too many cities?
Dec 17th, 2016, 04:27 AM
#22
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 3,163
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
I' m with everyone else about this. If your trip from home to Paris is a reasonable length, say less than 17-18 hours, I would move on from Paris to your furthest destination on that same day you arrive. You are going to be jet lagged anyway so you might as well use that day for travel and start a fresh the next day. This way you could leave about 5 nights for Paris at the end and lose one move. This gives you 11 days left. So you need to drop one destination at least to make this work well. Rome is probably the most obvious choice to drop. As an alternate plan you could drop Spain and Portugal and just do Italy which would make things much easier as you could use trains and visit Rome, Florence and Venice before returning to Paris. Prefer Easy jet to Ryanair.
Dec 19th, 2016, 05:40 AM
#24
Original Poster
Join Date: Dec 2016
Posts: 4
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Thanks everyone! We have made some adjustments & will be dropping Italy. Perhaps one day I will force my husband to take me there!! 
So we will be extending our stays in Barcelona & Lisbon. And using the train between Lisbon & Porto. Really appreciate all your suggestions. I really was trying to shove too much into too short of time, but don't believe I will ever get back & wanted to SEE IT ALL! Merry Christmas!!!
So we will be extending our stays in Barcelona & Lisbon. And using the train between Lisbon & Porto. Really appreciate all your suggestions. I really was trying to shove too much into too short of time, but don't believe I will ever get back & wanted to SEE IT ALL! Merry Christmas!!!
Dec 20th, 2016, 09:22 AM
#27
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 78,320
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
consider stopping off perhaps between Porto and Lisbon in say Obidos - a perfectly walled ancient city with a famous Parador or whatever they call those in Portugal built into the ancient ramparts - train service and then about only an hour from Lisbon by train.
Coimbra would be another neat stop on the direct train route.
Coimbra would be another neat stop on the direct train route.
Dec 20th, 2016, 01:50 PM
#28
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 78,320
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Dec 26th, 2016, 04:21 PM
#31
Join Date: Nov 2013
Posts: 74
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
There are 4 daily direct regional train services from Lisbon to Obidos.
Of course, being a regional train, it will stop in 20+ stations along the way and take about 2h 20m. There are other options, but it's necessary to change the train lines.
Regarding flight\train, i don't know where did you get such idea.
There are daily flights from Lisbon to Porto and vice-versa and they take one hour. The fastest train connecting both cities takes 2 h 35 m.
So the fastest way from Lisbon to Obidos is by bus, it takes one hour.
Of course, being a regional train, it will stop in 20+ stations along the way and take about 2h 20m. There are other options, but it's necessary to change the train lines.
Regarding flight\train, i don't know where did you get such idea.
There are daily flights from Lisbon to Porto and vice-versa and they take one hour. The fastest train connecting both cities takes 2 h 35 m.
So the fastest way from Lisbon to Obidos is by bus, it takes one hour.
