Moving to Portugal From Greece — Looking for Advice on Smaller Towns & Integration

Hi everyone 👋

My partner (Spanish) and I (Moroccan) are currently living in Greece and thinking about moving to Portugal in the near future under some personal circumstances. We would really appreciate some advice from people who live there or have made a similar move.

We don’t speak Portuguese yet (although we’re willing to learn), and we’re not really looking for big cities like Lisbon or Porto. We were originally thinking about moving somewhere in the south, but we’d also love to live in a place where there are more locals, a stronger sense of community, and where it’s possible to integrate well instead of staying in an “expat bubble.”

We’d love to know:

• Which regions or towns you would recommend
• What we should realistically keep in mind before moving
• How difficult daily life is without Portuguese at first
• Whether smaller towns are welcoming to foreigners trying to integrate
• Any advice about work, housing, bureaucracy, healthcare, etc.

P.S. I’ll be showing my partner the comments too, so thank you both from us in advance 😊