Best Places In The World To Retire

That is a very good question. My estimate is that it’s minimum, not even 2% to 5% of the total crimes in Mexico committed in Mexico are against expats.  Americans or other expats are not targeted because they are Gringos or maybe a criminal may think that they are easy touch, have money or they don’t know what they’re doing.
 
Expats may have been the victim of crime but it’s not very common. And especially in the areas that are very touristy and...

That is a very good question. My estimate is that it’s minimum, not even 2% to 5% of the total crimes in Mexico committed in Mexico are against expats.  Americans or other expats are not targeted because they are Gringos or maybe a criminal may think that they are easy touch, have money or they don’t know what they’re doing.
 
Expats may have been the victim of crime but it’s not very common. And especially in the areas that are very touristy and there are more expats like in the Yucatan Peninsula, Puerto Vallarta, Los Cabos, Acapulco, etc., the government has taken a lot of action to protect foreigners because in those areas they make their livelihood from tourism. So it doesn’t make any sense not to take care of tourists and expats and have more police watching and taking care that there is a good environment especially in those areas.

 

(Sammy Hagar performing at his cantina Cabo Wabo with David Hasselhoff in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, pictured.)

As far as I know, the airlines are quite accommodating as far as pet travel goes. Every country has slightly different rules on transporting pets. Some might have a quarantine regulation while others are more lenient in that regard.
 
Each country has their own rules but you will not be the first person to transport a pet to an international location. There is a system in place and it’s a matter of getting the facts on the location you are going.

As far as I know, the airlines are quite accommodating as far as pet travel goes. Every country has slightly different rules on transporting pets. Some might have a quarantine regulation while others are more lenient in that regard.
 
Each country has their own rules but you will not be the first person to transport a pet to an international location. There is a system in place and it’s a matter of getting the facts on the location you are going.

In my opinion, one of the best places to live and retire is in Portugal is Cascais. Cascais is just half an hour away from Lisbon, which is the capital of Portugal. Within a radius of 50 kilometers (about 31 miles) from Cascais, you will find beaches, golf courses, castles, top class clinics, international schools, etc. You have everything that you need and want within a radius of 50 kilometers.
 
The Algarve is a little more spread out over a 100-kilometer (a little over 60...

In my opinion, one of the best places to live and retire is in Portugal is Cascais. Cascais is just half an hour away from Lisbon, which is the capital of Portugal. Within a radius of 50 kilometers (about 31 miles) from Cascais, you will find beaches, golf courses, castles, top class clinics, international schools, etc. You have everything that you need and want within a radius of 50 kilometers.
 
The Algarve is a little more spread out over a 100-kilometer (a little over 60 miles) coastline. From the Spanish border all the way to the western tip of Portugal, you will find that Algarve is divided into four centers. One of the best places to live in Algarve is Quinta do Lago, which is probably the most affluent place in the Algarve. It is for the really wealthy people, a bit like Monaco in Spain except that it is not a tax haven. Quinta do Lago has some enormous properties and so the wealthiest of the wealthy that want to retire in the Algarve would typically go to Quinta do Lago. 
 
As you move further east, the prices come down. Vilamoura is also a very nice upmarket place to live in the Algarve. It has world-class golf courses and an excellent marina for sailors. Moving westward from Vilamoura, you will find Alvor and then Lagos, which is the last of the really nice places to live in Portugal before you get to the western tip of the country.

 

(House in  Vilamoura, Portugal, pictured.)