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Definitely more convenient.I'm also using miles to buy my flights, but on United the mileage flights aren't sold as a round trip. I've bought a flight to Lisbon and will buy my return flight from Porto.
All the way to Lisbon??In 2019, as a group of three, we hired a car and the cost was about $80 each. Very pleasant trip, great driver and several stops for scenery and rest breaks! Just another alternative.
We did this and the Portuguese trains were great (see pic).Bus to Porto, several per day. Train to Lisbon.
Bus actually has a stop at Porto airport.
I've looked at this site for options - https://www.rome2rio.com/map/Santiago-de-Compostela/Lisbon.We did this and the Portuguese trains were great (see pic).
Trains between Spain and Portugal were primitive in comparison, which surprised me because I sorta assumed that neighbouring countries in Europe worked together like states in Australia, and don't try to rent a car in one and return it in the other euro country.
Hire a car and driver or rent a car yourself. The bus ride is excruciatingly slow and long, with no opportunity to see anything on the side, like Lourdes.My son and I are walking the CP this summer.
We're looking for the best way to return to Lisbon from SdC in early July, and there no longer appear to be direct flights from SdC. I checked A Coruna and Vigo, and they don't have any direct flights either. Also, even the shortest flights connecting through Madrid are materially more expensive than in times past, with almost nothing under 4 hours.
I assume that this is either due to reduced demand because of COVID, or these flights start filling with shorter windows for advanced purchase.
I'm familiar with the ALSA bus route, but I am hoping to find something shorter than 8 hours.
Any suggestions? Or am I tilting at windmills at this point?
That would definitely be a detour.Hire a car and driver or rent a car yourself. The bus ride is excruciatingly slow and long, with no opportunity to see anything on the side, like Lourdes.
I find far too many gaps in Rome2rio to trust it as accurate or complete. For instance, the routes shown don't account for differences between weekdays and weekends, which is pretty critical because, for instance, the schedule for the bus from SdC-->Vigo-->Porto with train to Lisbon doesn't actually work on a Saturday (the day I need to do it). Moreover, looking at Alsa website directly, they have an 8 hour bus ride on the same Saturday at a convenient time, but it doesn't show at all in Rome2rio.I've looked at this site for options - https://www.rome2rio.com/map/Santiago-de-Compostela/Lisbon.
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