Police are issuing fines to free campers in Portugal. Thanks to Siesta Campers for the information "Hi we rent camper vans in The Algarve and some of our customers have told us about a big clamp down on illegal camping, this sumer in August the maritime police, swept the whole of the costa alentejano issuing fines ranging from €500 to €1500 . This was carried out from midnight until 4am. This was obviously to generate as much money as possible and not very pleasant for people to be aggravated at that time in the Morning. This is certainly not the usual way they deal with tourists on The Algarve."
