I know a lot of Lisbon visitors come here as a start for a bigger travel thorugh Portugal, including most of the times spending some days in the warm beaches of Algarve. It’s common to search a car rental right at the airport, specially if you are not planning to spend any time is Lisbon [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Utilities'
Car Hire at the Lisbon Airport
July 13th, 2009 · No Comments
Tags: Coming And Going · Moving Around
Learning Portuguese : The Colors (Part II)
July 27th, 2008 · No Comments
Like I’ve promissed, here we are again to learn some more Portuguese words, on our second lesson regarding colors. Learning the colors should be regarded as something very useful, as they can help you identify a subway or train line, or to get directions to somewhere.
Black – Black follows the same construction form that the [...]
Tags: Learning Portuguese
Summer is Lisbon : Going to The Beach
July 25th, 2008 · No Comments
As with all the countries in southern Europe, Portugal is also known for it’s sunny and warm beaches, with Algarve being the most famous and desired shores. Every years thousand of tourists coming mainly from Germany and the UK flock to the south of the country to spend their vacation, in the search for the [...]
Tags: Cascais · Estoril · Margem Sul (South Side) · Moving Around
Lisbon Airport : The AeroBus and AeroShuttle
July 11th, 2008 · 16 Comments
Lisbon has a good and growing network of subways, but for some reasons I cannot really explain, it misses at least two connections that could be very handy for those visiting it : A connection with the Belém area and a connection to the airport. This last one has been planned and delayed for many [...]
Tags: Coming And Going · Moving Around · Utilities
Funiculars and Elevators
July 9th, 2008 · No Comments
Like I have said before Lisbon is not the most plain city in the world. It has a lot of hills and depressions, and although giving it a special landscape it can be tricky if you want to ride a bike or if you have to carry your groceries up-hill.
Well the hills have been there [...]
Tags: Bairro Alto · Baixa (Downtown) · Moving Around · Sightseeing