Portugal Transportation

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Tram Electrico   Lisbon

Tram Electrico, Lisbon

 115 Reviews  From Lisbon to Almada You can go (all costs in euro): 1) by bus - http://www.carris.pt/en/bus/753/ascendente/ cost = 2,85 + 2,85(round), (if you buy the ticket on board) or 1,95 + 1,95 if you have... 

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By train   Porto

By train, Porto

 21 Reviews  While we did not actually take the train, it IS worth visiting the central train station in Porto, just down the street from the Cathedral. There are a series of blue and white tiles adorning the... 

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trains to/from Lisbon   Sintra

trains to/from Lisbon, Sintra

 21 Reviews  It is very easy to visit Sintra from Lisbon. There are trains leaving every 15 minutes from Rossio station. Very reasonably priced too! Only 1.30 euros each way, and the ride is free if you have the... 

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Buses   Évora

Buses, Évora

 8 Reviews  From Lisbon there's a direct bus to Évora maintained by the RNE - Rede Nacional de Expressos, Lda bus company. The Rede busses depart from the Évora bus terminal: Terminal Rodoviario Avenida Sâo... 

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Metro   Lisbon

Metro, Lisbon

 79 Reviews  Lisbon's metro network consists of four colour-coded lines (blue, yellow, green and red). The first parts of the metro were inaugurated in 1959 and since then the network has always been extended.... 

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By bus   Porto

By bus, Porto

 16 Reviews  Hi, I had a question about where to leave my luggage between plane and bus journeys in Porto, so I thought I'd write a tip with the answers. There is an office (despacho) in the station, where you... 

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buses around town   Sintra

buses around town, Sintra

 14 Reviews  Standing atop a steep hill, Pena palace may represent one of two things: a very hard walk in a fabulous landscape, with signposted indications and attractions on the way, or the need to motorized... 

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Trains   Évora

Trains, Évora

 3 Reviews  To go to Evora you need to cross the Tejo. The boat ticket from Lisboa to Barreiro costs you 1.30 Euros and the train ticket from Barreiro to Evora costs 8 Euros. From Barreiro you need to take two... 

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Buses   Lisbon

Buses, Lisbon

 63 Reviews  The Carris website contains all the information you need to get around Lisbon and you can also pick up a map of the lines from a tourist office. Carris includes the Elevador de Santa Justa, the... 

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By metro   Porto

By metro, Porto

 17 Reviews  We were surprised by the efficiency of the metro here in Porto, not too many cities that we have visited have a good system, but this was excellent (at least from the standpoint of a tourist). The... 

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horse-drawn carriage   Sintra

horse-drawn carriage, Sintra

 5 Reviews  right at the historic centre a horse carriage taxi spot. very tipical and gorgeous scene. they are there to take tourists up the hill, about 4/5 miles to the pena parque and passing the moorish... 

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Taxis   Évora

Taxis, Évora

 5 Reviews  There is a taxi-stand at Praca de Giraldo, the main square of Evora. It is certainly the best option to go by taxi to this prehistoric stone-ring , the distance of about 17 km from Evora, at first... 

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Airport and Air Travel   Lisbon

Airport and Air Travel, Lisbon

 66 Reviews  There are three different Aerobus routes from the airport. Line one goes to the city centre. We used line three to get to our hotel in the financial district. The ticket costs 3 Euros 50 cents and is... 

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By plane   Porto

By plane, Porto

 12 Reviews  Porto has its own international airport. It's a bit out of town so the best way of reaching it is with the Aerobus which leaves from the bottom of Av. dos Aliados, just up from the McDonalds. The... 

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driving by car   Sintra

driving by car, Sintra

 1 Review  If you drive to Sintra and into the old part of the town remember that the roads are very small and there are many one way streets. If you miss a parking spot you will need to exit the town and start... 

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Evora by car   Évora

Evora by car, Évora

 2 Reviews  I recommend renting from Europcar. It takes less than two hours to reach Evora from Lisbon (and you will have the flexibility to visit the Os Almendras site, which is not reachable by bus). Parking is... 

