Can I travel to Spain, Greece and Portugal?
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Can I travel
to Spain, Greece and Portugal?
In light of the response to the slow-down in spread of
Omicron and the fact that the virus is seen as a milder form of Covid-19 many
of the popular holiday destination countries have begun to relax their entry
rules in preparation for the influx of holidaymakers desperate to return to
normal times.
Currency
Online Group likes to keep all its readers and followers up to date on the
rules and try to give things in the most summarised version, as we appreciate how
confusing things can be right now in understanding what will be required on departure
and arrival into these holiday hotspots. Nobody wants to be turned away for not
having the correct details!
Spain (Including Canary Islands
and Balearic Islands)
Only permit Brits to enter if they can prove they were fully
vaccinated against Covid-19 within the last 270 days.
Means all adults who received their second dose more than 9
months (which is on or before May 7th 2021) must have had booster jab to
qualify as fully vaccinated.
The booster must also have been administered 14 days prior
to travel.
The need to be fully vaccinated also applies to those aged
between 12 and 17.
All passengers will be required to fill out a pre-departure health form and show the issued
QR code from this on arrival into Spain
Unvaccinated?
If you are travelling to Spain for tourism reasons and you
are not fully vaccinated you cannot currently enter Spain and its islands.
Portugal
From 7th
February the rules changed slightly in terms of gaining entry to Portugal for
those fully vaccinated.
Those who were
fully vaccinated against Covid-19 within the last 270 days are no longer
required to provide a negative covid test on arrival into Portugal.
‘Fully
vaccinated’ means all adults who received their second dose more than 9 months
(which is on or before May 13th 2021) must have had booster jab to qualify as
fully vaccinated.
The booster
must also have been administered 14 days prior to travel to Portugal.
The need to
be fully vaccinated also applies to those aged between 12 and 17.
Passengers
who can show recovery status via digital certificate within 180 days are also
permitted to enter without the need to produce a negative covid test
Unvaccinated?
Unlike Spain,
Portugal is happy for those unvaccinated passengers to enter providing a
negative covid test is shown on arrival.
This can be a
PCR test (within 72 hours of arrival) or a private rapid antigen which must be
performed within 48 hours of touching down in mainland Portugal.
All those
aged 11 and under are not required to test.
As with Spain
a Passenger
Locator Form is required by the Government of Portugal.
If you are
traveling to one of the islands of Portugal, be sure to check out the Gov.UK
guidance on entry to these as the rules above apply to mainland Portugal.
Greece
As with Portugal, Greece adopted the same rule change on
February 7th 2022 that fully vaccinated passengers no longer need to
produce a negative Covid-19 test on arrival.
Those who were fully vaccinated against Covid-19 within the
last 270 days are no longer required to provide a negative covid test on
arrival into Portugal.
‘Fully vaccinated’ means all adults who received their second
dose more than 9 months (which is on or before May 13th 2021) must have had
booster jab to qualify as fully vaccinated.
The booster must also have been administered 14 days prior
to travel to Greece and its islands.
The need to be fully vaccinated also applies to those aged
between 5 and 17.
Passengers who can show recovery status via digital certificate
within 180 days are also permitted to enter without the need to produce a
negative covid test
Unvaccinated?
Greece is happy to welcome those unvaccinated passengers providing
a negative covid test can be shown on arrival.
This can be a PCR test (within 72 hours of arrival) or a private
rapid antigen which must be performed within 48 hours of touching down in
mainland Portugal.
All those aged 5 and under are not required to test.
As with the above countries a Passenger Locator Form needs to completed
with QR code issued, to be shown on arrival.
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9th February 2022