Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
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;
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