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Taxis €10–€14; around 20
Daily Costs Sleeping minutes to the centre.
Budget: Less than €50 Casa no Campo Comfy
» Dorm bed: €15–22 village houses or farmhouses for Mobile Phones (Cell
» Basic hotel room for two: hire in the countryside.
from €30 Pousadas State funded Phones)
» Lunch special at a family-run accommodation, often in castles, Local SIM cards are widely
restaurant: €7–9 converted monasteries and old available and can be used
mansions. in European and Australian
» Second-class train ticket from mobile phones. Not compatible
Lisbon to Faro: from €22 Pensão Inexpensive, extremely
basic guesthouses, often with with many North American or
Midrange: €50–120 shared bathrooms. Japanese systems.
» Double room in a midrange Price categories refer to a double
hotel: €50–100 room with bathroom in high Internet Access
» Lunch and dinner in a season. Unless otherwise stated,
midrange restaurant: €22–35 breakfast is included in the price: Wi-fi is available in most lodgings
and cafes (and is usually free).
» Admission to museums: €2–6
€ less than €60 Internet cafes are rare.
Top End: More than €€ €60–120
€120 €€€ more than €120 Money
» Boutique hotel room: from
€120 ATMs widely available, except
in the smallest villages. Credit
» Dinner for two in a top
restaurant: from €80 Arriving in Portugal cards accepted in midrange and
high-end establishments.
» Three-day surf course: €150 Aeroporto de Lisboa
(Lisbon)
Rental cars There is a wide Tipping
Eating choice of car-hire companies at Menu prices indicate a service
Tapas Bar Tapas and drinks; the airport. charge. Most people leave small
open longer hours than Metro €1.90 (including €0.50 change if satisfied: 5% is fine,
restaurants. Viva Viagem card); red line from 10% is considered generous.
Aeroporto station; transfer at
Pasteleria Bakery; good for
pastries and coffee. Alameda for blue line to Rossio
and Baixa-Chiado. It’s 20 Useful Websites
Vinoteca Wine bar where you minutes to the centre; frequent
order by the glass. departures from 6.30am to 1am. Lonely Planet (www.
Cervejaria Beerhall; the place AeroBus €3.50; every 20 lonelyplanet.com) Destination
to go for snacks and draft beer minutes from 7.45am to 8.15pm. information, articles, hotel
(cerveja). bookings, traveller forums and
Taxis €12–€16; around 20 more.
Price categories indicate the minutes to the centre.
cost of a main course: Portugal Tourism (www.
Aeroporto de Faro (Faro) visitportugal.com) Portugal’s
€ less than €10 Rental cars Car-rental useful and official tourism
authority.
€€ €10–20 agencies have desks in the
airport. RAC (www.rac.co.uk/
€€€ more than €20 drivingabroad) Information
Buses €1.60; every 30 minutes
weekdays, every two hours for British drivers on driving in
Spain and Portugal.
weekends.
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