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Train   Lisbon

Train, Lisbon

 54 Reviews  The Rossio train station is Lisbon's central station for trains primarily running to the city's suburbs upwards to the hill towns of Serra de Sintra and ending up in Sintra itself, that fabled... 

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By taxi   Porto

By taxi, Porto

 3 Reviews  As usual, like every where Taxi drivers will try to be funny with excuse like airport surcharge and waiting surcharge etc to charge you more. Whether it is Europe or India- everywhere it is same. They... 

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Walking   Évora

Walking, Évora

 1 Review   Évora is a small city, easy to discover walking around. And most streets are so narrow that driving around is not much “comfortable”. I’d highly recommend walking around to discover all the major... 

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Ferry   Lisbon

Ferry, Lisbon

 17 Reviews  Lisbon has 5 ferry boat terminals (estacoes fluviais) which are served by ferries of the Transtejo company. These ferries cross the river to the southern side. The river Tejo is about 2 km wide near... 

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By car   Porto

By car, Porto

 7 Reviews  As the 2nd largest city of Portugal and most important city of the north of Portugal, Porto is mentioned on roadsigns well in advance. Comming from Spain you will have to follow the signs towards... 

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Taxis   Lisbon

Taxis, Lisbon

 24 Reviews  Prices for taxis: Beggining of the run: Week days, 6h-21h: 2 € / 260m After €0,10/ 300m 21h-6h and saturday/sunday/holyday Beggining of the run: €2,35/ 208 m After €0,10/240m Luggage (>... 

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Walking   Porto

Walking, Porto

 3 Reviews   The best way to explore Porto's city centre / downtown is to walk. Most must see places are near each other, and while walking you will come across plenty of locals and discover some hidden streets... 

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Lisboa Card   Lisbon

Lisboa Card, Lisbon

 9 Reviews  Let's try to clarify transport cards in and around Lisbon: LisboaCard - is a touristy card that allows free travel in Metro, buses, trams, elevators and train in Cascais or Sintra lines. You may buy... 

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Elevadores   Lisbon

Elevadores, Lisbon

 30 Reviews  there are four elevators operating in Lisbon: Santa Justa is the best known, a vertical elevator built upon Eiffell's plans, and linking the street with its name to Chiado. Is a touristy "must see"... 

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Reviews from VirtualTourist Members

Car rental in Portugal

by angiebabe

Ive been renting for a long time around Europe, including a few trips around Portugal and Spain, and the last few years found www.auto-europe.com to come up best - otherwise also try for comparisons with holidayautos.com. They both subcontract from the big International car hire companies so you get good cars but at lower rates. and you get a choice of pickup locations and often/generally can nominate a different drop off which can be handy if you are flying out and want to leave the car at the airport.I recommend also using an insurance excess company as well rather than paying an extra fee to the car rental company to reduce your excess as for example insurance4carhire.com if you take a policy with them the excess is covered plus everything else that car rental insurance doesnt cover no matter what such as tyres and windscreens. so you only pay the compulsory fee to the car rental and...

Lisboa - Public Transportation

by ant1606

Lisboa has an efficient subway and surface public transportation network.Link to map herebelow.From our hotel located in Avenida da Libertade we always walked around or used our motorcycle except for a ride aboard the antique No. 28E line, the yellow tramway wagon that most tourist enjoy at least once, which runs down Campo de Ourique to the Graça district through the Baixa. The rails wind up very narrow streets where parked cars and other objects are passed by with a clearance of one inch in some cases. Very interesting ride.Tickets can be bought aboard while special daily passes can be purchased in advance at the Tourist Information Office in Praça do Comercio.No. 28E line is very busy and lines at the stop are to be expected. Try to take it around noon time, in dog days, when most people stay away from the heat.Pickpockets are not rare but it shouldn't be a problem if you keep an eye...

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Metro

by dr.firas

Hee hee the metro in Lisbon is the easiest one among all the rest of the European capitals!you have only 4 lines with 4 colors, the map is simple, you could ever be lost in Lisbon if you use this great kind of the transportation, a ticket is for one travel and it coast 0.65 Cents!

