r/LisbonPortugalTravel

We had a bad experience in 2016 doing the London-Lisbon-Madeira return route. I’m not a big fan of other budget options like Easyjet so we gave TAP another go last week. First 3 legs satisfactory, the 4th was abysmal. We get on to find the seats we’d booked months in advance were taken by a breastfeeding lady with another small child. Ok, 1st world problem me and the wife end up in separated non-window seats like we’d booked. What was disgusting was seeing 3 spare seats in business class being used by a family of 3 who now had 6 seats. By the way it’s not business class - just a shitty curtain. We find out the lady in our seats had missed a flight due to Lisbon airport’s inadequate service and coughed up another 1500 euro. Not her fault but why the fuck not give her 2 of the 3 ‘business class’ seats and give us ours? I’ll make the call and I truly hope like fuck that I’m wrong - the main thing I can think of is her skin was very dark. And to the flight crew - don’t say obrigado to me on disembarkation after fucking us over - and this poor lady who copped it worse than us. 2 bad experiences now. Worst by a long way of the 15 or so airlines I’ve used in my life. FIND ANY OTHER OPTION THAN TAP

Im (25,m) travelling with my 54 year old mother to portugal in mid October. The original plan was to spend an extended time in Lisbon, taking day trips to cascais, sintra and obidos/ fatima. I have heard a lot about how beautiful Lagos is and I was considering cutting our time in lisbon short to take the train down to lagos, giving us a day and half to two days of exploring there before we would have to go back to Faro to catch a plane to Porto. Is this worth it? My main concern is my mother would become fatigued with the extra travelling/ flying. Please advise!

I'm in terminal 1 (easyjet) flying to the UK. (UK passport) My flight is 4.50pm on Thursday and gate closes at 4.20pm. I only have a carry on so I don't need to do the bag drop. I was planning on getting there for around 1.30pm-ish. I have heard people say security is relatively quick, but passport control is ridiculous and chaotic/long, so I just wanted to know if arriving 3 hours before gate closes is enough time. I did already do the digital fingerprint registration thing when I arrived at Lisbon so assuming I don't have do all that again?

Thanks!

I have an opportunity to visit Portugal, but will only have two nights. Which city is best to visit with a short timeframe?

Thanks in advance

Hello
Me and the family are finishing up our trip to Portugal this week. We decided to buy car seats for the duration of our trip, since it cost a fortune through the rental company and the quality often isn’t the best. We’re leaving on the 20th of August. So if anyone with 2 kids are flying in to Lisbon the 20th of August before 10 o’clock, we’ve got two car seats we’re not bringing home. They have iso fix and only been used for 3 weeks. Fits kids 2,5yr and up.
Hit me up, if you could use some free car seats.

We are connecting through Lisbon on our way home to the USA from Spain.

Is 3 hours enough time to make our flight home with customs and everything else?

We've never been through Lisbon before- we are entering the Schengen zone through Lisbon on our way, staying a couple days in Lisbon, then heading on to Spain and flying home from there with our connection home in Lisbon-so don't know what to expect in terms of the experience and most accounts I can find seem to be if your origin is Lisbon- but our origin is Spain, I think (if I understand everything correctly).

All booked one ticket, one airline- not separate reservations or multiple airlines.

I’m planning to rent a car in Lisbon with Centauro, directly from their website and with the premium pack. In particolar, I am looking at this company because I need to rent using a debit card.

What do you think about this company? Is it trustworthy?

Hello, I need a really good weed, high quality not haszisz , I arrived from Amsterdam and The second thing I'm looking for is good food I really like meat but I'm open to local cuisine

My husband and I are visiting Portugal for our honeymoon. The last leg of our trip has been/is Lisbon. It’s truly an incredible city that we’ve enjoyed getting to know!

One thing I’ve been struggling with is how we’ve been treated in a few different restaurants. I understand and respect that the serving culture is different than the U.S. (I waitress on the side, btw), but I’ve felt judged and been treated as if we’re a nuisance on multiple occasions. My husband and I are quite friendly and are always respectful to hosts/staff members wherever we go. Even then, it seems we are a bother to staff. Are we doing something wrong? I will say, I am known to be high-anxiety and overly sensitive… maybe I’m reading into this too much? It’s been a little discouraging to find new places to try.

We are staying near Pink Street and would love any recommendations for any kind of incredible food nearby! Welcoming and friendly vibes would be appreciated ;-)

Can I take an Uber from the Airport to my hotel?

Me and my fiance will be there for 10 days. We were told not to spend all our time in Lisbon.

Suggestions?

Thanks!

My Question is for Lisbon city center (i already have plans for sintra-cascais!) and not foodie stuff but architecture.

My 2 weeks trip in Portugal is focused on trails/hikes so i'm giving myself this small moment to see cool historical stuff before flying back.

Monastery, belem tower, Praça do Comércio,  São Jorge Castle, Alfama, etc. I just dont know how to split it, in what order to see, etc. i need a bit of help haha. thank you !

Should i rent a bicycle ? It sounds like a great idea to me haha (but maybe i'm wrong)

Staying very close to city centre, planning to visits lots of markets and some museums. Where else should I go?

Bought a Rolex and planning on shipping the box back since I can’t fit it in my luggage.

They will most likely flag me and inspect the watch. Will I have an issue if I don’t have the box/papers but just have the watch in the Rolex Travel Pouch? I will have the store receipt.

I won’t be traveling with the box or warranty card.

Thanks!

Hello!

Coming to Lisbon, Cascais and Sintra in September.

Any recommendations for things to do/eat to celebrate my husband's 40th birthday?

Thank you!

We would love any input for our plans! We are visiting both Spain and Portugal. We are leaving mid september from Amsterdam. We are a couple in our late thirties and like to be outdoors, climbing, hiking, some kitesurfing (still learning), we have SUPs with us. We definitely like to mix in good food and culture. We are starting in north of Spain with Basque country and Picos de Europa. I'm thinking about driving from Picos de Europa through León to Porto. This route would save us some time. I've read about Peneda-Gerês national park, is that worth a visit? How much time should we plan? We were thinking 3 weeks from Picos de Europa to Lisbon to make time to visit Porto, for climbing around Redinha and Reguengo do Fétal, visit Nazaré and Ericeira, do some kitesurfing in Obidos and visit Sintra for the palaces and bouldering. And then we want to visit Lisbon and from there we want to fly to Madeira for a week, to do the Madeira trail. So that would give us the whole month of Octobre in portugal including Madeira. We want to skip the Algarve (because I feel this time a year it's a lot of pensioners and also it saves us a lot of driving) and drive from Lisbon to Spain directly. I'm very curious what you think about this Itinerary!