Almost every local museum or a gallery announces a free entrance at least once a week. Pensioners and children are usually eligible for discounts in state-owned facilities. In order to take advantage of the benefit, make sure to bring all the documents necessary for acquiring the discount.
Travelers, who expect to travel around the city a lot and visit various cultural events, are recommended to buy a greeting card. It entitles you to free rides on public transport, as well as a discount or free visits to numerous city museums. You can buy the card at almost any hotel or the tourist office.
When going out, tourists are recommended to take a copy of an identity document. The documents’ originals, large sums of money and other valuable items should not be taken with you all the time without any particular purpose.
Dinner is served rather early in local restaurants, no later than at 19:30. The prices in the restaurants of Cascais can vary, so travelers are advised to follow local people. If there are many locals in a restaurant, then it provides tasty and rather inexpensive food.
When you finish your meal, don’t forget to call a waiter, otherwise it will take you really long to wait until he brings you the bill. Visitors are recommended to leave tips in large institutions. As a rule, the amount of tips is up to 10% of the total order. In small cafes and bars visitors are advised to round up the final sum to any convenient amount in a big way.
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