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City guide Cascais

• Method Generated ⁠Researched
• 1-Bedroom Purchase Price (City Center) Approx. €7,800 per m² (e.g., 60 m² = €468,000) ⁠Cascais and Estoril at 7,202 euro per square metre in September 2026. A 60 square metre…
• 1-Bedroom Purchase Price (Outside City) Approx. €4,800 per m² (e.g., 60 m² = €288,000) ⁠São Domingos de Rana at 4,150 euro per square metre in September 2026. A 60 square metre…
• 2-Bedroom Purchase Price (City Center) Approx. €7,200 per m² (e.g., 80 m² = €576,000) ⁠Cascais and Estoril at 7,202 euro per square metre in September 2026. An 80 square metre…
• 2-Bedroom Purchase Price (Outside City) Approx. €4,200 per m² (e.g., 80 m² = €336,000) ⁠São Domingos de Rana at 4,150 euro per square metre in September 2026. An 80 square metre…
• Attractive Tax System for Digital Nomads Special Digital Nomad Visa available; tax depends on residency status. ⁠IFICI taxes eligible Portuguese employment and self-employment at 20 percent for people…
• Best Coworking Space LACS Cascais (R. Frederico Arouca). Dedicated desks approx. €200/month. ⁠Cowork Cascais, Rua Dom Luís da Cunha 63, Casa Nortada, Alcabideche: a day pass from 20…
• Best Dessert Spots Santini Gelato (Av. Valbom). Iconic Portuguese ice cream since 1949. ⁠Santini at Avenida Valbom 28F is open Sunday to Thursday 12:00 to 22:00, and Friday…
• Best Hospital Hospital CUF Cascais (Private, excellent English-speaking staff). ⁠Hospital CUF Cascais, Rua Fernão Lopes 60, Cobre, 2750-663 Cascais, phone 211 141 400…
• Casino & Gaming Halls Casino Estoril (One of the largest in Europe). ⁠Casino do Estoril, Avenida Dr. Stanley Ho, Edifício do Casino Estoril, 2765-190 Estoril…
• Corporate Tax 21% (standard rate in Portugal). ⁠The general corporation-tax rate for 2026 is 19 percent on the mainland. A small or…
• Currency & Banking Euro (EUR). 1 EUR ≈ 1.08 USD. Multibanco system is dominant. ⁠Euro. On 19 October 2026 the ECB rate was 1 EUR = 1.1225 USD, so about 1 USD = 0.8909 EUR…
• Dividend Withholding Tax 28% (standard rate for individuals). ⁠Dividends are withheld at 28 percent for residents and for non-residents. Income from a…
• Highest Income Tax Bracket 48% (plus solidarity surcharge of up to 5%). ⁠Mainland income tax for 2026 runs from 12.5 percent to 48 percent on income above 86,634…
• Main Train/Transit Hub Cascais Railway Station (Linha de Cascais connecting to Cais do Sodré, Lisbon). ⁠Estação Ferroviária de Cascais, Rua Sebastião José Carvalho e Melo, is the end of the…
• Museums & Art Venues Paula Rego Historical House (Casa das Histórias). Entry €5. ⁠Casa das Histórias Paula Rego. General entry is 5 euro. Residents of Cascais, people aged…
• Nearby Nature Escapes Sintra-Cascais Natural Park (UNESCO World Heritage site). ⁠Parque Natural de Sintra-Cascais is the protected area on this coast and in the Sintra…
• Population 214,000 ⁠242,619 residents in the municipality in 2025. Pordata prints that figure after the…
• Power 230V, 50Hz, 🔌 Type C/F sockets ⁠230V, 50Hz. Sockets are Type F (Schuko) and Type C.
• Property Tax IMI (Imposto Municipal sobre Imóveis), between 0.3% and 0.45%. ⁠IMI is the annual tax on the cadastral value. Cascais fixed the urban rate at 0.35 percent…
• Property Transaction Tax IMT (up to 7.5%) plus Stamp Duty (0.8%). ⁠Residential transfer tax runs up to 7.5 percent. Other urban property is 6.5 percent…
• Public Transport Passes Navegante Pass (€40/month for unlimited travel in the Lisbon Metro Area). ⁠Navegante Cascais, the municipal pass, is 30 euro a month and covers regular public…
• Regional Travel Comboios de Portugal (CP) trains to Lisbon (40 mins, €2.30 one way). ⁠Comboios de Portugal runs the Cascais line to Cais do Sodré. On the urban tariff in force…
• SIM Card MEO, Vodafone, and NOS. Vodafone 5G Traveler SIM: €25 for 30GB. ⁠NOS Tarifário Like is 10 euro a month for 55 GB, with 1,000 minutes and SMS, and 5G is…
• Studio Purchase Price (City Center) Approx. €8,500 per m² (e.g., 40 m² = €340,000) ⁠Idealista asking prices in September 2026 were 7,202 euro per square metre in Cascais and…
• Studio Purchase Price (Outside City) Approx. €5,500 per m² (e.g., 40 m² = €220,000) ⁠São Domingos de Rana, the cheapest group in the same September 2026 Idealista set, was…
• Tap Water Safe to drink, though many locals prefer filtered due to mineral taste. ⁠Safe to drink. Águas de Cascais supplies the municipality and says the public water does…
• Tax System Worldwide income basis for residents (NHR status expired/evolving). ⁠Residents are taxed on worldwide income. In 2026 the progressive rates run from 12.5…
• VAT 23% (standard rate). ⁠Standard VAT on the mainland is 23 percent. The intermediate rate is 13 percent and the…

