- Time of past OR future Camino
- To Santiago + back
2400 km + 950 nmi
160 days
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So lets see what happens with Australia! We are still in a state of total confusion.
VisitPortugal has not yet updated their webpage to reflect the content of the new order that was just published on February 18. I am not a lawyer. However, my reading is that they are now in line, more or less, with the current EU Recommendation on travel restrictions. Meaning, that vaccinated travellers, with proof of their vaccination, can enter Portugal on non-essential trips. This proof does not have to be an EU DCC.
a link to the published order?
Can't think of a better way to learn a bit of Portuguese! Covid-19 legislation has done wonders for my passive foreign language knowledge, in particular in Spanish.I tried but AAAAAh too hard when not in English. No matter, I'm sanguine. Lots of time yet before leave.
Yay!!!!!!I posted the comment below in an older and longer thread but, for practical reasons, it now marks the start of this new thread. Therefore, some additional explanation: The Portuguese government has worked out new legislation that is in effect since Saturday 19 February 2022 (one Decree, one Resolution and one Order). Order n.º 2181-B/2022 is listing Canada together with Brazil, the USA and the UK as countries from where non-essential travel to Portugal is allowed. Dre.pt is the official website where laws, decrees etc. are published in Portugal. The new legislation is on Dre.pt but other websites, like Visitportugal, Re-open EU or airline websites, may only get updated after this weekend. Here's what I wrote earlier:
Yay, my Canadian forum friends, you are back in the game: Despacho n.º 2181-B/2022 has now this list: De passageiros provenientes do Brasil, do Canadá, dos Estados Unidos da América e do Reino Unido.
Non-essential travel from Brazil, Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom is allowed as of today 19 February 2022!
Emails to embassies, government officials, parliamentary representatives, and alerting the press, in Canada and in Portugal, have brought fruit. Well done!
I totally agree, I get updates from Smart Traveller as things change and we definitely cannot enter Portugal unless for "essential travel". I don't get it, because daily Covid cases are much higher in Brazil and USA. It seems rather unfair, but for me I am so glad I postponed my Camino from May to September, but who knows what hysteria might be in place by then.So lets see what happens with Australia! We are still in a state of total confusion.
And the South Africans - don't forget usYay!!!!!!
I hope the Aussies get good news soon too
Brazil | c. 10,800,000 (includes Portuguese nationals and their descendants down to the third generation; excludes many of more distant ancestry) |
United_States | 1,471,549 (Portuguese ancestry) |
Venezuela | 1,300,000 (ancestry); (additional 55,441 Portuguese born) |
South_Africa | 700,000 |
Canada | 550 000 (Portuguese ancestry) |
Angola | 500,000 |
United_Kingdom | 372,166 |
This bugs me no endEU vaccination certificate or "EU equivalent vaccination certificate"
I contacted the Embassy of Portugal today after seeing that message from Smartraveller. In their email response, they stated:I received an email today from our Government "Smart Traveller" website information me (regarding Portugal): "Direct travel from Australia is currently limited to essential purposes only, unless you have an EU COVID-19 vaccination certificate. Australian passport holders can still enter Portugal for ‘non-essential’ purposes from elsewhere in the EU or approved third countries."
The EU advice (thank you @Kathar1na) says an EU vaccination certificate or "EU equivalent vaccination certificate". I can't find a way of getting the EU Covid-19 vaccination certificate in Australia, so I hope the Australian will be considered the equivalent..
The EU also recommends that entry (with certificate) be allowed for all purposes if the country has less than 100 cases per 100,000 residents (which is us) and testing rates of more than 600 per 100,000 (again, we fall into that category by a long way).
If I have to go through Madrid, I will. But still a long way off (mid April). No worries!
The first part of the response is a pretty straightforward extract from the official website, but what follows, which I have emphasised, gives me hope that the Australian Government International Vaccination Certificate will be accepted by the time I leave. I will remain optimistic.For people flying directly from Australia to Portugal, travel is currently only allowed for essential purposes (professional, study, family reunion and for health or humanitarian reasons). This situation will be changing in the next few weeks as there is an ongoing process for the Australian Covid-19 vaccination certificates to be duly recognised in Portugal and therefore essential and non-essential travel will be permitted for travelers flying directly from Australia when that process in legally concluded.
We advise you to check for any updates at the following Visit Portugal Website, as these measures can change at any time due to the pandemic situation being so inconstant:
https://www.visitportugal.com/en/content/covid-19-measures-implemented-portugal
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The run through Madrid actually worked pretty well. The high-speed to Vigo was about 2 1/2 hours, and then the Vigo-Porto train ran twice a day: 8:30 in the morning and 7:30 at night. So you could do it without overnighting, I think.If I have to go through Madrid, I will. But still a long way off (mid April). No worries!
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