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There's no "siesta" (a spanish word and custom) anywhere in Portugal, including Madeira. Businesses may close for an hour or so for lunch, but "siesta" is not a
by vasco 5y ago
There's no "siesta" (a spanish word and custom) anywhere in Portugal, including Madeira. Businesses may close for an hour or so for lunch, but "siesta" is not a thing. Not sure why you picked that as an example out of any other work expectation in any country.
- spiritplumber 5y agoWhy not? Siesta makes sense in the climate of Spain and Southern Italy. Isn't Portugal just as hot?
- rvieira 5y agoSome parts of Portugal are hot, others are temperate (just like Spain). Siesta is mostly a cultural thing and Portugal doesn't have it.
- knuthsat 5y agoI was comparing hard working Madeira to other places with year long tourism. There, for some reason, culturally, they decided to work really hard all year. I was talking to a hard working cab driver and told him about seasonal tourism in Croatia (tourist season lasts about 5 months) and he couldn't believe me that for the rest of the year a bunch of people do not work at all.