You still have not stated clearly which areas of Portugal you wish to visit from Spain!
In all, I would say that Madrid is the best jumping off point to visit Portugal as there are low cost flights from Madrid to Lisbon and Porto. There are also good regular bus services between Madrid and Lisbon.
There are no direct connections between Gibratar and Portugal. It is possible, however, to get a buses from Algeciras to Seville and then connect to a twice-daily bus to Faro and Lagos in the Algarve Region of Portugal or to the daily bus from Seville to Lisbon.
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Wednesday, 22 September 2010
Monday, 15 March 2010
Paris to Portugal Paris to Portugal
Ryanair.com starts operating direct flights from Paris Beauvais to Faro, Airport 4 times a week from April 2010.
Unfortunately, Easyjet's flights from Orly appear only to start from 1st July or so. (To be confirmed.)
You best bet for Barcelona, would be either by Ryanair.com from Faro to Madrid and then train/plane to Barcelona. Alternatively, as you propose fly to Lisbon, pick up a car, travel to Lagos and then back to Lisbon.
There is no direct train link from Faro into Spain.
Unfortunately, Easyjet's flights from Orly appear only to start from 1st July or so. (To be confirmed.)
You best bet for Barcelona, would be either by Ryanair.com from Faro to Madrid and then train/plane to Barcelona. Alternatively, as you propose fly to Lisbon, pick up a car, travel to Lagos and then back to Lisbon.
There is no direct train link from Faro into Spain.
Sunday, 21 December 2008
Comment on Airports Serving the Algarve
I concur. Faro Airport is already seeing a decrease in frequencies, destinations served and traffic.
With Beja Airport ready for ops in the next year, the new Lisbon Airport at Alcochete only going to be 1hr. 45min by car from the Algarve, and Huelva considering building an airport, I cannot see how an airport in the Portimão/Lagos area would be profitable. Indeed Faro Airport itself would be economically at threat with all these potential alternatives.
What is really needed is services from Faro to other destinations to open new markets. Low Cost flights to Paris, Porto, Lyon, Milan and Madrid, and perhaps Helsinki, Budapest, Warsaw and Toronto/Montreal would certainly broaden the region's appeal and catchment area, essential at present if we are going to see a substantial downturn in arrivals from the UK owing to teh downturn and the £/€ rate.
However, methinks that the new race track near Portimão/Mex Grande will be an influential factor in a decision for a local airport.
With Beja Airport ready for ops in the next year, the new Lisbon Airport at Alcochete only going to be 1hr. 45min by car from the Algarve, and Huelva considering building an airport, I cannot see how an airport in the Portimão/Lagos area would be profitable. Indeed Faro Airport itself would be economically at threat with all these potential alternatives.
What is really needed is services from Faro to other destinations to open new markets. Low Cost flights to Paris, Porto, Lyon, Milan and Madrid, and perhaps Helsinki, Budapest, Warsaw and Toronto/Montreal would certainly broaden the region's appeal and catchment area, essential at present if we are going to see a substantial downturn in arrivals from the UK owing to teh downturn and the £/€ rate.
However, methinks that the new race track near Portimão/Mex Grande will be an influential factor in a decision for a local airport.
Sunday, 29 April 2007
Ryanair Frankfurt-Hahn - Faro
Yes, but while we already have flights to Frankfurt am Main, Ryanair, two months, after launching, amid much fuss, flights from Girona/Barcelona to Faro which would have opened a new market for the Algarve cancelled the service without a by your leave.
I hope they don't do this with their Faro Madrid Service or with the Frankfurt Hahn Service!
Ryanair are the most buccaneering of Europe's Low Cost Airlines so lets wait 6 months to a year to see if this Frankfurt Hahn Service is sustained before passing judgement!!!!!!
Meanwhile the Algarve needs low cost flights to Milan (Northern Italian Market) and the Paris Area of France.
Meanwhile the Algarve needs low cost flights to Milan (Northern Italian Market) and the Paris Area of France.
Sunday, 21 November 2010
Just arrived in Seville. Got the 06:14 from Meia Praia to Faro. Then 08:20 bus from Faro to Seville. Arrived 20 minutes early. Will catch 15:00 Socibus from Estacion Plaza das Armas to Madrid barajas Airport. Beautiful sunny day here in Seville. Sunday only Restaurants open. Sitting in Cafe das Indes just of C Julio Cesar. http://amplify.com/u/freh
Friday, 7 May 2010
travel from Faro portugal to Malaga spain.
These guys may be able to assist:
http://www.iberiacarhire.com/
Also Ryanair now fly from Faro to Madrid a few times a week. You might be able to get a connecting low cost to Malaga.
http://www.iberiacarhire.com/
Also Ryanair now fly from Faro to Madrid a few times a week. You might be able to get a connecting low cost to Malaga.
