Took a taxi to the Jesus Christ Statue and took the lift to the top. Marvelous views of the River Tagus. It was the 700th Anniversary of the Portuguese Navy so plenty of ships, including a submarine. ...
Beautiful town to explore and easy to do this yourself. Docked at Appolonia port, cross the road to the underground, buy a day ticket from the machine and it gives you acess to the trams and buses too. One stop takes you to Commerce square. We took the 28 tram to Graca and walked around the castle and down through Alfama. Walked up to the Justa Elevator, also included in day ticket, walked to ...
Plenty to see and do in Lisbon and very good public transport links via metro to centre and via trams or walking. If you select your route carefully, the walk up to the Castle is not too steep and you can hop on a tram to return to the centre. Number 28, the tourist tram, always has a very long queue. The modern tram number 15 takes you from the centre to the Belem Tower, Jeronimous Monastery and ...
We lined up to buy an 8 euro shuttle bus ticket. The people at the head of the line took forever and in the meantime one of the locals said you don't need a bus - it's a five minute walk. He was right. We passed a line of tuk-tuks and decided on the spur of the moment to take a ride. We had a delightful young lady driver with an electric tuk-tuk and got an hour and a half for 50 euros. Lisbon ...
