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It is all very confusing. I think this is the most accurate information for you, seen from the point of view of Portugal and copied from VisitPortugal.com which is run by the National Tourism Board of Portugal and reasonably official:Hello, Portugal being on the Amber list. Is travelling still possible to Portugal from the UK?
Foreign travel advice states not to but else where states
There are no restrictions on travelling to Portugal from the EU/EEA or from the UK or USA. Screening on arrival.
I realise, I have to take a test before I fly and another one to re enter the UK. Can anyone confirm.
You can travel [from the UK] to Portugal with a test (introduced last week, before nothing was needed)
Chelsea and Manchester City fans needed tests to board in London and Porto. I don’t thing anything really changed green to amber with regard to needing testing to board flights, but quarantine and associated testing did change!Constant change ... I think that the forum completely missed this change until now.
Portugal had allowed the Man City & Chelsea fans to travel to Porto without any restrictions whatsoever ... that was only three weeks ago. Good to see that they have revised that decision.
Ah ok, I've done a strike-through in my earlier comment. So then ... sometime during the last three weeks, Portugal had no test requirements for UK travellers and then introduced them again a week ago???Chelsea and Manchester City fans needed tests to board in London and Porto. I don’t thing anything really changed green to amber with regard to needing testing to board flights, but quarantine and associated testing did change!
Thanks again. I've done another strike-through in my earlier comment.I didn’t think Portugal has changed anything in last 3 weeks. It’s just the quarantine in UK that had changed. You always needed a pre flight PCR in UK and Portugal.
Seemingly indeedSeemingly
Wiedersehen, Mutti!Seemingly indeed. She couched her actual words more carefully and more cautiously than the summary suggests, both in yesterday's interview and in today's Question Time in parliament. Her very last Question Time, btw.
UK Coronavirus rates are currently the highest they have been since February and continue to riseI am so curious about June stats from Pilgrim's office, to find out how many Americans and British took advantage of this window of opportunity which opened on June the 7th, permitting pilgrims from around the world to walk the Camino in Spain. Because IT IS a window of opportunity and it's not hard to see how Deltais closing this window in front of our eyes.
Myself, once I got my second Pfizer shot and my Green Certificate for travel, first thing I did was to buy a flight ticket to get near SJPdP to walk from there to Santiago. Not for October, not for September, but for now, for the first available flight in July. For me, there was no time to waste. I know that during pandemic I'm not the one calling the shots. It's the virus.
It is a bit hard to understand for me what you, lads from the UK, and guys from the US, are still waiting for. Carpe diem!. Come and join me on the Camino Yesterday is history, tomorrow is misery (saying adjusted for pandemic)
Buen Camino to all!
Or just wanting to enliven the discussion ... ?you want people from the UK to come to Spain? Therein lies madness.
Nope. By now, it's people's behaviour that is calling the shots. Your own behaviour and the behaviour of those with whom you have to be contact or chose to be in contact.I know that during pandemic I'm not the one calling the shots. It's the virus.
Ah ok, I've done a strike-through in my earlier comment. So then ... sometime during the last three weeks, Portugal had no test requirements for UK travellers and then introduced them again a week ago???
Portugal require
Hello is that confirmed PCR Test to enter Portugal, but not to enter Spain is that correct? Also flights aren't asking for test to board.I didn’t think Portugal has changed anything in last 3 weeks. It’s just the quarantine in UK that had changed. You always needed a pre flight PCR in UK and Portugal.
Sorry about the chatting.Hello is that confirmed PCR Test to enter Portugal, but not to enter Spain is that correct? Also flights aren't asking for test to board.
And are you travelling from the UK to Portugal by any chance on your way to the Pyrenees and can give some first hand feedback about test requirements?will be in pyreenes tomorrow
Confirm PCR to enter Portugal.Sorry about the chatting.
If you live in the UK and travel from the UK right now directly to:
Sources:
- Spain: no test
- Portugal: test
In any case, you must have the documentation that your carrier demands to see before boarding your plane in the UK (if any).
- https://travelsafe.spain.info/en/
Essential quote: United Kingdom is one of the countries exempt from temporary travel restrictions. No health certificate [no vaccination proof, no testing proof] is required for travelling to Spain. United Kingdom is one of the exempt countries. It is mandatory to fill out the Spain Health Control form (FCS)- https://www.visitportugal.com/en/content/uk-travellers-travelling-and-testing-procedures
She is serious about it. She said today twice in public and quite officially that she will actively support a better coordinated approach by all 27 EU countries as far as travel from virus variant areas is concerned. They all are meeting in person today and tomorrow. Belgium has apparently already introduced quarantine rules (7 days mandatory) for travel from the UK, and a popular UK newspaper titles something about Macron also saying "non" now. I don't know what's going on and where this will lead to but most of the content of this thread may be moot by tomorrow morning or on Monday.Wiedersehen, Mutti!
I'm waiting for a combination of circumstances to come together, so that a trip to Spain rises to the top of the feasibility and priority list. Isn't this how we make most of our travel decisions - Covid or not?It is a bit hard to understand for me what you, lads from the UK, and guys from the US, are still waiting for.
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