Part 1 Basics: getting there from Britain; getting there from Ireland; getting there from North America; getting there from Australia and New Zealand; red tape and visas; health and insurance; travellers with disabilities; information and maps; costs, money and banks; getting around; accommodation; eating and drinking; communications - post and phones; the media; opening hours and public holidays; festivals, bullfights and sports; trouble, police and sexual harassment; working in Portugal; directory. Part 2 The guide. Part 3 Contexts: history, chronology of monuments and arts; books; musics; language.