Accessible by plane since mid-June, Portugal has re-opened on 1st July 2020 its border by road with Spain. In Lisbon, several districts are still confined. Here’s a full point on the situation to plan your vacation.
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[updated on July 08, 2020 18: 05] is A date awaited with impatience both sides of the border. Portugal has re-opened its land border with Spain on the 1st of July, allowing you to get into the country by road for summer vacation. This news has, however, been troubled by the announcements of reconfinement of these last days. In the Face of an upsurge in the number of cases of Covid-19, Portugal has decided to reconfiner 19 districts of Lisbon and its surrounding area (Amadora, Loures, Odivelas and Sintra) for at least 15 days. The Prime minister Antonio Costa has warned and announced “voting is a civic duty containment at home” for the neighborhoods, city limits, concerned. It is not of Lisbon but of a few districts of municipalities close”, has he insisted, no doubt sensitive to the possible impact of this announcement on tourism. Since the beginning of July, Portugal is split into three areas. In the one where the rules are less strict, wearing a mask is still required in the transport and places closed, but the gatherings are allowed for up to 20 people. In the second area, which relates to Lisbon and its environs, we are talking about a state of “contingency”. The collections are limited to 10 people and the shops close as early as 20h. Finally, in the third area, the containment is in effect, and the business limited to a maximum of 5 people.
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on what date did the Portugal are going to re-open its borders ?
In Portugal, the tourism sector was at a complete stop since the beginning of the confinement in mid-march. If the Portuguese nationals living in France were already assured to be able to go to Portugal to see their family and enjoy their second home, it was not safe for the French, wishing to go on vacation this summer. After the reopening of the borders of the European Union on June 15, Portugal has re-opened its land border with Spain, on Wednesday July 1, 2020. Tourists and expatriates Portuguese can again win the Portugal by the road, a very important data for the Portuguese economy, which relies heavily on summer tourism to limit the impact of the epidemic.
Portugal will there be a quarantine for foreign tourists this summer ?
“The health system of Portugal reacts well and it is very important for us to be able to welcome the world”, pointed out at the end of may the minister of foreign Affairs, detailing the measures that will be taken as the statement of the temperatures of each passenger on arrival at the airport. No quarantine will, however, put in place this summer.
What are the measures of social distancing and hygiene implemented in Portugal ?
In Portugal, the restaurants, bars and shops of more than 400 square meters are allowed to reopen but with respect to strict sanitary rules (50% of the capacity, closing at 23h…). The déconfinement is produced by phase : on may 4, the small businesses were able to reopen, such as hair salons or automotive dealerships. The salons receive only on appointment, and masks or visors of protection are mandatory in the transport and shops, under penalty of a fine of 350 euros. On 18 may, it was the turn of the bars and restaurants. The theatres and cinemas, but also large shopping centers have follow-up on the 1st of June. The government has also set up a label “Clean & Safe”, you need to guarantee hygiene precautions taken by the institutions accredited. More than 4000 schools have already asked their label to be to the standards and to reassure the tourists at the time of the reopening of the borders.
The beaches will be open in Portugal this summer ?
Portugal has put in place a plan for the occupation of beaches to enable local and tourists to find : it will be necessary to respect a distance of 3 meters between each family or group, and a gauge will be respected. In order not to move for nothing, an application’s “Info Praia” provides an overview of the occupation of beaches in real time. The beaches will be an indicator : green, the beach is occupied at less than 33% and is available in yellow, it is still possible to move, red, the beach is full.
The airports have reopened, with what company from Portugal this summer ?
