a gauge will have to be kept. To make sure you are not going to the beach for nothing, a phone app – “Info Praia” – is available on the Portuguese Environment Agency. Beaches will have an indicator: green, the beach is occupied under 33% and is accessible, yellow, it is still possible to come, red, the beach is full.
The country exited lockdown in early April, reopening museums, café terraces and junior high schools after closing for over two months. Besides Portugal, Greece has just launched their tourist season.
