What type of electrical plugs do I need in Portugal?

Going to Portugal and not sure what type of electrical sockets you’ll find? We’ll point you to the right adapter to plug in your phone charger and other electronics — based on my own trip to Portugal when we forgot to bring an adapter in advance.

• First off, the adapter that appears closest to our own is this OREI European Plug Adapter. (Amazon link; we make a few pennies if you buy it! Yay!)

Here’s real photos from our trip so you can have confidence in our recommendation:

First, here’s how the socket looks. Just two roundish holes. (That is NOT a hole in the middle):

 

Here’s how the adapter looks:

 

The side that plugs into the wall socket looks like this:

 

The side that you plug your electrical stuff into, like your phone charger, laptop, etc., looks like this:

 

That’s it! We hope this helps you hit the ground running in Portugal instead of hunting for these adapters once you are already there (like we did!).

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