Monday, August 13, 2007

You can enter in Portugal by land, air or sea.


Transportation:

TAP – Air Portugal (a Star Alliance Member) has daily non-stop service flights from North America to Portugal. Extensive flight connections serving Portugal, Europe, Africa and South America. Call Center: 800 221-7370 Groups and Inside Sales: 800 336 6990 e-mail: tapusa@tap.pt ; tapgroupsusa@tap.pt ; Website: http://www.flytap.com/ ; http://www.tapagents.us/

SATA – Azores Express – offers weekly flights out of Boston and Providence(RI) Oakland(CA)– in Summer - to Azores and Lisbon- Tel: 1-800-762-99-95 http://www.azores-express.com/

Continental Airlines - weekly flights from the US to Lisbon - http://www.continental.com/

USA Airways - weekly summer flights from Philadelphia to Lisbon – http://www.usairways.com/

A nonstop flight from the North-east coast of the US to Lisbon takes about six hours and thirty minutes and to the Azores about four hours.

You can also enter the country using the extensive European rail network. Every day, international trains run between Paris and Lisboa (Sud Express); Madrid-Lisboa train Lusitânia, and Vigo (Galicia - Spain) – Porto. Info on trains is provided at http://www.cp.pt/ and on http://www.eurorailways.com/

You can also enter the country by car. A U.S. driver’s license is valid for use in Portugal and foreign-registered vehicles may enter up to six months with registration and “Green Card” insurance. You may enter Portugal through any road linking to Spain or through one of the major highways linking both countries. For a detailed highway map visit: http://www.brisa.pt/

Portugal is geographically well located for cruises that are departing to the Mediterranean Sea or to Northern Europe, and is also a port of call for transatlantic cruises. Lisboa, Porto and Portimão are Portugal’s mainland ports of call. Lisboa and Porto serve bigger ships while Portimão, in the Algarve, serves smaller ships. The island of Madeira is also a popular cruise destination for cruises traveling to the Canary Islands as well as the Caribbean. Cruises can be taken from any of these ports. Cruise companies offering cruises that include a stop in Portugal are: Celebrity Cruises, Costa Cruises, Crystal Cruises, Holland America Line, MSC Italian Cruises, Oceania Cruises, Orient Lines, Peter Deilmann Cruises, Princess Cruises, Radisson Seven Seas, SeaDream Yacht Club, Silversea Cruises, Windstar Cruises and Royal Caribbean Intl.

Visitors can tour Portugal before or after their cruise. The Azores islands also offer great sea cruising. Ponta Delgada in the island of S. Miguel is the main port of call in the islands, followed by Praia da Victória in the Island of Terceira, and Horta. Many transatlantic routes stop in the islands.

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