Telephone Public telephones are to be found in the street in major towns and in the Post Offices. Telephones can be used according to the two ways of paying other than with cash. The former is accepted throughout the country and the latter only in Lisbon and Porto. Cards can be purchased at shops displaying signs advertising their sale. Call charges are cheaper between 22.00 hrs. and 08.00 hrs., and at weekends.
Hotels charge a surcharge for outgoing calls.
Within Portugal you can call direct to any subscriber by first dialing the area code if the destination of the call is outside the area in which the call is being made. Mobile phones in Portugal use the GSM telephone service. Visitors using this system will have the benefit of Roaming. To contact a mobile phone number from a fixed phone you use the same method described above for dialing outside your area.