16/01/2019
Cost Of Living: B
Health Care: A+
Entertainment: A-
Recreation: A+
English Spoken: A-
Expat Community: A+
Infrastructure: B+
Access To North America: B+
Environmental Factors: A-
Crime: A+
Affordability Of Real Estate: B
Real Estate Ownership Restrictions: A+
Residency: A
Taxes: B
Portugal’s Algarve region is a unique bit of European geography at the southwestern corner of the Continent, at the longitude of Great Britain and the latitude of Delaware. It is protected from winter by the movement of the ocean in the Gulf Stream and, as a result, has the best climate in Europe, with 3,300 hours of sunshine every year, more than any other country in this part of the world.
The Algarve is beautiful, affordable, welcoming, friendly, and safe. It boasts some of the world’s best beaches and best golf courses plus a long and interesting history. It was from this coast that Prince Henry the Navigator, an architect of the Age of Exploration, bid his men to “sail on, sail on.” Those orders compelled brave adventurers around the Cape of Good Hope to China and India and then across the Atlantic.
The infrastructure in the Algarve is top-notch; this is not the developing world. The health care is world-class and a fraction the cost of care in North America. In fact, health care is free for residents, and establishing residency is easy and cheap for anyone of any age.
The monarchs of Portugal and England married each other from the 14th century on, creating the oldest alliance in Europe. As a result, English is widely spoken in the Algarve, so you would not have to learn a new language if you didn’t want to.
Resident in Portugal, your retirement income is not taxed, and various other income can be tax-free, too. Via:
