Direct train from Santiago to Lisbon?

There is no direct train service from Santiago da Compostela to Lisbon.

Currently, the best rail connection is as follows (info from: www.renfe.es (Spanish Railways)):

Depart Santiago da C: 16.05
Arr Vallodolid:            21.34
Depart Valladolid:       23.22
Arrive Lisbon:             07.30 (next day)  

Long-distance bus operator alsa.es offers the following daily service:

Dept: Santiago da Compostela: 12:00(Spanish Time)
Arr:  Lisbon Oriente             20:45(Portuguese Time)
(This bus also continues to Lisbon Sete Rios Bus station)

E agora Porto? - JN - Best European Destination 2014

An editorial(in Portuguese) in today's Jornal de Noticias celebrating the growing profile of Porto as a European Travel Destination



E agora Porto? - JN

Porto - BA starting Porto to London Heatrow Flights - from March 31, 2014

It has just come to my attention that BA are starting twice-weekly flights between Porto Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport(OPO) and London Heathrow from the end of March 2014.

This is excellent news for Porto, given that the city has just been awarded more accolades as a Top European Travel Destination.  

Porto, Portugal - Best European Destination 2014

Brussels-based non-profit organisation, European Consumers Choice, has just announced that the city of Porto, has again been elected Best European Destination 2014 in an on-line Poll.

More here: http://www.europeanbestdestinations.org/top/europe-best-destinations-2014/

This result, along with other awards that other Portuguese cities like Porto, Coimbra and Lisbon are regularly winning, shows that Portugal is a destination for all seasons and tastes and not just a summer destination for sand, sun and wine!

Força Portugal!!

Air Canada Rouge - Low-Cost to Europe, including Lisbon, Portugal.

Air Canada's low-cost venture "Rouge" will start transatlantic services from Montreal and Toronto to Europe as from May 2014.

Initial Site here: http://www.aircanada.com/rouge/en/

Project routes are:

From Montreal:

Barcelona - Start Date: June 4, 2014
Nice - Start Date: June 22, 2014
Rome - Start Date: May 25, 2014
Athens - Start Date: July 1, 2014

From Toronto:

Lisbon - Start Date: June 21, 2014
Barcelona - Start Date: May 8, 2014
Venice - Start Date: July 1, 2014
Athens - Start Date: July 1, 2014

Flybe launching - Porto(Portugal) to Birmingham(UK) route - April 2014.

This news is about a week old but have kept forgetting to write it up.

Flybe.com are starting a new route between Birmingham, United Kingdom and Porto, Portugal as from 12 April 2014.

There will be four flights each week.  

Lisbon, Portugal - Fado Restaurants

If you are looking for restaurants offering Fado in Lisbon, have a look at the following, all of which recently jointly advertised in the February 2014 edition of the easyjet.com flight magazine promoting the heritage of Fado:

www.cafeluso.pt

www.timpanas.pt

www.adegamachado.pt

Memories of Lisbon

Just found this on youtube.com

A wonderful historic video of Amalia Rodrigues performing in the Adega do Machado in the Bairro Alto in Lisbon in 1989.

Acabou de encontrar isso em youtube.com

Um vídeo histórico maravilhoso de Amalia Rodrigues realizando na Adega do Machado, no Bairro Alto, em Lisboa, em 1989.

Viens de trouver cette vidéo sur youtube.com

Une vidéo historique merveilleuse d'Amalia Rodrigues chanter dans la Adega do Machado dans le Bairro Alto à Lisbonne en 1989.

Flights direct from Seville to Berlin

The main low-medium cost airlines operating between Seville and Berlin are airberlin.com and vueling.com.

Although airberlin.com does operate some direct flights from some Spanish Airports to destinations in Germany, the bulk of its flights are via its large hub at Palma da Mallorca.

vueling.com also operates Seville to Berlin via its hub at Barcelona. 

Alternatively, one can consider flying via Malaga Airport. However, it takes 2 hours just to get to Malaga Central Station and then at least another 30 minutes to the Airport on the local urban rail service.

Easyjet.com, Germanwings.com and Airberlin.com operate Malaga to Berlin.

Horse riding opportunities in the Lisbon area.

I understand from a contact that the schools shown in the following link are located in the area of Cascais/Guinho which is +- 45 minutes  by car from Lisbon..

http://www.quintadamarinhahipico.com/schools.php