Means of transport Portugal

Manages all ferry transport in Lisbon. Each ferry station (terminal) has an information and sales office, where you can buy tickets, otherwise you can simply load your transport card with the zapping formula. The company also organizes yellow boat tours on the Tagus lasting 2h30 or 1h, every day, from April to October. Departures take place from Terreiro do Paço (at 3pm) or Cais do Sodré (at 4.30pm).

This cableway has been in operation since March 11, 1995. The cabins pass over the forest to link the town center with Mount Penha, 617 m above sea level. The journey takes 10 minutes, during which time you can admire one of the region's most beautiful landscapes and religious monuments. Mount Penha is home to the Nossa Senhora do Carmo sanctuary. There's also a leisure park, caves, mountain bike and hiking trails, a mini-golf course, a campsite and a petiscos restaurant.

In Portugal, as in France, many young people go through the BlaBlaCar website to travel to the country at a lower cost. From Lisbon you can find several destinations in the region and elsewhere in Portugal. If you want to go to Porto for example, you will find several options per day.

As its equivalent to Lisbon, Turislua had the right idea of launching Circuits-Tuk (Thai-powered motorisé-powered tricycle) in Sintra and Cascais and surrounding Areas. The area lends itself very well to this type of transport.

The main Portuguese bus company offers routes in Portugal and Europe. Its domestic routes serve many destinations from north to south. The network is very good and the buses are very punctual. It is possible to buy tickets in bus stations, on the website or on the application. Practical when you don't have a printer at hand. The more you buy your ticket in advance, the less it costs. There are also discounts for students and the youth fare applies... up to age 29!

Buses Carris urban transport (of a beautiful orange) are handled with dexterity and speed by drivers who are not cold in their eyes! The company is gradually working on new, much better models: Good suspension, air conditioning, electric motor! Generally, we climb up the front and descend down the back. Buses cross the city in all directions. They are taken at the countless stops (paragem) where their numbers and journeys are indicated. Here, unlike other cities like Paris, we don't tighten up on the bus. Sometimes the driver doesn't let people rise, even though there's plenty of room for you!

The bus network with 90 urban and suburban lines is much larger than the subway. The main nodes of the network are: Cais do Sodré, Praça do Comércio, Marquês Pombal and Entre Campos. Tickets (modulo or bilhete), which are purchased on buses at € 1.85 for a «trip» ticket. You also have the possibility to load your card in metro stations with the zapping formula of loading a sum of money and which is valid on several networks (trains, buses, metro…). Tickets purchased at € 1.85 (€ 2.90 for tramways, 3.60 € for two funicular trips, 5 € for two trips to the Santa Justa elevator) to drivers are simple tickets (available in kiosk). For some time now there have finally been plans of the city and lines to buy you, on the storyteller, at one of the Carris agencies or tourist offices. There are always hardly any indications on the buses themselves. A little confusing to know where to stop. In this case, do not hesitate to ask the neighbor or driver to indicate the stop: the legendary lisboet kindness will do the rest! You will have the joy of seeing half the bus taunting you on the shoulder to tell you that you have arrived at a good port. It's good for egos! Carris (bus, trams, elevators) holds several kiosks in Lisbon, among others: Airport, Cais do Sodré, Praça da Figueira-Rossio (sale within a Casa da Genre - www.casadasorte.pt, games shop, entries: 1 B Praça da Figueira or 119 Rossio-Pedro IV or 37, Rua Garett in Chiado), Santa Apolónia, Cais do Sodré, Campo Pequeno (face to the Praça de Touros), Estrela (near the church), Belém… closed on Sunday. Generally, a lot of waiting, due to lack of staff in numbers, especially early months at the time of renewal of subscriptions.

Depending on the season, Ryanair links Lisbon to Paris/Beauvais and Brussels (Zaventem or Charleroi). The Irish low-cost airline also serves Porto from several cities in France (Paris/Beauvais, Bordeaux, Carcassonne, Châlons-en-Champagne/Vatry, Clermont-Ferrand, Dole, La Rochelle, Lille, Marseille, Saint-Etienne Strasbourg or Tours) or Belgium (Bruxelles/Charleroi), it also serves Faro from Porto, Charleroi/Bruxelles and Paris/Beauvais. Although it has unbeatable prices, the options quickly add up.

Viseu is served by the Marques bus company, which offers intercity services in the Viseu area, as well as routes to other towns such as Mangualde, Nelas, Seia, Gouveia, Oliveira do Hospital, Celorico da Beira and Guarda. The company also provides transport to schools. In urban transport, Marques has a partnership with the municipality of Gouveia to operate the city's bus routes. In addition to its regional services, Marques offers express services to the RNE and makes international trips in collaboration with the Intercentro and Internorte lines. The company has a fleet of 58 coaches, the average age of which is around 11 years. It employs 71 people for logistics, fleet maintenance, etc. Marques is renowned for its competitive prices and the quality of its services.

