Portuguese

• I would agree to some extent that the Portuguese are friendly, but like in all countries there are the rude ones as well. I currently live in Madeira, but are looking at the possiblitly of moving to the mainland. Here I have friends both ex-pats (English) and Portuguese, all of whom are nice people, but sometimes I have myself noticed how rude some of the Portuguese are, especially say you are slightly lost and you ask for directions, they ignore you..I speak a little Portuguese, but still there are times when I need help & sometimes I can only ask in my own language. I think perhaps here those that work in tourism related industries have to constantly smile because tourists are business and business is money.

  Jayne 11 Feb 2008, 10:36 - Report

Portuguese people are absolutely nice