Best way to get to Valenca/Tui from Lisbon to do the last 100km

[Diana@NS]

My daughter and I arrive May 19 in Lisbon and plan to explore and rest up for a couple days. We have only a week to walk so decided to begin from Valencia/Tui to Santiago. What would be the best way to get there? Train,bus or fly? Should we book accomadations for that time of year on the Camino?

 

[Anemone del Camino]

www.rome2rio.com will show you different ways tomget to Valenca. And the municipal albergue is great, and won't take reservations. Unless you arrive in Valenca late in the evening you should not have trouble fimding a bed. This is a very touristy town, and if Valenca fails, cross the bridge to Tui and all its albergues.

 

[whariwharangi]

3300 Santiago to Porto and Lisboa

3301 This section describes transportation options from Santiago to Porto and Lisboa

Index 3300
3302 Planes
3303 Trains
3304 Buses

3302 Planes

There are flights from A Coruna to Lisboa.

A Coruña Airport (LCG)
http://www.aena-aeropuertos.es/csee/Satellite/Aeropuerto-A-Coruna/en/

3303 Trains

Renfe operates trains from Santiago to Vigo-Guixar and from Vigo-Guixar to Valenca.

CP Celta operates trains from Vigo-Guixar to Porto.

CP operates regional and national trains from Valenca to Porto and Porto to Lisboa. Station Gare do Oriente is closest to Lisboa airport.

Renfe
http://www.renfe.com/

Comboios de Portugal (CP) (urban, regional, national, and international train services)
http://www.cp.pt/cp/displayPage.do?vgnextoid=87cbd5abe2a74010VgnVCM1000007b01a8c0RCRD

3304 Buses

Note: there is no central bus station in Porto.

Monbus provides bus service from Santiago bus station to Vigo bus station.

Autna provides bus service from Vigo bus station to Porto.

Autna has bus stops in Porto at the following locations from South to North:

a. Campo Mártires da Patria, 37
The closest Metro is Estação Sao Bento line D

b. Avda. de los Aliados – McDonald’s
The closest Metro is Estação Sao Bento line D

c. Aeropuerto
Metro line E

Renex operates buses from Porto to Lisboa.

Renex bus stop in Porto is located at Campo Mártires da Patria, 37. The closest Metro is Estação Sao Bento line D.

In Lisboa, Renex operates buses from Gare do Oriente which is co-located with the train station and is the closest station to the airport.

Rede Expressos operates buses from Porto to Lisboa.

Rede Expresso point of sale (and bus stop) in Porto is located Garagem Atlantico Rua Alexandre Herculano, 366 4000 Porto. The closest Metro is Estação Sao Bento line D.

In Lisboa, Rede Expressos operates buses from from Sete Rios bus station.

ALSA provides bus service between Santiago, Porto (Casa Musica), and Lisboa.

Monbus
http://www.monbus.es/index2.htm

Autna
http://www.autna.com/es/

Renex
http://www.renex.pt/

Rede Expressos
http://www.rede-expressos.pt/

ALSA
https://www.alsa.es/

Links checked March 2016

 

[amsimoes]

My daughter and I arrive May 19 in Lisbon and plan to explore and rest up for a couple days. We have only a week to walk so decided to begin from Valencia/Tui to Santiago. What would be the best way to get there? Train,bus or fly? Should we book accomadations for that time of year on the Camino?

Hi.
I recommend the ALSA (bus) or the CP (train).

LISBON to VALENÇA:

Bus:
ALSA (Sete Rios bus station)
https://www.alsa.es/
[Lisbon 07h30 - Valença 14h45]
https://www.alsa.es/horarios-autobu....portlet.action=searchJourneysActionSchedules

Train:
Lisbon-Porto-Braga (If you start in Lisbon, you need to change trains in the city of Porto (Campanhã train station) or Nine train station).
https://www.cp.pt/StaticFiles/Passageiros/horarios/horarios/PDF/ap_ic/ap_ic.pdf

Porto-Valença
https://www.cp.pt/StaticFiles/Passageiros/horarios/horarios/PDF/r_ir_uc/porto_valenca.pdf

 

[Diana@NS]

When I check these schedules it appears that nothing coincides. Any suggestions to get to Porto in morning then to Tui mid afternoon.

 

[whariwharangi]

When I check these schedules it appears that nothing coincides. Any suggestions to get to Porto in morning then to Tui mid afternoon.

Try train from Lisboa Oriente to Porto Campanha. There are several that arrive at Porto in the AM. The last one that will work is 1000 - 1244.
https://www.cp.pt/StaticFiles/Passageiros/horarios/horarios/PDF/ap_ic/ap_ic.pdf

Then Tram (line E) from Porto Campanha to Porto Airport. You have 1 hour.
http://en.metrodoporto.pt/frontoffice/pages/396

Then Autna bus from Porto Airport to Valenca 1345 - 1505
http://www.autna.com/

 

[jsalt]

When I check these schedules it appears that nothing coincides. Any suggestions to get to Porto in morning then to Tui mid afternoon.

Hi, the daily Alsa bus departs (Portugal) Oriente Lisboa at 07:45, and arrives in (Portugal) Valenca at 14:45, or in (Spain) Tuy at 15:50.
https://www.alsa.es/en/home
Jill

 

[jsalt]

arrives in (Portugal) Valenca at 14:45, or in (Spain) Tuy at 15:50.

P.S. There is a one hour time difference between Portugal and Spain. It takes only 5 minutes to cross the bridge between Valenca and Tuy, a bit longer if you walk across
Jill

 

[Diana@NS]

All settled. Thank you all. We will fly to Porto, then take bus from airport. Quicker and we will be well rested to begin our Camino the next day.

 

[mspath]

If you walk to Tui on the camino from Valenca do Minho which was the old frontier you pass through a spendid a 17thc fortress designed by Vauban and then cross the river Minho on the 19th c International bridge designed by Eiffel. The view to Tui as the lights come on at dusk is splendid!
Within the fortress the camino passes through the garden of the pousada/hotel Sao Teotonio. Stop at their outdoor bar to sip a coffee or more, relax and admire that panoramic view.

Bom caminho and Buen caminho!