Thursday, 11 March 2010
Lagos to Ibiza
There are no cheap nor low cost direct links between Lagos, Algarve, Portugal and Ibiza.
In fact, there are relatively few air links between the Iberian Peninsula and Ibiza.
https://www.balearia.com operates ferries from Barcelona, Dénia and Valencia to Ibiza. However, this would mean catching a bus from Lagos to Seville and then another to one of the above centres, then a ferry. Total transit time would be possibly in excess of 48 hours.
By air, there are two options but both will probably be quite expensive during the period in question.
1) airberlin.com from Faro Airport,(70 km from Lagos) to Palma de Mallorca and then ferry to Ibiza.
2) ryanair.com from from Faro Airport,(70 km from Lagos) to Madrid and then Spanair, Iberia or Air Europa to Ibiza.
In fact, there are relatively few air links between the Iberian Peninsula and Ibiza.
https://www.balearia.com operates ferries from Barcelona, Dénia and Valencia to Ibiza. However, this would mean catching a bus from Lagos to Seville and then another to one of the above centres, then a ferry. Total transit time would be possibly in excess of 48 hours.
By air, there are two options but both will probably be quite expensive during the period in question.
1) airberlin.com from Faro Airport,(70 km from Lagos) to Palma de Mallorca and then ferry to Ibiza.
2) ryanair.com from from Faro Airport,(70 km from Lagos) to Madrid and then Spanair, Iberia or Air Europa to Ibiza.
Friday, 5 February 2010
Madrid and Badajoz, Spain to Lisbon, Portugal
There is one daily train service service from Badajoz to Lisbon as follows:(click on full screen to view.)
badajoz_lisboa_rail_timetable_2010
There are bus services as follows:
alsa.es
and
anibal.net
Timetable see:
http://bit.ly/lisbon_madrid_anibal
A final alternative would be to route via Faro in the Algarve.
There is one website that allows pick-ups in Spain with reasonable drop-offs at Faro Airport. They then offer pick-up of a Portuguese Hire car there as well.
See:
http://www.iberiacarhire.com/
badajoz_lisboa_rail_timetable_2010
There are bus services as follows:
alsa.es
and
anibal.net
Timetable see:
http://bit.ly/lisbon_madrid_anibal
A final alternative would be to route via Faro in the Algarve.
There is one website that allows pick-ups in Spain with reasonable drop-offs at Faro Airport. They then offer pick-up of a Portuguese Hire car there as well.
See:
http://www.iberiacarhire.com/
Monday, 2 February 2009
Algarve (Lagos/Alvor/Portimão) to Valencia
There are no direct public transport links between the Algarve and Valencia. Further more there are no low cost airlinks between Lisbon and Valencia.
The distance is about 929kms.
The only realistic options are:
1) Air from Faro Airport.
Air Berlin have a regional hub in Palma de Mallorca. Their summer timetables may yet change. At present they are showing a flight Faro - Mallorca - Valencia (change in Palma) for a very reasonable price.
The only problem is that at present it only shows as operates as a through connection on Wednesdays.
site: http://www.airberlin.com
1) Bus/Air -
Renex Bus from Alvor to Lisbon Gare Oriente. Taxi/Airport Bus to Lisbon Airport
Then low cost airline Vueling/Easyjet to Madrid and then low cost airline Clickair/Spanair/Ryanir to Valencia.
2) Bus/Bus
Take the Daily EVA/DAMAS bus from Portimão to Seville and then connect with an alsa.es bus from Seville to Valencia.
Check Cubsur's site here for information on the Portimão to Seville Services:
http://thomasallen.home.sapo.pt/travel/001.htm
Alsa schedule is below:
Current Daily Departure schedules : SEVILLA - VALENCIA
Seville Valencia
depart arrive € €
10:00 21:25 49,86 94,73
10:00 21:25 49,86 94,73
16:30 02:15 next day 56,79 107,90
16:30 02:15 next day 56,79 107,90
22:00 09:15 next day 53,20 101,08
See: www.alsa.es
It may also be possible to get a low cost flight from Seville to Valencia but I do not recommend it as getting to Seville Airport from the Algarve is a pain unless you have a car.
Train is not an option as there are no suitable cross Iberian Peninsula services.
The distance is about 929kms.
The only realistic options are:
1) Air from Faro Airport.
Air Berlin have a regional hub in Palma de Mallorca. Their summer timetables may yet change. At present they are showing a flight Faro - Mallorca - Valencia (change in Palma) for a very reasonable price.
The only problem is that at present it only shows as operates as a through connection on Wednesdays.
site: http://www.airberlin.com
1) Bus/Air -
Renex Bus from Alvor to Lisbon Gare Oriente. Taxi/Airport Bus to Lisbon Airport
Then low cost airline Vueling/Easyjet to Madrid and then low cost airline Clickair/Spanair/Ryanir to Valencia.
