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Welcome to Gekkoportugal, your portal to information and advice on all aspects of Portugal. Whether you are looking to visit Portugal on holiday or on a more permanent visit, we have hundreds of pages of information specifically researched and written to help you enjoy the country more easily.

Below we pick out a range of pages to help you navigate through our website, though for a comprehensive list of information and advertising pages, visit our directory, which is structured alphabetically for ease of use.

Trueman's Treks in Portugal - Walk 15

Surfing in Portugal

Public Utilities in Portugal

Truemans' Treks in Portugal - Walk 15 Surfing in Portugal Public Utilities in Portugal

Walk 15 - Curiouser & Curiouser is a very pleasant walk through villages, woods and orchards in central Portugal, but made truly exceptional by the strange and surreal estate at Quinta do Chao das Maias.

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If you are thinking of going surfing in Portugal then you will be spoilt for choice over the number of locations to catch a wave in this small, Iberian country, which has become something of a surfer's paradise over the past 30 years.

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The supply of Public Utilities in Portugal - electricity, gas, water and telephone - have improved considerably over the past few years. Nevertheless the supply of utilities does not always run as efficiently as you will have used in your own country.

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Ground Covering Plants in Portugal

Mosquitoes in Portugal Grape Vines in Portugal
Hottentot Fig () Mosquitoes in Portugal Making Wine in Portugal

If you're a keen gardener and are looking to, or have already moved to Portugal then you will no doubt be spending a great deal of time in the garden. However the Portuguese climate can through even the best of horticulturalists into a frenzy when it comes to creating a lush garden with year round blooms.

In Portugal it gets hot and many plants you may have wished to transplant to your Portuguese home will no doubt not survive in the serious summer heat.

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If you've ever been bitten by one or been kept away at night by their incessant noise you will know just how annoying and irritating mosquitoes and their subsequent bites can be.

And, if you are thinking of holidaying in Portugal or moving to Portugal you may be concerned not only about dealing with mosquitoes but the diseases they can carry such as Malaria, Dengue Fever, Yellow Fever and Chikungunya, all of which can be deadly.

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Grape vines are just about everywhere you look in Portugal - from vast vineyards with row upon row of them to individual mature ones carefully supported to create shade on houses.

On first seeing a mature grape vine in the winter months you could be forgiven for thinking the gnarled trunk is dead and they are not so pleasing to the ye. However come the spring, when the buds start sprouting, you will see why grape vines in Portugal are so popular.

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Internet in Portugal

Planning Permission in Portugal

How to Sell a Property in Portugal

planning permission in portugal How to Sell a Property in Portugal

Internet access in Portugal is improving dramatically and is already remarkably good.

Portugal has a good network of private internet cafes throughout the country meaning you can keep in touch with loved ones, up date your blogs or log onto the latest weather forecasts if you are visiting on holiday.

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Portugal has some of the strictest planning laws in Europe. These laws have been introduced for the following reasons: to ensure sustainable development, enhance and protect the green open spaces. The Portuguese government in keeping a strict control on planning hopes to guarantee these spaces are not littered with ugly, water draining urban developments like their neighbour, Spain.

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If you find yourself in the position you need to sell your property in Portugal  it can be a nightmare of where and who to turn to. What legal requirements do you have to adhere to? Who and where will you advertise your property to? Will it take a long time to sell given the difference in the market in Portugal to the United Kingdom?

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