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From Lisbon airport it’s a short metro ride on the red line to Oriente, from where trains leave for Porto. You could also take Uber from the airport to Oriente; Uber is cheap in Portugal and this ride should cost less than €10.
There’s only one line from the airport and only one direction (i.e. the airport is the final stop), so it’s literally impossible to take the wrong metro train. Bom caminho!
Like others have said, easy metro to oriente where there are hourly trains to Porto. Follow exit signs in airport, and entrance to metro is right outside. I just did that earlier this week, and was on a train within an hour of landing in...
Rome2Rio is good for checking route options but for timetables it’s much better to go to the source. This is the English version of the Portuguese trains website:
https://www.cp.pt/passageiros/en/
Agree with comments about regular tea. However, infusions of manzanilla (Chamomile) with honey and/or lemon are generally wonderful! Also have had some truly wonderful homemade infusions of fruit pectins on those cold rainy days while doing a...
HI Lauren-- Been on that route several times, solo and with my sister, also with spouse and old friends from college. In Iria Flavia (just past Padron), there is the Hotel Scala. It os excellent. They have a large restaurant, so dinner is...
There is Honto but its only about 5 km outside of SJPDP. You could always take a cab back to SJPDP if you felt you can't go on, and or wait at Orisson to see if there are any cancellations. When I stayed there one person in my party had decided...
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