2) Bus/Bus
Take the Daily EVA/DAMAS bus from Portimão to Seville and then connect with an alsa.es bus from Seville to Valencia.
Check Cubsur's site here for information on the Portimão to Seville Services:
http://thomasallen.home.sapo.pt/travel/001.htm
Alsa schedule is below:
Current Daily Departure schedules : SEVILLA - VALENCIA
Seville Valencia
depart arrive € €
10:00 21:25 49,86 94,73
10:00 21:25 49,86 94,73
16:30 02:15 next day 56,79 107,90
16:30 02:15 next day 56,79 107,90
22:00 09:15 next day 53,20 101,08
See: www.alsa.es
It may also be possible to get a low cost flight from Seville to Valencia but I do not recommend it as getting to Seville Airport from the Algarve is a pain unless you have a car.
Train is not an option as there are no suitable cross Iberian Peninsula services.
Monday, 26 November 2007
Late night Public transport between seville airport and ayamonte
Unfortunately, DAMAS.es the main bus operator on the Seville - Ayamonte route currently have their timetables off-line.
According to the TUSSAM site, there are buses from Seville Airport to Seville Sta. Justa station at 23:15,23:45,00:15 and 00:45. Sundays and Holidays last bus is at 23:45.
Once you get to Sta. Justa station you then have to get a local bus or taxi to the Plaza das Armas Bus Station. You will probably not arrive there till midnight at least.
From memory and a quick check of other websites, including Cubsur's www.algarvebus.info, there are no buses between Seville and Ayamonte between 00:00 and 04:00. The 04:00 departure is operated by Socibus and is the continuation of the Madrid Service. However, the Socibus site suggests that the service, while stopping in Seville does not pick up for Ayamonte.
Alsa.es has a departure at 23:59 to Ayamonte arriving 01:50.
You should check the availability of this service as it is an international service continuing to Faro in the Algarve and may be limited in winter. It will be a very tight connection unless you take a cab from Seville Airport to Plaza das Armas, which will cost +- € 30 methinks.
Their contact is:
ALSA Customer service
C/ Miguel Fleta, 4 - 2º
28037 - Madrid (Spain)
Telephone: 91 327 05 40
E-mail: alsa@alsa.es
Bus is the only way to get from Seville to Ayamonte by public transport. There is no train service.
My gut instinct is that such a connection will be very tight and that if your flight is delayed you will be in deep doggy-doo.
Better to overnight in Seville and take a bus the next morning from Plaza das Armas. Subject to DAMAS timetable revisions buses leave Seville for Ayamonte at:
0930, 1100, 1230, 1530, 1800 and 1900
According to the TUSSAM site, there are buses from Seville Airport to Seville Sta. Justa station at 23:15,23:45,00:15 and 00:45. Sundays and Holidays last bus is at 23:45.
Once you get to Sta. Justa station you then have to get a local bus or taxi to the Plaza das Armas Bus Station. You will probably not arrive there till midnight at least.
From memory and a quick check of other websites, including Cubsur's www.algarvebus.info, there are no buses between Seville and Ayamonte between 00:00 and 04:00. The 04:00 departure is operated by Socibus and is the continuation of the Madrid Service. However, the Socibus site suggests that the service, while stopping in Seville does not pick up for Ayamonte.
Alsa.es has a departure at 23:59 to Ayamonte arriving 01:50.
You should check the availability of this service as it is an international service continuing to Faro in the Algarve and may be limited in winter. It will be a very tight connection unless you take a cab from Seville Airport to Plaza das Armas, which will cost +- € 30 methinks.
Their contact is:
ALSA Customer service
C/ Miguel Fleta, 4 - 2º
28037 - Madrid (Spain)
Telephone: 91 327 05 40
E-mail: alsa@alsa.es
Bus is the only way to get from Seville to Ayamonte by public transport. There is no train service.
My gut instinct is that such a connection will be very tight and that if your flight is delayed you will be in deep doggy-doo.
Better to overnight in Seville and take a bus the next morning from Plaza das Armas. Subject to DAMAS timetable revisions buses leave Seville for Ayamonte at:
0930, 1100, 1230, 1530, 1800 and 1900
Friday, 12 October 2007
Ryanair - Flights from Faro and Porto
It seems like that Ryanair are cancelling various services in Mid-November including:
Porto - Dublin
Faro - Madrid
I have checked these on the Ryanair site and there are no flights coming up on these routes through April 2008.!!!
Porto - Dublin
Faro - Madrid
I have checked these on the Ryanair site and there are no flights coming up on these routes through April 2008.!!!
