UK tourists in Portugal warned over ‘nightmare’ and ‘it’s the worst thing’

Lisbon: UK tourists have been warned over moving to Portugal – as an expat shares the “worst thing” about the European Union holiday hotspot. Portugal is a go-to for British holidaymakers, with locations like Lisbon, Porto and the Algarve massively popular.

And the holiday destination is also a go-to for Brits who are looking to move abroad and become expats. Now, a British woman in Lisbon shared one of the worst things about living in the country as more and more people opt to leave Britain.

She explained she loves living in Lisbon but one thing that is particularly frustrating is doing paperwork. Taking to YouTube channel Talk the Streets, she said completing any sort of paperwork “is going to be a nightmare”.

“If you have any paperwork that needs doing you need to get started as early as possible. Don’t be leaving it anywhere near the deadline because, particularly post-Covid, the length of time it’s going to take you to get anything done is running into months,” she warned.

She continued: “If you do have an appointment to get something bureaucratic done, make sure you go as early as possible in the morning. Don’t be think you can cram it into your lunch break or that you’ll pop along when you have time.

“You need to actually dedicate an entire day to this. Write off the rest of the day and really focus on getting this thing done.” She also said winters can be colder inside than out as buildings “are not built for the cold, they are built for the heat.”

She shared “what you need to realise” about the weather is that “it is super changeable”. She added to Brits: “It’s still not perfect because houses are generally drafty and they do let heat escape and electricity is expensive.”