How to go

VISA AND OTHER PROCEDURES

Portuguese citizens do not need a visa for tourist visits and obtain a stay permit for 90 days.

HEALTH CARE

Malaria prevention is necessary if you plan to visit the Amazon region, especially Acre, Amape, Amazonas, West Maranhao, northern Mato Grosso, Pará, Rondonia, Roraima and Tocantis. You must also be vaccinated against yellow fever if you plan to enter one of the neighboring countries identified as problematic, such as Bolivia.

Know that mainly during and after the rainy season, several areas of Brazil, including Rio de Janeiro, are plagued by epidemics of Dengue.

Especially if some of the places in the Amazon mentioned above are in your plans, before leaving for Brazil, you should contact the Clínica de Medicina Tropical e do Viajante, Av. da Liberdade, 129, 7º Dto, tel. 21 322 5622.

For more information on traveling health, see the Health Portal of the Ministry of Health and Tropical and Traveler Medicine Clinic. In FitForTravel find country-specific health and disease prevention advice (in English).

TRIP TO BRAZIL

A TAP (tel: 707 205 700) operates direct and privileged flights from Lisbon to several Brazilian cities: Porto Alegre, São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Belo Horizonte, Recife, Natal, Fortaleza, Brasília, Belém and Manaus.