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Subways

by dr.firas

Hee hee the metro in Lisbon is the easiest one among all the rest of the European capitals!you have only 4 lines with 4 colors, the map is simple, you could ever be lost in Lisbon if you use this great kind of the transportation, a ticket is for one travel and it coast 0.65 Cents!

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Buses services

by mcb

Portugal has buses to everywhere. With a very good sevice.The main cities have a service call Expressos, those are the faster buses and go from North to South with several schedules.The site of this bus service unhappily is only in Portuguese, anyway the address is:http://www.rede-expressos.pt/default.aspThen we have the local buses for short trips and the city buses for internal services on cities.

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cultural experience in Lisbon metro

by nikolka

This should actually be cultural tip as travelling by metro in Lisbon is a very artistic experience. The picture shows the metro station (can't remember the name), from which we started our trip from the hotel downtown. You can imagine we felt like Alice in Wonderland... My own pictures of this beauty suck, so please accept this one taken from Metropolitan Lisboa pages on http://www.geocities.com/bmetro1/lisbon.html Would you like to know more about this magic underground world, visit the website below

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Quick travel to Fatima

by solopes

Fatima is a common destination, justifying some general sugestions:If you come from the middle east do have in mind that there are no direct connections to Portugal. You have to make a stop in another European capital. The best (cheaper) are London and Paris, so, if you want to see something in France plan your long distance flight to Paris.There are several low-cost connections to Portugal from Paris (Easyjet is the best) but you may check several companies in a couple of sites that do a terrific job: skyscanner, momondo and kayak are very known, and I recently found azdreams that seems rather efficient in Portugal and Spain.I live 50 km far from Fatima and know that, unless you have strong religious reasons, a couple of hours will be more than enough, but there are several wonders close to Fatima that you shouldn't miss. In a shortage of time, I suggest that you stay in Lisbon and book...

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Take the train in Portugal.

by cachaseiro

Portugal has a good train network that is both comfortable and cheap.It´s certainly preferable to the bus as you are not stuck on some highway in the train but often take much more scenic routes and in a train there is also a much better chance to meet locals and talk to them as you are not ties to a specific seat.You might be able to get some advance discounts if you chack out their website in advance.

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multi-city flights from NYC

by rkearns

i had to revise my tip because i entered in two different dates, and there are significantly different fares for your time of year. looks like, based on some research, it's cheapest for you to book a RT flight into madrid from nyc, then do inter-europe flights with easyjet or ryanair. flights from nyc to madrid on expedia (where i usually find the best rates) start at US $657, which is $100 more than if you were to go at the end of feb. you're pretty lucky to be flying out of nyc. the flights are significantly cheaper to europe than from any other part of the US. easyjet and ryanair have such cheap flights (like Euro$25 one way from madrid to lisbon on easyjet) that you don't need to book a one way flight into one place and return from another. (cause booking RT from nyc to one destination is cheaper). looks like ryanair serves fewer cities.of course, i don't know your exact dates which...

Pinhao and others, translation

by rkearns

desculpe, o meu portuguese nao e muito bem, mais vou tentar de traduzir por vc.para criancas 7 e 5 anos,.... cuando fui pro Porto, eu pegeui um trem a Pinhao e o hotel organizava um excursao de caminhar ao adega (?) Quinta das Tecedeiras aluga uma casa linda, e as criancas podem caminhar. nao ha TV. aparecido como acampar. as criancas tambem vai gostar de ver o trem de vapor que pasa cada dia, e podem pegar uma carona para rabelo. o trajeto a Pinhao e muito bonita, perto do Douro, tal vez as criancas vai gostar. no norte do Porto, tem Guimaraes. e o lugar do nacimento do Portugal. nao consigo pensar de uma coisa specificamenta para criancas, mas eu vi um playground ou dois, mas e muito legal por que tem muitas coisas historicamente significados e pequena para andar.nao vai precisar um carro. o trem vai para os dois lugares.se vai para Pinhao, pega um taxi do estacao do trem para chegar...

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