Cascais to Portimão

There is no direct route from Cascais to Portimão.

Your best bet will be to take the train from Cascais to Lisbon Cais de Sodre.

Then take the Metro Green Line to Alameda then the Red Line to Gare Oriente.

From there you can get either a long distance RENEX Coach to Portimão or the train via Tunes.

For timetables, please visit my blog at


http://barlaventostravelblog.blogspot.com/

Scroll down on the right hand side panel till you come to:

»» Algarve & Portugal - Travel Transport Links

»» Continue scrolling down in this section till you come

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

or

RENEX Bus Service - Lisbon to Algarve timetable

Click on these to download the timetables from the respective sites.

Lagos to Sintra to Cadiz

Lagos to Sintra.

You have two options:

1) Rail

Local train from Lagos to Tunes
Intercity from Tunes to Lisbon Entrecampos

Timetable can be downloaded from my blog here:

You can find a link to timetables on my blog here:

http://barlaventostravelblog.blogspot.com/

Scroll down on the right hand side panel till you come to:

»» Algarve & Portugal - Travel Transport Links

»» Continue scrolling down in this section till you come

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

Suburban train from Entrecampos to Cacem - Weekdays trains every 20 minutes or so

Suburban train from Cacem to Sintra - Weekdays trains every 20 minutes or so.


2) Bus

EVA Bus from Lagos to Lisbon Sete Rios Bus Station.

You can find the timetable here on my blog here:

http://barlaventostravelblog.blogspot.com/2008/07/lagos-to-sintra-to-cadiz.html

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Suburban train from Sete Rios to Cacem - Weekdays trains every 20 minutes or so

Suburban train from Sete Rios to Sintra - Weekdays trains every 20 minutes or so.

3) Sintra to Cadiz

Suburban train from Sintra to Sete Rios - Weekdays trains every 20 minutes or so

Suburban train from Cacem to Sete Rios - Weekdays trains every 20 minutes or so.

Long distance coach with www.alsa.es from Lisbon Sete Rios Coach station to Jerez la Frontera. (Current Timetable)

Dept: Lisbon: 09:00
Arr: Jerez la Frontera: 20:00
Dept: Jerez de La Frontera 21:35 (Train Renfe)
Arrive: Cadiz 22:24

Dept: Lisbon: 21:30
Arr: Jerez la Frontera: 08:30
Dept: Jerez de La Frontera 09:30 (Train Renfe)
Arrive: Cadiz 10:19

Madrid to Castelo Branco

Train is not possible. At present there is only one train per day from Madrid to Lisbon which runs via Vila Formoso.

Bus is also not really an option for a same day trip as you would have to go via Lisbon.

Have a look at this recent post on my blog:

http://barlaventostravelblog.blogspot.com/2008/05/travel-from-madrid-to-castelo-branco.html

Hire Car is your only option to do it the same day, but be aware that inter-country drop-offs in Europe are very expensive. You would probably have to drop the vehicle off in Spain afterwards.

Madrid Barajas Airport to Castelo Branco by road is approximately 409 km – about 5 hours drive.

I have created a google maps gazeteer here:

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=&saddr=Madrid,+Barajas,+Spain&daddr=Castelo+Branco,+Portugal&sll=37.15781,-8.734502&sspn=0.24571,0.601501&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=8

Driving from Lisbon Airport to the Algarve

Your best bet is to have a look at Google Maps:

I have made up a map that takes you from Lisbon Airport to the A22 in the Algarve. You can find it here:

Driving Directions

Map Link:
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&hl=en&geocode=13534482288512528863,38.766243,-9.129286%3B4111118571256442373,38.115160,-8.364580&saddr=Alameda+das+Comunidades+Portuguesas,+Santa+Maria+dos+Olivais,+Lisboa,+1700,+Portugal+(LIS+-+Lisbon+International+Airport)&daddr=IP8+%4038.115160,+-8.364580+to:37.152108,-8.212967&mra=dme&mrcr=0&mrsp=2&sz=11&via=1&sll=37.165789,-8.381882&sspn=0.245684,0.601501&ie=UTF8&ll=37.974515,-8.893433&spn=1.944155,4.812012&t=h&z=8

Start address: LIS - Lisbon International Airport Alameda das Comunidades Portuguesas, Santa Maria dos Olivais, Lisboa, 1700, Portugal

Start at: LIS - Lisbon International Airport Alameda das Comunidades Portuguesas, Santa Maria dos Olivais, Lisboa, 1700, Portugal

1. Head south on Alameda das Comunidades Portuguesas toward Praça do Aeroporto - 0.3 km
2. At Praça do Aeroporto, go under the motorway bridge, and left around the roundabout taking the exit onto Av. Cidade do Porto heading to Sul/A1/A12 - 1.2 km
3. Take the ramp onto E01 - 2.1 km
4. Take exit 14 toward A12/Ponte Vasco da Gama - 0.6 km
5. Merge onto IC17 - 0.2 km
6. Continue on A12 Partial toll road - 35.2 km
7. Continue on IP1 (signs for E01/A2/Algarve/Évora) Toll road - 2.5 km
8. Merge onto A2 Toll road - 80.0 km
9. Take the ramp to A2/Lisboa/Algarve - 0.3 km
10. Continue straight Toll road - 0.4 km
11. Merge onto A2 via the ramp to Algarve/Aljustrel Toll road - 120 km
18. Take exit 15 for A22 toward Lagos/Portimão/Albufeira - 0.2 km

You can zoom in on the area around Lisbon Airport to view it better using the bar on the left had side of the map.