There are about 50 bus lines in the Porto metropolitan area, about 10 of which run at night. The most important bus lines are line 502 that connects Bolhão, Boa Vista and Matosinhos, line 500 that connects Ribeira to Matosinhos along the coast and line 202 that connects the centre of Porto to Boa Vista. Find a very practical interactive map on the site to find out the stops and timetables. Possibility to take a ticket for a Yellowbus tourist bus and/or an old tramway to explore the city.

On the way to Alcobaça (1 times a day) and Lisbon (5 to 7 times a day).

On the Figueira da Foz-Leiria-Cacém line (Lisbon periphery) some interregional links: 5 trains for Caldas da Rainha, 5 for Leiria, 3 for Figueira and 3 for Óbidos.

Taxi company, make transfers from the airport to the centre of the city. 

For those who prefer not to travel with a low-cost airline, Air France is a good option. The airline operates direct flights from Paris, but flights from other major French cities such as Nantes, Bordeaux, Lyon and Marseille are non-direct, via Paris or even Amsterdam. On the other hand, flights depart from Orly or Roissy. This allows you to choose according to where you live. As with other airlines, you will have to pay a supplement for checked baggage.

The station, which is adjacent to the Oriente railway station, is popular with a number of companies that operate buses from here to destinations all over the country and in neighboring European countries such as France and Spain: Avic (+351 218 940 238 - www.avic.pt), Rede Expressos (rede-expressos.pt/pt), Rodonorte (+351 259 340 710 - www.rodonorte.pt) and Flixbus (www.flixbus.fr), which provides cheap connections between Lisbon and Madrid and Lisbon and Seville and Malaga.

Near the zoo, the bus station has replaced Arco do Cego (which has become a parking lot/loose lot near Saldanha). It is close to the railway station of the same name, which you will have to bypass in some way to get to the entrance. Destinations to all the districts of continental Portugal: big cities (Porto, Coimbra...) and smaller cities in the interior, as well as international connections. It allows you to go to Ericeira in particular.

Located in Alfama, this station serves many national and international destinations. Inside, you will find a supermarket to do some shopping before your train leaves. For lockers, there are automatic lockers at gate 47, as well as at Oriente, Le Rossio and Cais do Sodré stations. The station is closed at night. Around it, you will find several bus stations to take you to different points in the city, including Cais do Sodré.

The train follows the coast, passing through Alcântara, Belém, Algiers, Carcavelos... and Cascais. The coastal route is nice to look at, remember to stand on the left side of the train. In summer, it is a convoy of flip-flops and sunglasses to the beaches of Carcavelos or Estoril. On the outward journey and especially on the return journey, always check the stations served before boarding, as some trains do not always stop at all stations along the way or stop only at Oeiras.

Accessible by metro with the yellow line, it mainly serves the northern suburbs. So you can reach Sintra or Queluz from this station. There are also connections with Santa Apolonia and Oriente. Thanks to the Alfa Pendular, you will be able to go to Braga or Guimarães (several departures per day). The Fertagus company will allow you to go to the beautiful beaches of the south or to Almada by crossing the bridge of April 25th.

On the Tagus, near Praça do Comércio, this river station provides a ferry connection with the southern railway line, whose trains leave from Barreiro, on the left bank of the Tagus. From Barreiro, you can go to Alentejo and Algarve: Beja, Évora, Faro, Vila Real St António and even, why not, in Seville. In Barreiro: rail connections to Setúbal, Alentejo and Algarve. The journey takes about 25 minutes to Barreiro.

These are the buses that connect Cascais to other nearby cities such as Sintra. From the bus station, located above the railway station (be very careful when crossing the Marginal), Scott Urb connects Cascais to Estoril (via the Cascais Shopping shopping centre), Guincho (buses: Nos. 405 and 415) and Sintra (via Cabo da Roca, bus: No. 403), by at least a dozen buses per day. There are also hourly connections to Lisbon airport (via Estoril station and the Colombo Trade Centre).

Cascais is the terminus of the coastal train line that leaves from Cais do Sodré (Lisbon). As it runs along the coast, the trip is quite pleasant. Remember to stand on your left side in the direction of travel to enjoy the view during the trip. The journey from Lisbon takes about 45 minutes. The train is often full in summer. Do not try not to pay, as there are very often controllers and the fine is very high. When leaving the station, you arrive directly in the centre of Cascais. You have to walk a little to get to the beaches.

If you don't feel like walking to the castle, you can take bus no. 434 (Circuito da Pena, 2 buses per hour from 10am to 7pm) which serves all the interesting places or no. 433 (Sintra Line) which goes around the city, as for the brave (scouts always!), they will take the time to discover on foot the famous chimneys of the old palace, the corners and corners of the old town like parks and multiple "quintas". Scotturb also provides connections to Cascais and Estoril (buses Nos. 417 and 418), while No. 403 passes through Cabo da Roca.

