Portugal with large family
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Portugal with large family
Hi, I am planning a trip to portugal arriving AUGUST 30 TO SEPTEMBER 06. (Option to arrive/depart from PORTO or LISBON. This trip is to celebrate mom's 80th and I am taking her with a group of 14 (2 elders and 2 kids) to portugal. Our main goal is to go straight to FATIMA as my moms birthday is on the day of arrival, the 30th. Now, I have no idea where to take the group after FATIMA. Any suggestions about a 7 days itinerary? whats the best way to get from the Lisbon airport to FATIMA (for a large group), and what the best way to get around? should we rent cars? I would love to hear any suggestions.
thank you,
marcelo
thank you,
marcelo
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You only have six days if you are leaving on the 6th. Are you traveling from the US? Because if so you will arrive jet lagged, hardly the best comdition for your visit to Fatima, and certainly not compatible with driving the 120 kms to Fatima. There are buses, but you will need to go into Lisbon to catch them. Can't you arrive a couple of days earlier?
You would have no difficulty spending the remainder of your time just in Lisbon, with day trips to Belem and Sintra.
You would have no difficulty spending the remainder of your time just in Lisbon, with day trips to Belem and Sintra.
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I'm having a math problem here. Is it a group of 14 (fourteen) or is that a typo on your part? Is it really 4 (four - two elders and two kids)? Or is it 12 elders and 2 kids = 14?
I second thursdaysd's notion - don't expect to be up to doing much of anything on the day of arrival - you'll have severe lack of sleep and the time difference will catch up with you. No driving, that would be irresponsible.
If it is a group of four or five including yourself, then I suggest renting an apartment in Lisbon for the duration. We had good experiences on several continents with www.housetrip.com - we just came back from such a rental in Belém, a part of Lisbon by the river on the western side, where a great many of the attractions happen to be. But it was tiny, for two, so you'll have to search for a bigger place.
If your group is 14, then I don't know what to suggest.
If you can't move up your travel dates, then simply go to Fatima on the third or fourth day of your stay, when you're acclimatized and feeling good. It's only a two-hour drive.
For the rest of your stay in and around Lisbon, either take taxis, they are not very expensive, or get a Viva Viagem card each (you can't share) - you load it up with maybe ten or fifteen Euros to begin with and tap it upon entering buses or trains or trams - the fare gets deducted and if you run it down, top it up. Easy, and way cheaper than paying cash for each journey. Not sure how much - if anything - kids have to pay.
The card is also valid on the train to Estoril and Cascais (leaves from Cais do Sodré hub), and to Sintra (leaves from Rossio train station, around the corner from Rossio metro stop at Praça Figueira).
I second thursdaysd's notion - don't expect to be up to doing much of anything on the day of arrival - you'll have severe lack of sleep and the time difference will catch up with you. No driving, that would be irresponsible.
If it is a group of four or five including yourself, then I suggest renting an apartment in Lisbon for the duration. We had good experiences on several continents with www.housetrip.com - we just came back from such a rental in Belém, a part of Lisbon by the river on the western side, where a great many of the attractions happen to be. But it was tiny, for two, so you'll have to search for a bigger place.
If your group is 14, then I don't know what to suggest.
If you can't move up your travel dates, then simply go to Fatima on the third or fourth day of your stay, when you're acclimatized and feeling good. It's only a two-hour drive.
For the rest of your stay in and around Lisbon, either take taxis, they are not very expensive, or get a Viva Viagem card each (you can't share) - you load it up with maybe ten or fifteen Euros to begin with and tap it upon entering buses or trains or trams - the fare gets deducted and if you run it down, top it up. Easy, and way cheaper than paying cash for each journey. Not sure how much - if anything - kids have to pay.
The card is also valid on the train to Estoril and Cascais (leaves from Cais do Sodré hub), and to Sintra (leaves from Rossio train station, around the corner from Rossio metro stop at Praça Figueira).
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hello guys,
thanks for the feedback, and yes, its not a typo, the group is of 14 people.
13 of them will arrive from Brazil and I will fly from Canada to meet them in Lisbon. We arrive on the 30th early morning and travel to Fatima, where I was able to only lock one night at a local hotel so we should be leaving Fatima early afternoon on the 31th. I am thinking to have no more than 3 destinations during the time in Portugal. and we are leaving on the september 6, thats correct. Any suggestions in itinerary, ideas, would be great. thanks again
thanks for the feedback, and yes, its not a typo, the group is of 14 people.
13 of them will arrive from Brazil and I will fly from Canada to meet them in Lisbon. We arrive on the 30th early morning and travel to Fatima, where I was able to only lock one night at a local hotel so we should be leaving Fatima early afternoon on the 31th. I am thinking to have no more than 3 destinations during the time in Portugal. and we are leaving on the september 6, thats correct. Any suggestions in itinerary, ideas, would be great. thanks again
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