Lisbon walkabiltiy???
Aug 6th, 2023, 11:40 AM
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Lisbon walkabiltiy???
Was wondering if I needed to get a travel card for public transport in Lisbon ..we are arriving in a rental car and leaving Lisbon by bus...our hotel is a 5 minute walk east to the Baixa chiado metro station so not sure if we are central to the majority of the sights...we will be taking day trips to Cascais and Sintra by train....was wondering if we (active seniors) would need to get a card for our 6 day stay to get us to and from sights using Metro, buses, etc, or if it is more cost efficient to just purchase single tickets.Thanks for any advice you can give.
Aug 6th, 2023, 04:45 PM
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You might consider the Viva Viagem transit card, which you can load as needed. However, we found it difficult to guess how much we might need.
https://www.portugalvisitor.com/port...el/viva-viagem
As we exited the train at the airport on our day of departure, there was an entrepreneurial type collecting cards with unused balances. Smart dude.
https://www.portugalvisitor.com/port...el/viva-viagem
As we exited the train at the airport on our day of departure, there was an entrepreneurial type collecting cards with unused balances. Smart dude.
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Aug 6th, 2023, 07:07 PM
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We could never figure out how to use the Metro in Lisbon but we did take a tram from Rossio Square near where we were staying to the area with the monastery and the monument to the explorers and the famous pastry shop.
Aug 7th, 2023, 05:38 AM
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Yes Belem
It was close to midnight when I was posting and I couldn't come up with name of the area. The tram we took by the way was modern, not one of the historic trams that are rife with pickpockets.
It was close to midnight when I was posting and I couldn't come up with name of the area. The tram we took by the way was modern, not one of the historic trams that are rife with pickpockets.
Aug 8th, 2023, 11:59 AM
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The modern tram 15 that takes visitors on a journey along the riverside to Belém can also be prime pickpocket territory. Just watch your belongings carefully on all the trams.
https://lisbongo.com/lisbon-trams-guide/.
Like Melnq8, I purchase a ViaViagem card, use the ¨zapping¨mode and just top it off as I need to.
https://lisbongo.com/lisbon-trams-guide/.
Like Melnq8, I purchase a ViaViagem card, use the ¨zapping¨mode and just top it off as I need to.
Aug 8th, 2023, 01:07 PM
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This is an explanation of how to do "zapping" with the Lisbon ViVA Viagem card
https://juliedawnfox.com/zapping-pub...nsport-lisbon/
https://juliedawnfox.com/zapping-pub...nsport-lisbon/
