Ferry to Portugal?

Update.

Portuguese govt. have announced they will welcome tourists from the UK from Monday 17th May.

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Thanks W👍🏻. I contacted her but she’s still not got the OK from Travel agent🤷🏻‍♂️

Update on my earlier post.....testing costs are dramatically reducing as we approach 17 May. The current requirements are mandatory day 2 & 8 test on UK entry, costing upwards of £175 pp. However, UK entry from a green list country will only require a day 2 test, cost upwards of £50 pp. In Gibraltar the pre-departure rapid test has also been reduced from £50 to £30 pp after 17 May. So, instead of £400+ for a couple, a green list visit shouldn’t cost you more than about £160 extra per couple assuming entry is permitted with vaccine passport using the updated NHS app - Portugal?

A passenger locator form completed fully and submitted in advance of travel seems to be a requirement everywhere.

That reminds me, I seem to recall that back in the late 60's there was a ferry connection from Southampton to Gibraltar once. My parents took it a couple of times. I remember them telling me that the border between Gibraltar and Spain was closed while they were already on the ferry the last time they took it, and although they had booked to go to Gibraltar, they had to get off in Lisbon. The closure of the border put an end to that ferry connection for good.

Anyone else remember that route?

Don’t recall the route, but not surprised to hear it was closed. They’ve been playing political football with that one since forever. The post Brexit border solution could create the right conditions for resuming that route? The journey from UK to southern Spain/Algarve (and Morocco) by ferry might be attractive to many I suspect?

We’re off to Porto, next weekend, short trip, Friday - Sunday. Not by ferry, unfortunately.
We need a test no more than 72 hours before departure for Portugal, then another before returning to the UK. Then a further DIY test 2 days after return. 

So although Portugal is on the green list, there’s still a need for a lot of tests, and they are not cheap.

This is going to be the most expensive weekend of my life 😱

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This is going to be the most expensive weekend of my life 😱

But worth every penny if City win. Good luck.

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It’s a PCR test that you carry out at home, then return the swabs by post in the supplied envelope for lab testing. The tests have to be booked in advance and the booking reference submitted with all  the other test results / passenger location declaration etc before being allowed to return to the UK.
There’s a lot of ambiguous info out there on various websites, so I’m not surprised there are long queues at airports, it’s not obvious (to me, anyway) exactly what is needed. The NHS lateral flow tests are not valid for travel purposes as far as I can make out.

We fly out to Porto on Friday morning. The PCR test results  for entry to Portugal can take 48 hours, so we’ve booked the tests for Tuesday afternoon.
We’ll need another PCR test for entry to the stadium on Saturday evening, and that will also cover us for our return to the UK, on Sunday afternoon. 
What a palaver. 😱