fix pass after the batch check: the coworking operator's page was re-cited at its own current address, which prints the street address, opening hours and the day-pass, monthly and desk prices on one page, so the coworking line now carries the hours; the casino regulator page was re-opened and does list the Estoril casino's address, phone and daily hours; the railway station line drops a stray word from the street name to match the map; and the VAT line now calls 13 percent the intermediate rate and 6 percent the reduced rate, the wording the other Portugal sheets use (https://www.coworkcascais.pt/, https://www.srij.turismodeportugal.pt/pt/casinos-e-bingos/casinos).

City guide Carvoeiro

• Population 7,300 ⁠The 2021 census counted 1,080 residents in the Carvoeiro locality, and 10,141 in the…
• Power 230V, 50Hz, 🔌 Type C/F sockets ⁠230 V, 50 Hz. Sockets are Europlug and Schuko (types C and F).
• Property Tax IMI: 0.3% to 0.45% annually based on tax value ⁠IMI is the annual property tax on the taxable cadastral value. For the 2026 bill Lagoa set…
• Property Transaction Tax IMT: Progressive up to 7.5% + Stamp Duty (0.8%) ⁠A home you buy to live in pays IMT from 0 percent up to 106,346 euro, then on a rising…
• Public Transport Passes Vamus Algarve monthly passes (~€40 for regional coverage) ⁠The Passe Algarve is 40 euro a month and covers every VAMUS bus line except the Aerobus…
• Religious Sites Igreja Matriz de Lagoa ⁠The shrine of Nossa Senhora da Encarnação, patron of Carvoeiro, is the chapel on the old…
• SIM Card Vodafone, MEO, and NOS; roughly €20 for 30GB data ⁠NOS, MEO and Vodafone cover Carvoeiro. NOS Tarifário Like is 10 euro a month for 55 GB…
• Scenic Viewpoints Miradouro da Senhora da Encarnação ⁠Miradouro da Senhora da Encarnação is the chapel viewpoint on the old fort, west of the…
• Tap Water Safe to drink, though many prefer filtered or bottled water due to high mineral content ⁠Safe to drink from the public supply. Some people prefer bottled water.
• Tax System Worldwide income basis for residents ⁠Residents are taxed on worldwide income. In 2026 the progressive rates run from 12.5…
• VAT 23% (Standard rate) ⁠Standard VAT on the mainland is 23 percent. The intermediate rate is 13 percent and the…

fix pass after the batch check. Reworded the electricity line to the shared country wording (230 volts, 50 hertz, Europlug and Schuko sockets, types C and F) and moved the coworking address onto the business-centre contacts page, which shows the street address and the weekday hours. Re-opened the coworking price list, the tourism contacts list, both Wikivoyage pages, the regional pass announcement and the Wikipedia article; the health-centre and hospital addresses, the bus pass price and the station distance all held (https://www.lagoabusinesscenter.pt/contactos/).