Plan · 01
Unlimited
for 1 day · 2 GB/day full speed, then 2 Mbps
$7.43
USD
For when you stop counting gigabytes.
Apple · 2018
Compatible
Install your Portugal eSIM
on iPhone XS / XR.
Yes — iPhone XS / XR supports eSIM in Portugal. The first iPhones to support eSIM. Still fully compatible with travel.to. travel.to routes you to MEO, NOS, Vodafone Portugal automatically — you don't pick the carrier, your phone does.
Compatibility check
What checks out before payment.
eSIM supported
iPhone XS / XR (2018) ships with eSIM hardware.
Carrier coverage
3 partner carriers in Portugal · auto-handoff between them.
Speed band
120 – 200 Mbps urban · 42 ms RTT.
Install · IOS
6 steps from QR to online.
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01
Open Settings on your iPhone
Tap the Settings app (gray gear icon) from your home screen or App Library.
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02
Go to Cellular (or Mobile Data)
Scroll to Cellular. On some regions iOS labels this Mobile Data instead.
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03
Tap Add eSIM
Choose Add eSIM (older iOS calls this Add Cellular Plan).
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04
Choose Use QR Code
Tap Use QR Code, then open the eSIM email from travel.to on another device and scan the QR.
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05
Label the line travel.to
When iOS asks for a label, pick travel.to so you can tell it apart from your home SIM.
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06
Confirm and finish
Confirm the default line settings. Your phone will activate the eSIM on landing — you don't need to do anything else until you reach your destination.
Once installed, the eSIM is dormant until iPhone XS / XR reaches a partner carrier's network in Portugal — typically the moment you land. No manual switch, no carrier app.
Portugal network
What to expect on iPhone XS / XR in Portugal.
- Carriers
- MEO · NOS · Vodafone Portugal
- Network
- 120 – 200 Mbps urban · 42 ms RTT
- Time zone
- UTC · UTC+1 summer
- Roaming alt cost
- $10 – 16/GB on default home-carrier roaming — travel.to is an order of magnitude cheaper.
Plans for Portugal
Pick a plan and we'll email your QR.
Plan · 02
Unlimited
for 3 days · 2 GB/day full speed, then 2 Mbps
$16.97
USD
For when you stop counting gigabytes.
Plan · 03
Unlimited
for 5 days · 30 GB/day full speed, then 2 Mbps
$25.20
USD
For when you stop counting gigabytes.
Our pick
Plan · 04
Unlimited
for 7 days · 2 GB/day full speed, then 2 Mbps
$37.93
USD
For when you stop counting gigabytes.
Plan · 05
Unlimited
for 10 days · unlimited at full speed
$42
USD
For when you stop counting gigabytes.
Plan · 06
Unlimited
for 15 days · unlimited at full speed
$56.70
USD
For when you stop counting gigabytes.
Plan · 07
Unlimited
for 30 days · 2 GB/day full speed, then 2 Mbps
$156.28
USD
For when the trip becomes the month, and the month becomes the work.
iPhone XS / XR in Portugal
Common questions.
Yes. iPhone XS / XR ships with eSIM hardware, and travel.to routes it onto MEO, NOS, and Vodafone Portugal in Portugal. The line activates the moment you land — install takes under two minutes and is fully refundable if it fails to activate.
Yes. iPhone XS / XR supports dual SIM worldwide, so your home SIM stays in the tray and travel.to installs alongside it as a second line. No swapping, no removing your primary number.
On iPhone XS / XR open Settings → Cellular → Add eSIM, choose Use QR Code, and scan the QR from your travel.to email. That is 6 taps from QR to online. iOS labels the path "Mobile Data" in some regions.
Under two minutes. The QR arrives by email seconds after payment; 6 taps later the profile is installed on iPhone XS / XR. It stays dormant until you reach a partner network in Portugal (UTC · UTC+1 summer) — usually the instant you land, before you have changed your clock.
In Portugal we route on MEO, NOS, and Vodafone Portugal. iPhone XS / XR hands off automatically to whichever has the strongest signal where you are — you do not pick the carrier, the phone does.
120 – 200 Mbps urban · 42 ms RTT. iPhone XS / XR negotiates the fastest band the local network offers, so in covered areas you get the same speeds a native SIM would pull on the same carrier.
Default home-carrier roaming in Portugal runs about $10 – 16 per GB. A travel.to plan for Portugal sits an order of magnitude below that, and you never get a surprise bill — you pay once, up front, for the data you chose.
No need. The airport SIM kiosks in Portugal keep limited hours (Lisbon LIS · 24h vending · clerk 07:00 – 22:00) and you would queue at them with the rest of your flight. Install the travel.to eSIM on iPhone XS / XR before you board and you walk straight past them, already online.
Two carriers per region · auto-failover below signal threshold iPhone XS / XR falls back automatically — you never have to switch networks by hand.
Yes. Top-ups reuse the Portugal eSIM profile already on iPhone XS / XR — no new QR scan, no second install. Same line, fresh data, added from your Portugal order page in one tap.
Full refund if the Portugal eSIM fails to activate on iPhone XS / XR. Half refund if it activates but underperforms on MEO, NOS, and Vodafone Portugal (and if you used under 500 MB, you get the full amount). One click from your dashboard — no email thread.
A few iPhone XS / XR-specific notes: iOS 12.1 was the first version with eSIM support — make sure you're on a recent iOS. Beyond that, the travel.to install flow in Portugal is the standard iOS path.
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