Monday, 28 January 2013
Weekend away from Porto, Portugal
You are very well placed in Porto given the number of low-cost routes operated from there by Ryanair.com and others.
Here are the low-cost destinations served from Porto by Ryanair.com, Easyjet.com and Transavia.com, and Aigle Azur. (Note some are seasonal.)
Ryanair.com
Belgium
Brussels Charleroi
France
Bordeaux
Carcassonne
Clermont Ferrand
Dole
La Rochelle
Lille
Marseille
Paris Beauvais
Paris Vatry
St Etienne
Strasbourg
Tours
Germany
Baden-Baden
Bremen
Dortmund
Dusseldorf Weeze
Frankfurt Hahn
Hamburg- Lubeck
Memmingen
Nuremberg
Italy
Milan Bergamo
Rome Campino
Netherlands
Eindhoven
Maastricht
Portugal
Faro
Spain
Barcelona El Prat
Palma de Mallorca
Tenerife Sth
Easyjet.com
France
Toulouse
Transavia.com
France
Paris
Nantes
Portugal
The Netherlands
Aigle-Azur.com
France
Paris
Tuesday, 21 September 2010
Visit to Portugal
jabraltur? Sorry but I don't know that place!
Portugal is a fair sized country! Which place in Portugal do you wish to travel to from Madrid in January?
How long does one need to tour portugal? Depending on which areas in Portugal you want to go to and what you want to see I would say from 1 week to 1 month.
Portugal to Morocco - By bus from Lisbon or Faro to Seville, Spain and then by bus to Algeciras, Spain. Then ferry to Morocco.
Ryanair.com have announced that they will be operating three low-cost flights a week from Porto to Marrakesh as from November 2010.
Royal Air Maroc and TAP-Air Portugal also operate flights from Lisbon to Casablanca,
Portugal is a fair sized country! Which place in Portugal do you wish to travel to from Madrid in January?
How long does one need to tour portugal? Depending on which areas in Portugal you want to go to and what you want to see I would say from 1 week to 1 month.
Portugal to Morocco - By bus from Lisbon or Faro to Seville, Spain and then by bus to Algeciras, Spain. Then ferry to Morocco.
Ryanair.com have announced that they will be operating three low-cost flights a week from Porto to Marrakesh as from November 2010.
Royal Air Maroc and TAP-Air Portugal also operate flights from Lisbon to Casablanca,
Thursday, 3 September 2009
Granada to Albuferia
The fastest and most direct way from Granada to Albufeira is by bus. There are no direct train services nor flights. Flights would mean Granada to Madrid to Lisbon to Faro and then bus/cab/transfer to Albufeira.
Unfortunately, the most direct daily service operated by alsa.es gets into Vale Paraiso/Ferreiras Bus Station at 02:30 in the night. It is unlikely there would be local buses or taxis to take you the 8kms to Albufeira at that time of night.
Consquently, you best option would be as follows:
1) Alsa.es - Granada to Seville (El Prado)
Dept: Arr:
Granada Seville
03:00 06:40
12:00 14:45
From El Prado Bus Station to Estacion Plaza das Armas I would recommend the C4 Bus in which runs from just after 6 in the morning till 23:30.
2) DAMAS/EVA Bus from Seville Plaza das Armas bus station to Albufeira Bus Station. (Daily)
Dept Arr
Seville Albufeira
07:30 10:00
16:15 19:40
You will have to buy two separate tickets for each sector as they are operated by different companies. Tickets for the Seville to Albufeira service cannot be bought online and can only be purchased in Seville so allow time to buy your ticket.
Unfortunately, the most direct daily service operated by alsa.es gets into Vale Paraiso/Ferreiras Bus Station at 02:30 in the night. It is unlikely there would be local buses or taxis to take you the 8kms to Albufeira at that time of night.
Consquently, you best option would be as follows:
1) Alsa.es - Granada to Seville (El Prado)
Dept: Arr:
Granada Seville
03:00 06:40
12:00 14:45
From El Prado Bus Station to Estacion Plaza das Armas I would recommend the C4 Bus in which runs from just after 6 in the morning till 23:30.
2) DAMAS/EVA Bus from Seville Plaza das Armas bus station to Albufeira Bus Station. (Daily)
Dept Arr
Seville Albufeira
07:30 10:00
16:15 19:40
You will have to buy two separate tickets for each sector as they are operated by different companies. Tickets for the Seville to Albufeira service cannot be bought online and can only be purchased in Seville so allow time to buy your ticket.
Wednesday, 12 March 2008
Ryanair - Reduced Frequency - Porto - Milano/Bergamo
Just reported on Portuguese blog, Ryanair will reduce frequency on this route to three times a week as from 6th May. 2008.
Shades of Faro-Madrid??
Shades of Faro-Madrid??
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