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resort towns off the A1 (E1) on to the A9 at
of Cascais and Alverca, 20 km (12 miles) north
Estoril. Use Rossio, of the city, immediately after the
Roma Areeiro and toll. The A9, also known as CREL
Entrecampos (exterior ring road), is signposted
stations for trains to Cascais and is also tolled.
to Queluz and Those arriving from Cascais
Sintra. The and the Lisbon Coast enter
Fertagus rail link via the tolled A5 motorway or
is a commuter the coastal N6 road, known as
service to the Avenida Marginal. From Sintra,
south bank of the you enter via the IC19, which
Tagus and Costa links up with Avenida General
da Caparica. Norton de Matos in the north
Entrance to the Ponte 25 de Abril, one of the main routes into Lisbon For further of Lisbon. The A8 from northern
information see Estremadura enters the city
Arriving by Rail p163 and visit the Caminhos de from the north. For information
To the east of the Alfama Ferro (state railway) website. on driving in Lisbon see p162.
district, on Avenida Infante Dom
Henrique, is Santa Apolónia, the Arriving by Road Lisbon’s Bridges
main station for long-distance
trains from Coimbra, Oporto There are seven major entry One of Lisbon’s most famous
and the north, as well as from routes into Lisbon: two from the landmarks, the Ponte 25 de Abril
Madrid and Paris. It is 15 south and east, two from the provides the main link between
minutes’ walk east of Praça north and three from the west. Lisbon and Almada, on the
do Comércio and is served Those arriving from the Algarve southern bank of the Tagus.
by a Metro station. There is and the south on the A2 (E1) Built in the 1960s, when cars
a tourist informa tion office motorway or the IC1, as well as were still a rarity in Portugal, it
in the station and a taxi rank from Madrid and the east (A6), became a bottle neck in the late
outside the main entrance. can cross to central Lisbon via 1980s. In the 1990s more lanes
The impressive, modern the busy Ponte 25 de Abril, or were added and a rail line slung
Gare do Oriente is another to the north-eastern part of under neath in the hope of
international terminus for the city via the newer Ponte easing the congestion. The
trains from Madrid and Paris. Vasco da Gama. Both are toll toll, which is charged only on
Although located much further bridges; Vasco da Gama costs the way into Lisbon to lessen
north of the centre, at Parque considerably more. queuing, was raised to help
das Nações, it has excellent From Oporto and the north, pay for a second bridge.
links into the city by both the A1 (E1) motorway brings This second bridge, the Ponte
bus and Metro. you to Lisbon’s north-eastern Vasco da Gama (see p83), links
Trains from the south and outskirts. To reach central Lisbon, Lisbon’s north eastern outskirts –
east of the city cross the Tagus follow signs indicating Campo Parque das Nações is right next
via the Ponte 25 de Abril and Grande and then Centro. If you to it – with Montijo, on the
connect with Entrecampos and wish to head to the coastal other side of the wide Tagus
Gare do Oriente stations. Cais resorts of Estoril and Cascais estuary. The toll is also charged
do Sodré station serves the without entering Lisbon, turn only on the way into the city.
DIRECTORY
Arriving by Air Lisbon Airport Arriving by Rail Gare do Oriente
Tel 218 413 500. Avenida Dom João II,
Aer Lingus Cais do Sodré Parque das Nações,
∑ aerlingus.com Lufthansa Avenida 24 de Julho, Lisbon.
Air France ∑ lufthansa.com Lisbon. Roma Areeiro
∑ airfrance.com Map 4 F4. Avenida Frei Miguel
Monarch
British Airways ∑ monarch.co.uk Caminhos de Ferro Contreiras, Lisbon.
∑ britishairways.com (State Railway) Map 6 E1.
SATA (Azores Airlines)
Delta ∑ sata.pt Tel +351 707 210 220. Rossio
∑ delta.com ∑ cp.pt Praça Dom Pedro IV,
TAP Portugal Lisbon. Map 7 A3.
easyJet Entrecampos Santa Apolónia
∑ easyjet.com ∑ tap.pt Rua Doutor Eduardo Avenida Infante Dom
Iberia United Airlines Neves, Lisbon. Henrique, Lisbon.
∑ iberia.com ∑ united.com Map 5 C1. Map 8 F3.

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