Travellers from across the globe may now enter Portugal for any type of travel.
They require:
- A valid vaccination certificate – EU Digital COVID Certificate (with a complete vaccination schedule, with or without a booster jab, valid for 270 days from the second jab if no booster has been received), or
- A valid test or recovery certificate – EU Digital COVID Certificate, or
- A valid vaccination certificate (with a complete vaccination schedule with or without a booster jab) or recovery certificate issued by a third country, under reciprocal conditions (South Africa is not on this list of reciprocal agreements), or
- A negative PCR test result (or similar NAAT test) from a test taken in the 72 hours prior to boarding, or
-A negative Laboratory Rapid Antigen Test 24 hours before boarding (according to the European Commission list).
Accepted vaccines (authorised by the European Medicines Agency) are Comirnaty (BioNTech and Pfizer), Nuvaxovid (Novavax), Spikevax (Moderna), Vaxzevria (AstraZeneca), Sinopharm (VeroCell), Sinovac (Coronavac), Bharat Biotech International (Covaxin).
Passenger Locator Forms are no longer required for passengers on flights to Portugal.
In Portugal, mask-wearing is mandatory only on public transport, taxis and similar, and in care and nursing homes and health facilities.
Pax travelling on flights to the Azores require a vaccination certificate (when coming from mainland Portugal or Madeira, a WHO-accepted vaccination certificate is accepted), or a Recovery EU Digital COVID Certificate, or a negative RT-PCR Test taken 72 hours before boarding, or a negative laboratory Rapid Antigen Test taken 48 hours before boarding, or a recovery certificate (valid for 180 days).
• Children aged 12 and under can travel without a certificate or test.
• More information at www.visitazores.com.
There are no restrictions on the entry of travellers at the airports, ports and marinas of Madeira. The government recommends registration at https://madeirasafe.com. More information is to be found at www.visitmadeira.pt
In Madeira, masks are mandatory for persons from the age of six, in enclosed areas, and when distances impracticable. Restaurants, bars, nightclubs, gyms, sports events and cultural, social and recreational activities require presentation of initiated or completed vaccination scheme, or recovery certificate, or Rapid Antigen test (valid for seven days in the case of non-vaccinated persons).
