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Tentative Itinerary

• Fly Buffalo to Lisbon; Spend one night in a hotel close to the train station
• Travel to the Algarve
• Spend a week on the Algarve coast
• Travel from Algarve to Porto
• Spend a week in Porto
• Travel from Porto to Lisbon
• Spend two weeks in Lisbon (side trip to Sintra)
• Spend last night in a hotel near the airport; Fly Lisbon to Buffalo
• OR: Fly home from Porto. Avoids a travel day and a hotel night in Lisbon.

Notes

• Train from Lisbon to Lagos on the Algarve coast: 4 hrs 15 min, about $35, with one transfer at Tunes: details
• There is a high speed train in Portugal. It connects Braga, Porto, Coimbra, Lisbon, and Faro details
• In addition to being the southern terminus of the high speed train line, Faro has an international airport.
• So we should consider travelling into Faro from Lisbon, and from Faro to Porto. Faro info
• Train from Lisbon to Faro: about 3 hours, $35. Five per day, e.g. 10:10AM arriving in Faro at 1:30. details
• Train from Faro to Porto: 5 hours, 44 minutes; one or two a day; $50 to $70 details
• Plane from Faro to Porto: 1 hour, 10 minute flight; $22 to $133; 27 minute subway from airport into Porto

For Distance Comparisons, Here are driving times

• Lisbon to Lagos: 2:49; Lisbon to Faro: 2:36
• Lagos to Porto: 4:54; Faro to Porto: 4:46
• Porto to Lisbon: 2:56