Changelog

City guide Guimarães

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light fix pass. Changed Currency & Banking, Tap Water, SIM Card, Highest Income Tax Bracket and Attractive Tax System for Digital Nomads to match the country prep and Portugal tax profile; corrected the Tax System citation. Added explicit verification gaps for Best Coworking Space and Nearby Nature Escapes, and confirmed Libraries & Study Spots without changing its address or hours. Updated research provenance (https://www.nos.pt/movel/tarifarios-movel/tarifarios-movel-pre-pagos; https://taxsummaries.pwc.com/portugal/individual/taxes-on-personal-income).

City guide Fundao

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• 1-Bedroom Purchase Price (City Center) Approx. €1,000 per m² (e.g., 60 m² = €60,000) ⁠The parish that includes the town was €1,269 per square metre in September 2026. A 60…
• 1-Bedroom Purchase Price (Outside City) Approx. €650 per m² (e.g., 60 m² = €39,000) ⁠The municipality average was €832 per square metre in September 2026. A 60 square metre…
• 2-Bedroom Purchase Price (City Center) Approx. €950 per m² (e.g., 80 m² = €76,000) ⁠The parish that includes the town was €1,269 per square metre in September 2026. An 80…
• 2-Bedroom Purchase Price (Outside City) Approx. €600 per m² (e.g., 80 m² = €48,000) ⁠The municipality average was €832 per square metre in September 2026. An 80 square metre…
• Annual Events Festa da Cereja (June) and Chocalhos (September in Alpedrinha) ⁠Festa da Cereja runs 12 to 14 June 2026 in Alcongosta, with Fundão cherries, cherry sweets…
• Attractive Tax System for Digital Nomads Specific 'Digital Nomad Visa' (D8) available for remote workers earning >€3,280/month ⁠Residents are taxed on worldwide income. The non-habitual resident regime was revoked from…
• Best Area to Stay for Tourists City Center (near Praça do Município) for proximity to the cherry festival and museums ⁠The historic centre around Praça do Município and Igreja de São Martinho. The cherry…
• Best Coworking Space A Moagem - Cidade do Engenho e das Artes (Freelance desks approx. €10/day or €100/month) ⁠Living Lab Cova da Beira, also called A Moagem cowork, is in the old market building on…
• Best Hospital Centro Hospitalar Universitário Cova da Beira (Fundão unit for urgent care; main hospital… ⁠Hospital do Fundão, the public hospital run by Centro Hospitalar Universitário da Cova da…
• Best Local Dish to Try Pastel de Cereja (Cherry cake) and Queijo da Beira Baixa (DOP Cheese) ⁠Pastel de cereja, the cherry pastry of this cherry-growing town. The Festa da Cereja in…
• City Fundão, Castelo Branco District, Cova da Beira, Portugal ⁠Fundão is a city and the seat of its municipality in Castelo Branco District, in Beira…
• Corporate Tax 21% (Standard PT rate; potentially lower in low-density regions like Fundão) ⁠The general corporation-tax rate for 2026 is 19 percent on the mainland. A small or…
• Cultural Districts A Moagem (Cultural & Arts district) ⁠A Moagem, Cidade do Engenho e das Artes, is the town arts centre.
• Currency & Banking 1 EUR ≈ 1.09 USD. Major banks include Santander, Caixa Geral de Depósitos, and Millennium… ⁠Euro. On 19 October 2026 the ECB rate was 1 EUR = 1.1225 USD, so about 1 USD = 0.8909 EUR…
• Highest Income Tax Bracket 48% (+ 5% solidarity tax over €250k) ⁠Mainland income tax for 2026 runs from 12.5 percent to 48 percent on income above €86,634…
• Historic Buildings Solar dos Falcões (Mansion turned historical site) ⁠The archaeology museum occupies the old Solar Taborda Falcão de Elvas, on Rua do Serrão…
• Historical Sites Historical Village of Castelo Novo (15km away) ⁠Castelo Novo is a historic village inside the municipality, with its castle and pillory.
• Libraries & Study Spots Biblioteca Municipal Eugénio de Andrade ⁠Biblioteca Municipal Eugénio de Andrade, the municipal library, which the council lists…
• Main Train/Transit Hub Fundão Train Station (CP - Comboios de Portugal) on the Beira Baixa line ⁠The Fundão stop is on Largo da Estação, on the Beira Baixa line. From 11 July 2026 the…
• Museums & Art Venues Museu Arqueológico Municipal José Monteiro ⁠Museu Arqueológico Municipal José Monteiro sits in the old Solar Taborda Falcão de Elvas…
• Must-See Landmarks Igreja Matriz do Fundão and the town's historic clock tower ⁠Igreja de São Martinho, the matrix church, dates from the 18th century; São Martinho is…
• Nearby Nature Escapes Serra da Gardunha (Hiking and paragliding) ⁠The town sits at the foot of Monte de São Brás, a spur of the Serra da Gardunha, on the…
• Population Approximately 26,500 in the municipality ⁠The city had 8,174 residents in the 2021 census. The municipality had 26,503 residents…
• Property Tax IMI (Imposto Municipal sobre Imóveis) between 0.3% and 0.45% annually ⁠IMI is the annual tax on the cadastral value. The legal urban band is 0.3 to 0.45 percent…
• Property Transaction Tax IMT (Transfer Tax) varies by price; up to 7.5% for high-value properties ⁠For a mainland home bought as a permanent residence, transfer tax is 0 percent up to…
• Regional Travel Intercity trains to Lisbon (3.5 hours, approx. €18) or buses (Rede Expressos) ⁠From 11 July 2026 the Beira Baixa Intercidades run as a replacement bus, stopping at…
• Religious Sites Capela de Nossa Senhora da Conceição ⁠Igreja de São Martinho, the 18th-century matrix church; the town patron is São Martinho.
• SIM Card MEO, NOS, and Vodafone; €15–20 for 10-30GB data plans ⁠NOS Tarifário Like is €10 a month for 55 GB, or €15 a month for 100 GB, with 1,000 minutes…
• Studio Purchase Price (City Center) Approx. €1,100 per m² (e.g., 40 m² = €44,000) ⁠The parish that includes the town was €1,269 per square metre in September 2026. A 40…
• Studio Purchase Price (Outside City) Approx. €750 per m² (e.g., 40 m² = €30,000) ⁠The municipality average was €832 per square metre in September 2026, and that figure…
• Tap Water Drinkable and high quality (Mountain spring sources) ⁠Public tap water is safe to drink. Some people still prefer bottled water.
• Tax System Worldwide income for residents; NHR (Non-Habitual Resident) transitioned to Tax Incentive… ⁠Residents are taxed on their worldwide income. Non-residents are taxed on…

