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Travel tips and advice if you're heading to a music festival in Portugal

If you’re heading to the AfroNation music festival in Portimão this weekend, check our dedicated information and advice page.

• From: British Embassy Lisbon and British Vice Consulate Portimão
• Published: 30 July 2019

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

Travel tips and advice if you're heading to a music festival in Portugal

As well as this advice, check out our travel advice for Portugal.

Every summer, Portugal hosts a number of different festivals. The vast majority of British tourists don’t have any problems at these events, but it’s best to be aware of a few things before you go.

Before you go

• remember your European Health Insurance Card (EHIC), but also take out travel insurance. It could save you a lot of money if you get into difficulties. Make sure you carry the emergency contact number and policy number with you and leave a copy of your policy with someone at home
• take 2 photocopies of your passport. Leave one at home and take the other with you
• tell family or friends where you’ll be staying
• fill in the last page of your passport with your emergency contacts
• follow Brits In Portugal Facebook page

At the festival

• keep your valuables locked in a safe place (such as a hotel safe or locker on the festival site) and carry as few valuables as possible
• carry a photocopy of your passport around with you
• keep some spare cash separate from the rest
• keep your cash and mobile in a zipped pocket
• avoid walking home on your own; taxis are readily available in Portimão. Take care on public transport and don’t be distracted

If you need help

• the festival has an information point you can go to for help and advice and to look for lost property
• in an emergency, call 112
• if your passport has gone missing, you can get an Emergency Travel Document (ETD) to get you home. You’ll need to get a police report, fill in an online application form, pay £100 online (or at the consulate in Euros at the current exchange rate) and go to the British Vice Consulate to collect the Emergency Travel Document
• for any other queries contact the British Embassy or nearest consulate

Published 30 July 2019