Emergency Telephone Numbers – Algarve region

Emergency services: the numbers to call for Fire, Police and Ambulance in the Algarve region. Also drug help, poisons and emergency doctors and hospitals.

National Emergency Services

Service	Telephone
Medical Service (ambulância)	112
National Police (polícia)	115
National Guard (Guarda Nacional Republicana, GNR)	213 217 000 Website
Security Police (Policia de Segurança Pública de Faro, PSP)	289 899 899
Fire Service (bombeiros)	117
Pan-European emergency number Calls are free from any telephone (mobile cellular or fixed-line)	112 SOS 122

For emergency terms and phrases in Portuguese: Click here

Crisis & Help Lines

Service	Telephone
Emergency Health Line (Saúde 24)	Tel: 808 242 400
Drugs (Linha VIDA-SOS Drogas)	Tel: 1414
HIV/AIDS (SOS-SIDA)	Tel: 800 201 040
Child Abuse: SOS Criança SOS Criança Criança Maltratada	Tel: 800 202 651 Tel: 217 931 617 Tel: 213 433 333
Domestic Violence	Tel: 800 202 148
Women Abuse (SOS Mulher)	Tel: 239 832 073
Suicide/Crisis Line (SOS Voz Amiga)	Tel: 354 4545 Tel: 800 202 669
SOS Pregnancy Line (Linha SOS Grávida)	Tel: 808 211 311
Red Cross Faro Lagos Olhão Portimão Silves Tavira	Website Tel: 289 899 900 Tel: 282 760 611 Tel: 289 701 417 Tel: 282 485 640 Tel: 282 443 013 Tel: 281 323 473
Anti-Poison Information (Call Centro de Informacao Antivenenos, CIAV)	Tel: 217 950 143 Tel: 217 950 144 Tel: 217 950 146
Public Health Line (Linha de Saúde Pública)	Tel: 808 210 139
Emergency Dentists (Dentista Emergência)	Tel: 965 096 375 Tel: 914 028 115
Emergency Vet	Tel: 289 898 990

Algarve Emergency Services & Useful Numbers

Police
National Guard Alcoutim At: Rua 25 Abril no 12, 8970-057 Alcoutim	Tel: 281 546 208
National Guard Castro Marim At: Rua São Sebastião 53, 8950-121 Castro Marim	Tel: 281 531 004
Security Police PSP Olhão At: Avenida 5 outubro 176-178, 8700-304 Olhão	Tel: 970 21 44
Security Police PSP Faro At: Rua da PSP Nº32, 8000 Faro	Tel: 289 899 899 Tel: 289 822 022
National Guard Almancil At: Rua do Vale Formoso, 8135-859 Almancil	Tel: 289 393 200
National Guard Lagoa At: Rua Francisco Luís M Veloso, 8400 Lagoa	Tel: 282 352 310
Security Police PSP Lagos At: Largo Convento Nossa Senhora da Gloria, 8600-660 Lagos	Tel: 282 762 930
Tourist Police Albufeira	Tel: 289 513 203
Tourist Police Vilamoura	Tel: 289 388 989
Fire Services
Albufeira	Tel: 289 586 333
Olhão	Tel: 289 710 000
Faro	Tel: 289 888 002 Tel: 289 888 000
Lagos	Tel: 282 770 790
Loulé	Tel: 289 416 704
Silves	Tel: 282 442 411
Portimaõ	Tel: 282 420 130
Hospitals
Hospital Distrital de Faro At: Rua Leão Penedo, 800-385 Faro	Tel: 289 891 100
Centro Hospitalar do Barlavento Algarvio At: Sítio do Poço Seco, 8500-338 Portimão	Tel: 282 450 300 Tel: 282 450 330
Hospital de Lagos At: Rua Castelo dos Governadores, 8600-563 Lagos	Tel: 282 770 100
Hospital de Loulé At: Avenida Laginha Seafim, 8100 Loulé	Tel: 289 401 100
Ambulance	Tel: 289 516 702
Centro de Saúde de Tavira At: Estrada de St Luzia, 8800 Tavira	Tel: 281 329 000
Castro Marim Mobile Health Unit & Ambulance	Tel: 281 510 740

Pharmacies

In general, pharmacies are open from 09:00-13:00 and 15:00-19:00. Each pharmacy will have a sign in the window showing the address of the nearest all-night pharmacy and a list of pharmacies that close late (22:00).

To find a pharmacy:

Tel: 800 202 134
To find a pharmacy in Portugal: Click here (in Portuguese)

Glossary of Emergency Terms & Phrases

English	Portuguese
I have had an accident	eu teve um acidente
This is an emergency	temos uma emergência
I need an ambulance	preciso uma ambulância
I need a doctor	preciso um médico
I need the police	chamar a polícia
Heart attack	Infarct
I have had (he/she has had) a stroke	Eu sofrei (ele/ela sofreou) um aneurisma, ataque apopléctico
Very sick	muito doente
Unconscious	inconsciente
Where is the nearest hospital?	Onde e o hospital mais próximo?
Is there a pharmacy near here?	Há uma farmácia aqui perto?
Call the fire services	Chamar os bombeiros
I have had a car accident	Eu teve um acidente de carro
I have been robbed/mugged	Eu fui vitimo dum assalto!