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Living and Working in Portugal: All You Need to Know to Enjoy Life in Portugal (How to)
 
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Living and Working in Portugal: All You Need to Know to Enjoy Life in Portugal (How to) (Paperback)

by Sue Tyson-Ward (Author)
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  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: How To Books Ltd; 3rd edition edition (1 Oct 2002)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 185703838X
  • ISBN-13: 978-1857038385
  • Product Dimensions: 21.4 x 13.8 x 2.5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 741,963 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)
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'...a fascinating and stimulating read... the advice given is authoritative and not to be ignored.'


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Portugal attracts some 1.5 million British visitors each year. If you want to spend more time in this beautiful country, you need this practical book. Now in its third edition, it offers necessary advice on everyday life in Portugal, and on how to rent and buy property, find a job and start a business. It covers health care, education and retirement, and includes a list of useful contacts and essential phrases for you to get started on the language.

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2.0 out of 5 stars To be taken with a grain of salt, 23 Aug 2003
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I had recently read this book when I had a road accident in Portugal. Fortunately what followed was the opposite to what I could expect based on the book I had read. The book had left me with a picture of badly equipped hospitals and poor health care. On the way to casualty I feared the worst. To my amazement I received prompt attention, service was very efficient and courteous. I feel that this must be known in fairness to the Portuguese people who may be trying their best and in fairness to people like me, the foreigners, who may be unduly discouraged from enjoying this charming land. On health matters, as on others 'Living and working in Portugal: all you need to know to enjoy life in Portugal' may frighten you away rather than tell you 'what you need to know'. On accident emergency services, and other matters, this book may be relying too much on preconceptions, not on facts. Better take it with a grain of salt!
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83 of 83 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars Misleading!, 31 Dec 2003
By Jack Hillman (Manchester, UK) - See all my reviews
When I bought this book I thought it was going to be light and informative reading. Particularly impressive was the amount of forms and other 'real-life' items, though some a bit out of place like restaurant food lists. The book had warned me that I would have to complete tedious and complicated forms for everything, sometimes in triplicate. I was a bit apprehensive (my Portuguese is progressing but not perfect yet). I took photocopies of the forms shown in the book, rehearsed how to fill them in, and took my draft to a number of official places where I had to register for several purposes. The officers were quite amused. I was then told that some of those forms were decades old and most had been out of use for at least ten years. Most is now done electronically and there are assistants to help anyone (like me) who may need a little help. Another disturbing side of this book is that it gives you the wrong name of the places where to go to for official matters. At first you think what the book says is based on well-informed experience. As you read it, and try to apply it in the country, then you get quite a different picture. This book looks jolly at first but leaves a bad taste in your mouth.
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1.0 out of 5 stars Like a big lemon with little juice, 30 Jan 2004
By Jayne Greenway (Coventry, UK) - See all my reviews
This book tries to impress but the truth is that it is rather basic. You have to read lots of pages with information that is pretty obvious before you get some juice out of it. I prefer Live and Work in Spain and Portugal, by Victoria Pybus and Joshua White. It is much more to the point. It does not waste your time with irrelevant prose.
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I found this book very good for the details of legal requirements for living in Portugal, and for things you need to look out for when working there (e. Read more
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