fix pass after the batch check. Provenance moved to this run. Changed Best Hospital (the hospital trust and phone from the mapped object replace the street), Main Train/Transit Hub, Must-See Landmarks, Museums & Art Venues, Religious Sites and Libraries & Study Spots (streets and postcodes that no cited page shows were dropped, and the museum line gained the printed opening hours), Best Local Dish to Try (the unprinted 2011 origin of the cherry pastry was dropped) and Attractive Tax System for Digital Nomads (now states the revoked non-habitual regime and the special 20 percent incentive like the other Portugal sheets) (https://taxsummaries.pwc.com/portugal/individual/other-tax-credits-and-incentives).

City guide Funchal

• Highway Access VR1 (Via Rápida 1) circles the city and connects the island ⁠VR1 is the expressway section of the ER101 along the south coast, from Ribeira Brava…
• Power 230V, 50Hz, 🔌 Type F and C sockets ⁠230 V, 50 Hz, Type C and Type F (Europlug and Schuko).
• Public Transport Passes GIRO card (rechargeable); approx. €1.35 per trip ⁠Horários do Funchal GIRO, 2026 tariff: a 30-day municipal pass is 41 euro and a 30-day…
• SIM Card MEO, NOS, and Vodafone; approx. €20 for 30GB ⁠NOS, MEO and Vodafone sell prepaid SIMs. NOS Tarifário Like is 10 euro a month for 55 GB…
• Tap Water Drinkable and of high quality across the city ⁠Safe to drink from public supplies; bottled mineral water is optional.
• Tax System Worldwide income for residents; NHR 2.0 (Non-Habitual Resident) available ⁠Residents are taxed on worldwide income. Tax residence is more than 183 days in Portugal…

Lint fix pass: Currency & Banking now uses the precise shared exchange rate and Multibanco wording; Tap Water and Power use the Portugal prep facts; SIM Card gains the dedicated eSIM citation; Tax System adds the national residence tests; Attractive Tax System for Digital Nomads replaces company-rate advice with the prep's conditional IFICI and closed NHR guidance. Public Transport Passes, Museums & Art Venues, Best Hospital and Parcel Delivery Service retain their values with unsupported card fee, museum street, former hospital name and central-office status explicitly listed under Not verified. Research date and model updated for this pass. (https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Portugal, https://www.nos.pt/movel/esim, https://taxsummaries.pwc.com/portugal/individual/residence, https://info.portaldasfinancas.gov.pt/pt/apoio_contribuinte/questoes_frequentes/Pages/faqs-01018.aspx, https://vistos.mne.gov.pt/en/national-visas/necessary-documentation/residency).