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From Lisbon by Train to: Madrid (1/day, “Lusitânia” overnight 22:30-9:00, 9.5
hours; first class seat-€76, second class seat-€60; ticket and bed: €84 in quad, €105 in
double, €151 in single; discount with railpass—for example, about €30 for a bed in quad,
€50 in double, €95 in single; cash only; train departs from Santa Apolónia Station, arrives
at Madrid's Chamartín Station), Paris (1/day, overnight 16:30-13:50, 20 hours, departs
Santa Apolónia, change at Hendaye, arrives at Paris' Gare Montparnasse), Évora (4/day,
1.5 hours), Lagos (6/day, 3.5-4 hours, departs Oriente, transfer in Tunes or Faro, €24),
Tavira (5/day, 4-5 hours, transfer in Faro, departs Oriente), Coimbra (almost hourly, 2
hours, departs Santa Apolónia, see here for details), Nazaré/Valado (3-5/day, 3.5-4 hours,
involves 2-3 transfers; bus is better—see below), Óbidos (3/day, 2.25-3 hours, trans-
fer in Mira Sintra-Melecas or Cacém, departs Oriente), Porto (almost hourly, 3 hours,
departs Santa Apolónia), Sintra (4/hour, 40 minutes, departs Rossio, €4.60 round-trip;
for suggested day-trip connections, see here ) . For train info, call tel. 808-208-208, visit
www.cp.pt , or check Germany's excellent all-Europe website, www.bahn.com . Note: Any
train leaving from Santa Apolónia passes through Oriente Station (which has Metro ac-
cess from downtown) a few minutes later.
To Salema: To reach Salema, you'll first need to get to Lagos, which is about 3.5-4
hours from Lisbon by train (see above) or bus (see below). Trains from Lisbon to the Al-
garve leave from Oriente Station on the Lisboa-Faro line. At Tunes, there is a transfer to
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