Lisbon & Around - Portugal - page 244

Equipped with a phone card, including the Portugal Telecom card, you can make interna-
tional direct-dial (IDD) phone calls from most pay phones. At Portugal Telecom ( Click
here ) booths in post offices you can pay after you've made the call.

TOURIST INFORMATION

Ask Me Lisboa The largest and most helpful tourist office in the city faces Praça Res-
tauradaures inside the Palácio Foz ( www.askmelisboa.com ; Palácio Foz, Praça dos Restauradores;
9am-8pm) . Staff here dole out maps and information, book accommodation and reserve
rental cars. Nearby, the smaller Y Lisboa ( www.askmelisboa.com ; Rua Jardim do Regedor 50;
10am-7pm) branch does much the same; there's also left luggage here and charged internet
access. Lisboa Welcome Centre ( www.visitlisboa.com ; Praça do Comércio;

9am-8pm) is another

helpful branch.
Ask me Lisboa also runs several information kiosks, which are handy places for maps
and quick information: Airport (Airport; 7am-midnight) ; Belém (Largo dos Jernónimos, Belém;
10am-1pm & 2-6pm Mon-Sat) ; and Santa Apolónia (Door 47, inside train station, Santa Apolónia;
8am-1pm Mon-Sat) .

Getting There & Away

AIR
Situated around 6km north of the centre, the ultramodern Aeroporto de Lisboa (Lisbon Airport;
www.ana.pt ) operates direct flights to major international hubs including London, New York,
Paris and Frankfurt.

BOAT
The Transtejo ferry line ( www.transtejo.pt ) has several riverfront terminals.

Cais do Sodré : service to Cacilhas (€1.20, 10 minutes, every 10 minutes all day), Montijo
(€2.70, 30 minutes) and Seixal (€2.30, 30 minutes).
Terreiro do Paço : service to Barreiro (€2.30, 30 minutes), for rail connections to the Alen-
tejo, Algarve and Setúbal.
Belém : service to Trafaria and Porto Brandão (€1.15, every 30 to 60 minutes), about 3.5km
and 5km respectively from Costa da Caparica town.