Wednesday 11 March 2009

Vilamoura to Lisbon

The nearest train station to Vilamoura is Loulé Station. Trains from Faro to Lisbon stop there. However, it is about 15 mins by car/taxi from Vilamoura. There is no direct bus service. One would have to go to Quarteira Bus Station and then get one of the hourly buses to Loulé 4 Estradas.

Alternatively you could get a bus from Vilamoura to Faro.. first service is at 08:00. This takes 40 mins.

Personally, I would recommend that you avoid all this hassle and take a bus. There are three companies operating the route

1) Eva Transportes - operates to Lisbon Sete Rios Bus Station

I have uploaded the timetable in pdf format here:

http://www.scribd.com/full/13177566?access_key=key-ystujvfqd2mnffil04u


2) RENEX - Operates to Lisbon Gare Oriente Bus Station

If you go to my blog at:

http://barlaventostravelblog.blogspot.com/

Scroll down on the right hand panel until you come to the section entitled:

»» Algarve & Portugal - Travel Transport Links

You will find a link to the Renex Bus Timetable entitled:

»» RENEX Bus Service - Lisbon to Algarve (including Lagos) timetable

Click on it and you will be able to download the timetable in pdf format.

3) http://www.rede-expressos.pt/ - operates to Lisbon Sete Rios Bus Station

National Bus Company. Operates some services in co-operation with EVA.

Returning to Faro you could also consider the train.

See http://www.cp.pt (Click on uk flag for english version)