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23-02-2007, 19.00.46
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questions on Portugal
Hello everyone,
Now that my elderly mother and I are to travel to Portugal coming month,
I have been making some inquries thruogh W3 as well as buying a few
paper maps.
When it comes to travelling to Leiria, I understand there are several
main-line stations in Lisbon, so that the question arises, which one to
take the train from. Here I found [url]www.cp.pt[/url] (even in its English-
language pages) quite puzzling, more so than [url]www.trenitalia.com[/url].
Also, haveing been booked to leave Lisbon on an early-morning (7:50)
flight, I have looked up the youth hostels, of which there are several
in the capital. Quick transport to the airport is crucial.
Thus I have two questions for you:
- Which station in Lisbon do IR and R trains to Leiria leave from?
- Which YH in Lisbon would you recommend -- the one in city centre or
the one near Oriente station?
TIA for any useful info. on this NG :-).
Yours sincerely,
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Seiju Teramoto <macfanaat at cistron dot nl>
's-Gravenhage, Nederland / The Hague, the Netherlands
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24-02-2007, 01.51.46
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Re: questions on Portugal
..[color=blue]
>
> Also, haveing been booked to leave Lisbon on an early-morning (7:50)
> flight, I have looked up the youth hostels, of which there are several
> in the capital. Quick transport to the airport is crucial.[/color]
If you stay at the Youth Hostel in the city center, you can walk outside to
the left, around the corner and across the street and beginning at 0630
catch the bus to the airport easily. There is little traffic at that time of
day.
[color=blue]
>
> - Which YH in Lisbon would you recommend -- the one in city centre or
> the one near Oriente station?[/color]
I have stayed at the Youth Hostel in the city center. It was incredibly
noisy in the common areas at all hours of the night, BUT, once you got in
your room and closed the door, the noise disappeared! I had no problems
sleeping except for the Japanese students who arrived at 0200 and turned the
lights on while they decided on which of the remaining bunks to sleep in (I
was in a room with 6 bunks and IIRC, it cost 18 Euros). There is a
cafeteria there where you can buy a supper ticket for 6 Euros, but nobody
does that. There is an actual bar on the premises which rocks all night
long. The place has a lot of energy about it and is usually packed.
It was an okay experience. I didn't get breakfast because I was up and out
by 0615, so I cannot speak as to the breakfast part of it. Oh, and there was
an El Corte Ingles not too far away.
Pat in TX
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24-02-2007, 01.51.46
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Re: questions on Portugal
..[color=blue]
>
> Also, haveing been booked to leave Lisbon on an early-morning (7:50)
> flight, I have looked up the youth hostels, of which there are several
> in the capital. Quick transport to the airport is crucial.[/color]
If you stay at the Youth Hostel in the city center, you can walk outside to
the left, around the corner and across the street and beginning at 0630
catch the bus to the airport easily. There is little traffic at that time of
day.
[color=blue]
>
> - Which YH in Lisbon would you recommend -- the one in city centre or
> the one near Oriente station?[/color]
I have stayed at the Youth Hostel in the city center. It was incredibly
noisy in the common areas at all hours of the night, BUT, once you got in
your room and closed the door, the noise disappeared! I had no problems
sleeping except for the Japanese students who arrived at 0200 and turned the
lights on while they decided on which of the remaining bunks to sleep in (I
was in a room with 6 bunks and IIRC, it cost 18 Euros). There is a
cafeteria there where you can buy a supper ticket for 6 Euros, but nobody
does that. There is an actual bar on the premises which rocks all night
long. The place has a lot of energy about it and is usually packed.
It was an okay experience. I didn't get breakfast because I was up and out
by 0615, so I cannot speak as to the breakfast part of it. Oh, and there was
an El Corte Ingles not too far away.
