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Faro to Lisbon

Post by cricketfieldclarets » Wed May 01, 2019 11:32 pm

Anyone done this by public transport? How quick, easy and reliable is it?

Done Lisbon to Porto and was easy enough.

In short land late at night in Faro but need to be in Lisbon the next evening (or earlier). So will be staying near the airport before making our way next day.

Weighing up public transport or hiring a car. Only issue with the latter is we are flying out of Porto... (long story short need to be in Lisbon on specific days and can only travel to and from portugal on specific days. No suitable flights to Lisbon available.)

Dont mind driving, train or bus. Whichevers easiest.

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Re: Faro to Lisbon

Post by Pstotto » Thu May 02, 2019 12:02 am

I've done it by by train, it took four hours, may be a better service now. it's a nice journey, seeing the countryside, I think it stops at Setubal and you can see a bit of the port. When it gets to the inner lagoon you then have to take the ferry. It looks like the sea and then Lisbon appears, you end the journey, I'm not sure but it might be a bit of train again as I remember getting out of a station at the base of Lisbon right into the old centre of the town. It's was OK.

The train and ferry is all part of the package, one ushered from train to ferry etc.
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Re: Faro to Lisbon

Post by Alanstevensonsgloves » Thu May 02, 2019 12:13 am

Done it by hire car. Easy drive. One way rentals are quite common now since the advent of low cost flights. Most rentsl websites have that option built in / allow for it.
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Re: Faro to Lisbon

Post by IanMcL » Thu May 02, 2019 2:24 am

Very Faro to walko!
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Re: Faro to Lisbon

Post by Top Claret » Thu May 02, 2019 6:04 am

Little traffic on the Portuguese roads. Set the cruise control at 95mph, put your head back, relax, and you will be there in a couple of hours.
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Re: Faro to Lisbon

Post by cricketfieldclarets » Thu May 02, 2019 9:06 am

Alanstevensonsgloves wrote:Done it by hire car. Easy drive. One way rentals are quite common now since the advent of low cost flights. Most rentsl websites have that option built in / allow for it.
Have thought this. Both flights are booked with the same airline. But didnt book at time of booking.

Are the standard sites worth looking at enterprise etc or better with money supermarket / compare the meerkat etc now?

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Re: Faro to Lisbon

Post by Burnley Ace » Thu May 02, 2019 9:13 am

You can get a direct train from Faro right into city. It’s about 4 hours, not very expensive and fairly comfortable

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Re: Faro to Lisbon

Post by Blackrod » Thu May 02, 2019 9:34 am

I looked for a one way rental in Spain and I think ( correctly it incorrectly) it used to be more widely accepted. It seemed very expensive this time dnd I changed itinery so I could return the car to the same airport. Apart from this the roads in Portugal are good.
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Re: Faro to Lisbon

Post by cricketfieldclarets » Thu May 02, 2019 9:50 am

Thanks all so far. Will look at both. Lisbon to Porto sas easy but didnt know how central faro station was and how frequent etc

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Re: Faro to Lisbon

Post by Quicknick » Thu May 02, 2019 11:34 am

I regularly go from Lagos to Lisbon by bus, so I'm sure Faro to Lisbon will be an equally painless experience. The bus/coach drivers are excellent, and if there isn't a toilet on board, they stop for a fifteen-minute break at a service station. Just listen for the driver shouting, ''quinze minutas''. That all said, I have been told the train is quicker.
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Re: Faro to Lisbon

Post by claretnproud » Thu May 02, 2019 2:22 pm

good player that faro. How much did Lisbon pay for him ?

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Re: Faro to Lisbon

Post by Reckoner » Thu May 02, 2019 4:43 pm

Why don't you just fly direct to Lisbon?

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Re: Faro to Lisbon

Post by Reckoner » Thu May 02, 2019 4:52 pm

sorry I see you say no suitable flights, but with the number of flights to Lisbon surely they are more suitable than transferring from Faro....

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Re: Faro to Lisbon

Post by thelaughingclaret » Thu May 02, 2019 7:22 pm

Quicknick wrote:I regularly go from Lagos to Lisbon by bus, so I'm sure Faro to Lisbon will be an equally painless experience. The bus/coach drivers are excellent, and if there isn't a toilet on board, they stop for a fifteen-minute break at a service station. Just listen for the driver shouting, ''quinze minutas''. That all said, I have been told the train is quicker.
The services stop isn’t like when you come back from an away game down somewhere daft like London or even further, we’ve lost by a stupid amount of goals to nil, you stop at the services and the driver says 15 minuets, yet 25 minuets later you’re still sat there waiting to get home and to bed as some people aren’t back on board yet due to either chain smoking 5 fags as they can’t go a few hours without one, or because of a stupid reasons like ‘the queue at McDonald’s was too long.’ Drives me nuts. Take sandwiches like us normal folk so we can all get home as soon as! Rant over.

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Re: Faro to Lisbon

Post by cricketfieldclarets » Thu May 02, 2019 7:49 pm

Reckoner wrote:sorry I see you say no suitable flights, but with the number of flights to Lisbon surely they are more suitable than transferring from Faro....
Only from Luton on the day we fly out. Which arguably would have been easier to do the driving this end. But the times weren't ideal.

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Re: Faro to Lisbon

Post by Nonayforever » Thu May 02, 2019 9:15 pm

Top Claret wrote:Little traffic on the Portuguese roads. Set the cruise control at 95mph, put your head back, relax, and you will be there in a couple of hours.
I've done the route by road.
It quickly became apparent why the country went bust.
They spent 100 million euros on a motorway and there was only me paying the 20 euro toll.
No other car in sight either way for mile after mile ( or should that be kilometer )

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Re: Faro to Lisbon

Post by 59claret » Thu May 02, 2019 10:43 pm

Faro train station is literally only about 20mins from airport. There’s a bus or plenty of taxis. Station only small so easy to navigate.
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Re: Faro to Lisbon

Post by cricketfieldclarets » Thu May 02, 2019 11:00 pm

Perfect thanks

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Re: Faro to Lisbon

Post by Pstotto » Fri May 03, 2019 11:40 am

Not so fast, CC. We haven't finished yet. :-). Now I'm going to tell you everything you need to know in detail. The harbour of Central Faro has the railway between it and the sea. If you walk round the harbour to the right facing the sea, the train station is about 400 yards from the harbour. You can get a nice cup of coffee at the...
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Re: Faro to Lisbon

Post by Top Claret » Fri May 03, 2019 12:37 pm

Nonayforever wrote:I've done the route by road.
It quickly became apparent why the country went bust.
They spent 100 million euros on a motorway and there was only me paying the 20 euro toll.
No other car in sight either way for mile after mile ( or should that be kilometer )
Spain is the same. You get away from the major cites and the toll roads are traffic free. The Portuguese can't afford to use the toll roads either

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Re: Faro to Lisbon

Post by cricketfieldclarets » Sat May 04, 2019 11:12 am

Pstotto wrote:Not so fast, CC. We haven't finished yet. :-). Now I'm going to tell you everything you need to know in detail. The harbour of Central Faro has the railway between it and the sea. If you walk round the harbour to the right facing the sea, the train station is about 400 yards from the harbour. You can get a nice cup of coffee at the...
Jobs a gooden thanks

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