Things can be a bit tricky.particularly at Praça de Aeroporto and getting onto the E01, especially if you are leaving at rush hour.

Best bet is to keep calm. If you miss the bridge ramp don't try and find you way back, keep going to Vila Franca da Xira and the pick up the A10 heading South to Alcochete and the Algarve. Its longer bu simpler.

Albufeira to Lisbon

Given that you should be at Lisbon Airport 2 hours before, there is only one option that might do.

There is a coach operated by www.renex.pt that leaves Albufeira at 06:25 and arrives Lisbon Gare Oriente Bus Station at 09:30.

You then have to grab a taxi to the airport - 10 minutes - Cost +-€ 8.00 + bags.

There is also a coach operated by rede-expressos.pt that leaves Albufeira at 02:20 h arriving Lisbon Sete Rios bus station at 05:30 h.

You would then have to get a taxi from there to the airport. 15 minutes - Cost +- € 10.00

You can find a link to timetables on my blog here:

http://barlaventostravelblog.blogspot.com/

Scroll down on the right hand side panel till you come to:

»» Algarve & Portugal - Travel Transport Links

»» Continue scrolling down in this section till you come to the timetable you want.

Please note that the trains do not offer a suitably timed service.

Lagos Buses - Evening Services - July & August

Lagos Bus operator www.aonda.pt has posters up around town announcing that in July and August it will be operating evening services.

There is an indication of this on their website but the timetables have not yet been uploaded.

Watch this space for more news on this.

Porto to La Coruna

On Saturday, 12th July 2008, there is a bus service operated by www.internorte.pt as follows:

From PORTO - INTERNORTE - PRAÇA DA GALIZA,96

Dept. PORTO 09.00H
PORTO (AEROPORTO SA CARNEIRO) 09.15H
POVOA DE VARZIM 09.45H
VIANA DO CASTELO 10.15H
VIGO (PEINADOR AEROPORTO) 12.15H
VIGO 12.30H
PONTEVEDRA 13.00H
SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA 13.30H
CORUNHA 14.30H

Hertz Office - Porto, Portugal & La Coruna, Spain

The following are a list of all the Hertz offices in Porto and La Coruna

Porto Airport
Morada: Francisco Sa Carneiro Airport
Porto,
Portugal
Telefone: 22 9437690
Horário de Funcionamento: Mo-Su 0700-2400

Porto
Rua de Santa Catarina
Morada: Rua de Santa Catarina 899
Porto,
Portugal
Telefone: 22 3395300
Horário de Funcionamento: Mo-Fr 0800-1900 Sa 0900-1300 1500-1900, Su closed

Porto
Vitoria Garage - Ruo Eng. Ferreira Dias
Morada: Ruo Eng. Ferreira Dias 805/807 Ramalde,
Porto,
Portugal
Telefone: 22 6163782
Horário de Funcionamento: Mo-Fr 0830-1230 1430-1830, Sa-Su closed

La Coruna Airport
Morada: Coruna Airport
La Coruna,
Espanha
Telefone: 981 663990
Horário de Funcionamento: Mo-Fr 0800-2330, Sa 0900-1600, Su 0800-2330
La Coruna
Estacion de Tren - Railway Station
Morada: Joaquin Planells
La Coruna,
Espanha
Telefone: 981 234012
Horário de Funcionamento: Mo-Fr 0900-1300 1600-1930, Sa 0900-1130, Su closed

Lisbon Airport to Praia Del Rey Resort Obidos

I have checked out a couple of taxi/shuttle services and I am coming up with prices in the order of Euros 140 to Euro 150.

I spoke to the Praia del Rey resort themselves and they have a service available via their concierge. Price per taxi not per person will be Euro 100.00 from Lisbon Airport to the resort during weekdays. After Hours and week-ends this rises to Euro 150.00

These taxis can be booked by emailing the concierge at:

concierge@marriott-pdr.com.pt

or calling

+351 262905100

Madrid airport and hotels

Try the IBIS Barajas. It's only 800m from the airport and you can actually walk to it.

Done this myself last year.

Taxis don't like going there because it is to short a trip. But you can get there by local bus and metro as well with a +- 400m walk at the end.

I now see that from the IBIS site that there is now a shuttle service available to the hotel..

See this link:
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