Our Recommendations

Apps

Muslim Pro

Muslim Pro is the leading mobile application for Muslims that offers comprehensive religious, lifestyle and community features.

Masjid Timetable​

Masjid Timetable does what many other apps don't do. It gives you your very own LOCAL masjid salah times. With this app, you will be able to find out the salah times for the Mosques in Portugal.

Memrise

Memrise is our favourite app to learn new languages, and it is free! You can learn up to 22 languages, including Portuguese. So, if you want to impress the locals with some Portuguese words.

XE Currency

XE Currency is our favourite app to convert currencies. In case you are not familiar with Euro (€), the official currency in Portugal, you can convert any amount easily on the app.

Flightradar24

Flightradar24 is our favourite app to tracks flights, check departure/arrival times in real-time on a detailed map.

CP–​

CP offers a train network that covers the entire Portuguese mainland, and you can purchase tickets online directly here: https://www.cp.pt/passageiros/en

Books

We love paper books, but in the last few years, we did not buy many paper books, apart from travel guides. We usually buy them online from the Amazon Kindle Books and read them on the phone or tablet.
These are some of our favourites

Travel guides

Other reads

Islam

Travel Essentials

This is the latest cabin luggage which we have purchased, perhaps two years ago and we are thrilled with it. Our previous one was also from the same brand, but that model was no longer available, so we ended up replacing for this one.
We are glad we found out about packing cubes long time ago! It really helps you packing and get everything so much more organised. This are the ones we use:
This foldable water bottle is super light, and it is convenient when you are outside sightseeing, and you cannot find a washing room with muslim shower.
Organise a holiday can be a bit of a headache sometimes and what you do not want is to forget any important document at home! We highly recommend you to use a document holder and keep everything together. This is the one we use:
The electricity sockets in Portugal are different from some countries, so we recommend you to purchase a universal adaptor, you can choose a more modern one or one of the basic ones will do the job.
TRAVEL ADAPTER UK EUROPE
If you are travelling from the UK you can just get a couple of these ones:
Subscribe for Our NewsLetter