Olhão is well covered for a town of its size, with clinics offering 24-hour emergency consultations in town and a full-scale 24/7 veterinary hospital ten minutes away in Faro. Keep both numbers saved before heading to the islands, where there is no veterinary care at all and the boat ride adds precious minutes in an emergency. The Portuguese national emergency number for people is 112; for animals you call the clinics directly.
A long-established Olhão clinic offering consultations, vaccinations, surgery, diagnostics, lab work and a pet shop, and, crucially for travellers, urgent consultations around the clock via its emergency line. It sits in the town itself, a short drive or taxi from the waterfront.
💡 Save the emergency mobile +351 967 721 777; the landline is staffed in office hours
A central Olhão clinic that keeps unusually wide opening hours, seven days a week including public holidays, backed by a 24-hour emergency service. Its location near the centre makes it the practical first call if something happens during a day around the markets or the waterfront.
💡 Call ahead even in an emergency so the duty vet can prepare for your arrival
The regional referral hospital, a 10-15 minute drive from Olhão, with round-the-clock staffing, surgery, imaging and intensive care. For anything beyond a standard consultation, snake bite, heatstroke, major trauma, this is where local clinics themselves refer serious cases at night.
💡 Save +351 289 880 100 before island days; from the Olhão pier you can be there in about 20 minutes
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