Festival Info for Getting from Lisbon to Cascais

From the "ARRIVING IN PORTUGAL - 2013 Fall Festival News - October 17, Issue #7"

TRANSPORT INFORMATION

If you would prefer to make your own way to the Festival site, you can either take a train or a taxi from the airport. [If you are leaving from a hotel in central Lisbon and are close to the Rossio metro station, that is on the green line, so you do not need to change metro lines. See the Lisbon metro map with streets.]

 

Metro/Train: From the airport take the Metro Red Line to Alameda.  At Alameda change and take the Green Line to Cais do Sodre.  Change at Cais do Sodre and take the Cascais train line to Cascais (last stop on the line).  The Metro from the Airport to Cais do Sodre will take about 35 minutes and will cost €1.40. The Train from Cais do Sodre to Cascais will take about 40 minutes and cost €2.15.  Useful links: Metro/Train map, Metro website, and Train website.

 

Aerobus/Train:  From the airport take the Aerobus to Cais do Sodre.  At Cais do Sodre take the Cascais train line to Cascais (last stop on the line).  The Aerobus from the Airport to Cais do Sodre will take about 30 minutes and will cost €3.50. The Train from Cais do Sodre to Cascais will take about 40 minutes and cost €2.15. Useful links:  Aerobus website and Train website.

 

Taxi: A taxi from the airport to Cascais will cost around €35.  It is always wise to ask the taxi driver first approximately how much the fare will be.