Lagos, Algarve, Portugal - Tenders open for reconstruction of D. Maria II Bridge

regiaosul.pt reports tonight that the Lagos, Algarve, Portugal Municipal Council has today opened a call for tenders for the reconstruction of the D. Maria II Bridge which links the town of Lagos with the Meia Praia, Albadeira and Marina areas of the town on the other side of the river.

The Bridge was closed two years ago at short notice following an inspection that revealed serious problems with the integrity of the structure.

More here (in Portuguese): http://www.regiaosul.pt/noticia.php?refnoticia=146165

The closure of the bridge brought substantial disruption to local traffic and added 3 kms to the commute between the areas concerned.

Aero-VIP Funchal- Porto Santo Flights - Update

The Portuguese Govt. has signed a new contract this week with Aero-Vip to continue operation of its service between Funchal Airport, Madeira and Porto Santo Island Airport for another 3 years as from 1st June 2014..

More here (in Portugese): http://bit.ly/1iSgBM8

Buses from Ferrol to Cedeira in Galicia, Spain

The following appears to be the current schedule for buses between  Ferrol to Cedeira in Galicia, Spain :

Service appears to be operated by: rialsa/monbus - http://horarios.monbus.es/

Buses leave from: Plaza de Galicia in Ferrol

The following are the weekday departure times from Ferrol and arrival times in Cedeira:

Dep.   Arr:

07:00 08:05

11:30 12:35

14:45 15:50

17:15 18:20

20:15 21:20

Lagos, Portugal

Praça das Armas, Lagos this morning.

Its about space........

Its not often that I post something totally out of this world but today NASA switched on its High Definition Earth Viewing experiment, a live stream view of earth beamed directly from the International Space Station.

Want to go somewhere else on a virtual vacation, watch this.....


Live streaming video by Ustream

Lagos, Algarve to Salema, Algarve - Bus Timetables 2014 (EVA Transportes)

The following are the current (April 2014) bus timetables for the EVA Transportes bus route between Lagos, Algarve, Portugal and Salema, Algarve, Portugal.

Lagos to Salema

Salema to Lagos

Lisbon Airport to Setubal

From Lisbon Airport there is a slightly more direct way to Setubal by Public transport.

1) Take the Metro Linha Vermelha (Red Line) three stops from Lisbon Airport to Gare Oriente Train/Metro/Bus Station.

2) From Gare Oriente Bus Station, tsuldotejo.pt operate their route no. 562 direct to Setubal. Takes about 40 minutes.

For Timetable see: http://bit.ly/1nGEnlR

Train/Bus from Evora to Salema

Since the demise of the local unprofitable local line between Beja and Funcheira, a couple of years ago, the only way by rail to get from Evora to Lagos is via Pinhal Novo. Basically, one takes the Lisbon train back up to Pinhal Novo and then connects with the Lisbon to Algarve trains.

The www.cp.pt site shows three departures as follows:

Evora 07h02 Lagos 12h06

Evora 09h02 Lagos 14h22

Evora 16h55 Lagos 21h15

One changes trains at Pinhal Novo and Tunes.

There is no direct bus service between Evora and Lagos. One would have to route via Faro and then catch a connecting bus or train to Lagos and then a further bus to Salema.

For Evora to Faro bus services see: www.rede-expressos.pt

For Lagos to Salema bus services see: www.eva-bus.com

Photo by Jimmy Kreislauf (Obra do próprio)

Bus from Coimbra to Evora

There is only one direct rede-expressos.pt bus service per day between Coimbra and Evora, this being the 16:15 departure.

All other connections route via Lisbon Sete Rios Bus Station. It may be better to take an Alfa-Pendular or Intercidades train from Coimbra-B Station to Lisboa Gare-Oriente and connecting with the Intercidades from there to Evora.

Coimbra	Evora
06h47	10h25
14h47	18h25
16h47	20h25

Visiting Praia de Benigal from Lisbon in a day by Public Transport

Personally, I wouldn't recommend this day trip but if one must....

Get either the:

08:15 EVA Transportes bus from Lisbon Sete Rios Bus Station arriving Lagoa at 11:15.

or the

05:30/07:30 Renex.pt buses from Lisbon Oriente Bus Station arriving Armacao da Pera (Get off at the second stop by the sea front) at 08:50/10:50 and Lagoa at 09:00/11:00.

From either Adp or Lagoa get a taxi to Benagil. MAKE sure to arrange a time for a taxi to pick one up IN PLENTY OF TIME coming back or one is in for a long walk 6 to 7km walk back in the heat of the Algarve sun.

There are currently departures back to Lisbon from Lagoa at:

Renex.pt

17:05

18:20

20:10

EVA/Rede Expressos. (www.rede-expressos.pt)

19:00

20:00

Be aware that there may be more bus frequencies in summer and times may change.