Passenger & Car Ferry - Portimão - Madeira

Spanish ferry company, Naviera-Armas, are now accepting bookings on their website for a new weekly ferry service operating Portimão (Algarve) - Funchal (Madeira) - Tenerife (Canary Islands).

The schedule shown runs from 15th June 2008 and only runs up until 20th July, 2008.

Sailing time to Madeira is 21hrs and to Tenerife 42 hours.

Website is here:

http://www.naviera-armas.com

The service atarted as indicated. Price for a return with an "airline" type seat reported at €164. Service reported to be only operating for 15 weeks over the summer.

Note: Regrettably, this ferry service was terminated in 2012!

New Route - Faro - Paris (Charles de Gaulle)

French Airline Aigle Azur have now announced a weekly scheduled direct flight linking Paris - Charles de Gaulles with Faro. The prices are a bit steep so we will have to see if the service survives.

The flight operates on Saturdays.

La compagnie aérienne française Aigle Azur ont annoncé un vol direct hebdomadaire reliant Paris - Charles de Gaulle à Faro. À mon avis, les prix sont un peu élevé. Il faut voir si le service survit.

Le vol fonctionne le samedi.


Depart Paris CDG: 18:00
Arr Faro: 19:45

Dept Faro: 20:45
Arr: Paris: 00:25

Link here (Plus d'info ici):


http://www.aigle-azur.fr/newsletter2.cfm?IdCahier=1111

and

http://www.aigle-azur.fr/

Computer Shop in Lagos:

Computer Shop in Lagos:


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LAGOS
Morada: R. Soeiro da Costa, N.º 20 8600-624 Lagos

Contactos:
Telefone: 282 083 552
Fax: 282 083 676

Horário:
Seg. a Sexta. das 10h às 13h30m e das 15h às 19h30m.
Sábados das 10h às 13h.

Website: http://www.chipsite.pt

30º Festival Internacional Música do Algarve - 2008

The Algarve International Music Festival 2008 starts its program on April 25, 2008.

This year's performances include appearances by the Prague Chamber Orchestra and the Stars of the Paris Ballet.

The full program can be found by clicking here.

Jerez la Frontera to Lisbon

There is a long distance coach service that will suit your needs operated by alsa.es

Here is a extract from the timetable in png format. Click on it to enlarge:

Lisbon to Sagres

There are three main very reasonable ways to get to Sagres from Lisbon, all via Lagos.

1) Rail/Bus

There are several trains a day from Lisbon Gare Oriente or Entrecampos stations via Tunes to Lagos.

Price per ticket one way will be +- € 23.00 per person depending on train

For timetable info, go to my blog at:


http://barlaventostravelblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/lisbon-to-sagres.html

Scroll down on the right and you will find at panel entitled:

»» Algarve & Portugal - Travel Transport Links

In this panel look for:

# RENEX Bus Service - Lisbon to Algarve timetable

Click on it to download the timetable in pdf format.

At Lagos, you walkover the marina bridge to the bus station and take a bus to Sagres. These leave on average every 90 minutes during the day.

If you go to my blog at:

http://barlaventostravelblog.blogspot.com/

You will see a copy of this message with a copy of the current Lagos - Sagres bus Timetable in png format. Click on it and it will enlarge.



2)Bus/Bus

Rede Expressos/EVA operate buses throughout the day from Lisbon Sete Rios Bus Station to Lagos. Cost per person circa € 18.00 one way.

I have again placed a copy of the timetable on my blog.Click on it and it will enlarge.



Again from Lagos Bus Station grab a bus to Sagres

2)Bus/Bus

RENEX operate buses throughout the day from Lisbon Gare Orients Bus Station to Lagos. Cost per person circa € 18.00 one way.

In Lagos this drops you off at the Repsol Garage and you have a 10 minute walk to the Lagos Bus Station where you can get a bus to Sagres

For timetable info, go to my blog at:

http://barlaventostravelblog.blogspot.com/2008/04/lisbon-to-sagres.html

Scroll down on the right and you will find at panel entitled:

»» Algarve & Portugal - Travel Transport Links

In this panel look for:

Portuguese Railways - 2008 - Lisbon - Algarve Faro/Lagos Timetable

Click on it to download the timetable in pdf format.

Seven day winter trip - Lisbon and the South of Portugal

A week is not a lot of time.

You will need at least 2 days if not three in Lisbon as you want to cover the following:

Lisbon Centre (The Baixa)
The Alfama & Castelo São Jorge.
Belem (Tram or train) - Tower of Belem, Jeronimos Monastery
Evening - Bairro Alto

Sintra - Train from Rossio Station (Full morning if not more.)

To the South of Lisbon the following places are worth considering:

Alentejo

Evora (UN world Heritage site)
Serpa
Setubal

Algarve

Lagos - where I live! Great town with a great mix of culture, restaurants, beaches, view and coastline exploring out to Sagres at the most South Westerly part of the Algarve.

To do all the above would require a car and a lot of driving. (Bear in mind to specify automatic shift when renting a car - most hire cars here are manual shift.)

In summary, I would suggest:

Day 1 - 3 - Lisbon
Day 4 - Evora
Day 5 & 6 - Lagos & south west coast
Day 7 back to Lisbon.

No disrespect to Cubsur who has extensive knowledge of the Algarve and Portugal, but I will always prefer Lagos over Albufeira! :::))))

New Summer Routes for Faro

Spotting em Faro, quoting IATA, reports a substantial number of possible new movements through faro this summer including possible reports of Services between Paris and Faro by Aigle Azur and Transavia and from Italy by Volareweb. Click here to read the article in full.

Transavia France (http://www.transavia.com/hv/fr-FR/accueil) are showing Faro as a destination on their booking form but with no flights yet from France to Faro.

Lisbon Bordeaux Flights

Sorry to have picked up on this one late!

Easyjet have just launched flights 5 times a week from Lisbon to Lyon.

They also operate Lyon - Bordeaux twice daily.

The connecting times seem to be feasible.

For example on July 14th there is a flight:

Lisbon dep. 12:15, Lyon arr. 15:35

€ 40.99 (today's price)

Lyon dep. 19:20, Bordeaux arr. 20:25

€28.49 (today's price)

Lisbon - Carvoeiro

Hi!

There are no public transport systems that link Lisbon directly with Carvoeiro in the Algarve.

Essentially, you have two options:

1) Rail

Train from Lisbon Gare Oriente or Entrecampos stations to Portimão (change at Tunes Junction) and then taxi.

2) Long Distance Coach

Both EVA Transportes and Renex operate long distance coach services from Lisbon to Lagoa.

From Lagoa one can get a taxi to Carvoeiro.

For timetables, go to my blog at:

http://barlaventostravelblog.blogspot.com/

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

Algarve & Portugal - Travel Transport Links

In this panel you can find links to download in pdf format the train timetable from:

# Portuguese Railways - Winter 2007/2008 - Lisbon - Algarve Faro/Lagos Timetable

# RENEX Bus Service - Lisbon Gare Oriente to Algarve timetable

EVA Transportes service from Lisbon Sete Rios Bus Station to Lagoa: (Click on Image to enlarge)



There are buses from both Portimão and Lagoa to Carvoeiro. However, in Portimão the bus terminus is a long way from the station and major bridge works are delaying traffic substantially at present. That is why I recommend taxi.

You can see a full bus timetable on Cubsur's site at:

http://thomasallen.home.sapo.pt/travel/031.htm