Pat in TX
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24-02-2007, 01.51.46
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Re: questions on Portugal
..[color=blue]
>
> Also, haveing been booked to leave Lisbon on an early-morning (7:50)
> flight, I have looked up the youth hostels, of which there are several
> in the capital. Quick transport to the airport is crucial.[/color]
If you stay at the Youth Hostel in the city center, you can walk outside to
the left, around the corner and across the street and beginning at 0630
catch the bus to the airport easily. There is little traffic at that time of
day.
[color=blue]
>
> - Which YH in Lisbon would you recommend -- the one in city centre or
> the one near Oriente station?[/color]
I have stayed at the Youth Hostel in the city center. It was incredibly
noisy in the common areas at all hours of the night, BUT, once you got in
your room and closed the door, the noise disappeared! I had no problems
sleeping except for the Japanese students who arrived at 0200 and turned the
lights on while they decided on which of the remaining bunks to sleep in (I
was in a room with 6 bunks and IIRC, it cost 18 Euros). There is a
cafeteria there where you can buy a supper ticket for 6 Euros, but nobody
does that. There is an actual bar on the premises which rocks all night
long. The place has a lot of energy about it and is usually packed.
It was an okay experience. I didn't get breakfast because I was up and out
by 0615, so I cannot speak as to the breakfast part of it. Oh, and there was
an El Corte Ingles not too far away.
Pat in TX
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24-02-2007, 01.51.46
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Re: questions on Portugal
..[color=blue]
>
> Also, haveing been booked to leave Lisbon on an early-morning (7:50)
> flight, I have looked up the youth hostels, of which there are several
> in the capital. Quick transport to the airport is crucial.[/color]
If you stay at the Youth Hostel in the city center, you can walk outside to
the left, around the corner and across the street and beginning at 0630
catch the bus to the airport easily. There is little traffic at that time of
day.
[color=blue]
>
> - Which YH in Lisbon would you recommend -- the one in city centre or
> the one near Oriente station?[/color]
I have stayed at the Youth Hostel in the city center. It was incredibly
noisy in the common areas at all hours of the night, BUT, once you got in
your room and closed the door, the noise disappeared! I had no problems
sleeping except for the Japanese students who arrived at 0200 and turned the
lights on while they decided on which of the remaining bunks to sleep in (I
was in a room with 6 bunks and IIRC, it cost 18 Euros). There is a
cafeteria there where you can buy a supper ticket for 6 Euros, but nobody
does that. There is an actual bar on the premises which rocks all night
long. The place has a lot of energy about it and is usually packed.
It was an okay experience. I didn't get breakfast because I was up and out
by 0615, so I cannot speak as to the breakfast part of it. Oh, and there was
an El Corte Ingles not too far away.
Pat in TX
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24-02-2007, 01.51.46
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Re: questions on Portugal
..[color=blue]
>
> Also, haveing been booked to leave Lisbon on an early-morning (7:50)
> flight, I have looked up the youth hostels, of which there are several
> in the capital. Quick transport to the airport is crucial.[/color]
If you stay at the Youth Hostel in the city center, you can walk outside to
the left, around the corner and across the street and beginning at 0630
catch the bus to the airport easily. There is little traffic at that time of
day.
[color=blue]
>
> - Which YH in Lisbon would you recommend -- the one in city centre or
> the one near Oriente station?[/color]
I have stayed at the Youth Hostel in the city center. It was incredibly
noisy in the common areas at all hours of the night, BUT, once you got in
your room and closed the door, the noise disappeared! I had no problems
sleeping except for the Japanese students who arrived at 0200 and turned the
lights on while they decided on which of the remaining bunks to sleep in (I
was in a room with 6 bunks and IIRC, it cost 18 Euros). There is a
cafeteria there where you can buy a supper ticket for 6 Euros, but nobody
does that. There is an actual bar on the premises which rocks all night
long. The place has a lot of energy about it and is usually packed.
It was an okay experience. I didn't get breakfast because I was up and out
by 0615, so I cannot speak as to the breakfast part of it. Oh, and there was
an El Corte Ingles not too far away.
Pat in TX
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