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Sailing dinghies and small boats on the slipway of the Clube Naval de Cascais beside the Cascais marina, with moored yachts and the bay under a bright blue sky

Getting a Recreational Boating Licence in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the Five Carta de Navegador de Recreio Categories, the Medical Certificate, Registering Your Boat and Recognising a Foreign Licence

A practical guide to boating in Portugal: the five carta de navegador de recreio licence categories and their distance limits, the medical certificate, how to register your boat (and the 2.5m/4.5kW exemption), the on-board documents, and how a foreign licence is recognised — under Decreto-Lei 93/201
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An angler in a yellow jacket sits with a rod on a concrete jetty below whitewashed buildings and a cliff on the south bank of the Tagus at Almada, Portugal

Recreational Sea Fishing in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the DGRM Licence, the €2-to-€70 Fee Table, the Three-Rod Nine-Hook Rule, the 10 kg Daily Limit and the Tail-Fin Cut You Must Make Before Leaving the Rocks

An annual shore licence costs €8; fishing without one costs €200 to €2,000. The four DGRM licence types, how foreign residents without a Portuguese bank card actually buy one, the three-rod nine-hook limit, the 10 kg daily cap, the species you must release on sight and the tail-fin cut nobody mentio
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IPMA Calls a Hot, Showery 1.º de Maio Long Weekend With 28°C in Beja and 31°C in Santarém — Bragança, Castelo Branco and Guarda on Yellow Rain Alert as Above-Normal Temperatures Run Through 17 May

IPMA Calls a Hot, Showery 1.º de Maio Long Weekend With 28°C in Beja and 31°C in Santarém — Bragança, Castelo Branco and Guarda on Yellow Rain Alert as Above-Normal Temperatures Run Through 17 May

IPMA's forecast for the 1 May long weekend has Beja and Santarém at 28°C on Saturday and Santarém touching 31°C on Sunday, with showers and thunderstorms in interior and mountain regions. Bragança, Castelo Branco and Guarda are under a yellow rain advisory; above-normal temperatures run to 17 May.
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SPAIC Lifts a Continental Pollen Alert From Friday Through 7 May — Cypress, Pine, Oak, Birch and Olive on the Tree List, Grasses and Plantain on the Weed List, and Seven Regions Inside the High-Concentration Window

SPAIC Lifts a Continental Pollen Alert From Friday Through 7 May — Cypress, Pine, Oak, Birch and Olive on the Tree List, Grasses and Plantain on the Weed List, and Seven Regions Inside the High-Concentration Window

SPAIC has placed mainland Portugal under a high atmospheric-pollen advisory from Friday 1 May through 7 May 2026. Cypress, pine, birch, oak, cork-oak and holm-oak top the tree list; grasses, plantain, sorrel and nettle lead the weed list across seven regions.
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