Ferries to Tróia, opening to Alentejo and Algarve, leave every 35 or 50 minutes day and night from the port of Setúbal, located near Avenida Todi. In summer, there are monster traffic jams every Friday and Sunday evening to come back. If you do not have a vehicle, we advise you to take the catamaran, faster and more frequent, it arrives directly in the marina (near the beaches). For the South, it is sometimes preferable to go around Alcácer do Sal, it is longer, but often a little faster!

From here, trains (Suburbano, Inter Regional and Inter Cidade) arrive from Barreiro (east of Almada, accessible from Lisbon by crossing the Tagus on the Transtejo ferry from Terreiro do Paço), either direct or serving local stations along the route. From Lisbon, you can take the Fertagus express train to Setúbal. It passes through Roma-Arreiro, Entre Campos and Sete Rios stations and takes 1 hour. This is the easiest and quickest way to get to Setúbal, unless you're already on the other side of the river.

A complete range of cars is at your disposal at competitive prices; these are staggered according to the duration of the rental.

This is the Portuguese railroad company, founded in 1856. This state-owned company covers most of the country and offers different types of trains: the fast and fairly expensive comboios, which link the main cities, the intercity trains (comparable to the old corails), the interregional trains and the slower and less expensive regional trains. On the CP (Comboios de Portugal) website, you can consult fares, timetables and book online. CP also has a smartphone application.

Mafrense is now part of Carris. Several routes are available: Sintra, Mafra, Lisbon, as well as the various surrounding beaches. Several lines run to Ericeira, and are more or less direct. We recommend lines 2801 and 2803 or 2740 and 2741. It's not very well signposted in Campo Grande, so don't hesitate to ask someone. Be sure to arrive at least 15 minutes early, especially in summer when there's a long queue to board the bus. Please note that buses leaving from Ericeira may leave early.

Don't feel like crossing a bridge to reach either side of the Douro? Doesn't going down and coming back up (or vice versa) give you more pleasure than that, or have you already done it so many times that it becomes routine? Then take the cabboat. It is the fastest way to cross the Douro, between the quays of Porto and Gaia. Aboard a rabelo-inspired boat, you'll be on the other side in less than 5 minutes! However, this comes at a cost. Try it at least once to get as close as possible to the wonderful Douro.

Here is an experience to live, coming in the summer of 2021: a trip on the Côa River in a solar boat. The boat, built with sustainable materials, can accommodate up to 12 people at a time, who will discover the surrounding fauna and flora during the trip, without any pollution. The route is 4 km long, between the Canada do Inferno and Fariseu docks. Tickets can be purchased at the reception desk of the park museum. Reservations are recommended.

Several return flights from Paris Orly 3, Nantes and Lyon with an increased frequency in high season. Transavia is one of the main low-cost companies to get to Lisbon. In low season, you can take your plane tickets up to 10 days before departure without any real price increase. Pretty good to know for a last-minute stay. In general, the flights have few delays (except in high season) and the service is correct. The airline is also less careful about carry-on baggage than other low-cost airlines.

The TST (Transporte Sul do Tejo) bus network is now part of the Carris company, and the entire fleet has been changed, now proudly sporting black and yellow. It's not easy to find your way around the website to find out about bus routes and timetables. You should also be aware that the drivers don't always stop at stations, so be sure to signal at the bus stop and on the bus when you want to get off.

The Porto tram network (managed by STCP) has three lines in circulation. These are ideal for sightseeing, as the tram routes pass through the most emblematic places in the city. Line 1 runs between the historic centre of Porto and the Passeio Alegre garden, along the Douro. Line 18 runs between Massarelos and the Carmo. Line 22 runs through the emblematic streets of downtown Porto, between the University of Porto and Batalha. The timetable varies from 8am-9am to 8pm-8.30pm each day.

Atlânticoline runs the Corvo-Flores route throughout the year, with a minimum frequency, in winter, of two daily dawn and dusk trips, two days a week. Between May and September, the company expands its offer, with maritime connections between all the islands of the archipelago. Depending on your route, you will have to climb one or more times: if you do not have much time, make sure you know your itinerary before making the reservation. The shuttle is an excellent option in the Azores. The routes are certainly longer, but the experience is different.

This application allows you to access all the intercity bus schedules of the western region (between Leiria and Lisbon, from north to south, and as far as Tomar and Santarém in the east), and to buy your tickets. This will save you from waiting in line at the ticket office. The app is only in Portuguese, but quite intuitive. After registration, you will have to fill in your details, you don't have to fill in everything. When you buy a ticket it is stored in "bilhetes". To activate it at the time of the journey, click on "usar bilhete".

Here's another way to discover Coimbra. Climb aboard a boat resembling a smaller Parisian bateau-mouche and let yourself be carried along the Mondego for a 50-minute journey. You'll pass under the city's emblematic bridges, past the Santa Clara-a-Velha convent, the University of Coimbra in the distance, and the cathedral. Meals and drinks can be provided on board. The 4 p.m. departure is guaranteed every day, while other departures are subject to booking and weather conditions.