True!! I’ve been watching a lot of his videos since we decided will go to visit Lisbon, Barcelona and the last destination is Madrid from Texas next month and I’m so lucky to find you, Tony! GOD bless you and your family!
Nice run-through. You can cut down long bus trips by including Extremadura to a trip, seeing Cáceres and Mérida, which are quite worth while destinations. Cáceres is a wonderful medieval hill town and Mérida is like mini Rome, full of ancient sights. Once you're done with Mérida, you can take a bus to the Portuguese town of Evora, which offers quite a lot as well. After that you have tons of options to hop over to Lisboa.
Absolutely yes, any trip between Spain and Portugal can become a wonderful adventure due to the myriad interesting places on the way. Here on the video we were thinking more on those wanting to go from 🇪🇸 to 🇵🇹 as quick and direct as possible.
Hola Tony and Cecilia, we just returned from Madrid and followed your recommendations for hotel (Amor de Dios was great!), tapas tour (couldn’t squeeze in El Rey Anciano though😢), and your recommended museums (we added local tour guide for Prado/Reina Sofia/Palacio Real which we highly recommend). Your suggestions were all awesome and we thank you!!
Best border crossing from Portugal to Spain must be the ferry from Caminha to A Pasaxe across the river Minho - just hope it doesn't get stuck on a mudbank! Loving the channel - keep it up.
One thing that caught us off guard was the time change between Spain and Portugal. We did a day trip last year from Badajos and arrived at our point of interest an hour before it opened. 🤦♂
01:18 This is actually not true. A high speed line from Évora to Elvas is being built right now and will start operating in the begining of 2025, so you could say there will be high spped conexions between Portugal and Spain in the near future, maybe an Alfa Pendular or Alvia conexion between Lisbon and Badajoz (who knows)...
At the time stamp you mention we state: "if you watch our video on the size of the high-speed network in Spain, you will realise that the current network only comes a little bit closer to Portugal in the north of the country". We stand by that statement, which reflects the current situation of the high-speed network in Spain. There is absolutely no budget or timeframe for a high-speed line to the Portuguese border you mention in the short or mid term. Developments to the other side of the border, interesting as they might be, are completely irrelevant to the point you are criticizing. Chances are there will be a high-speed train link between Porto and Galicia before the end of the decade. The chances of that happening between Madrid and Lisbon are next to ZERO.
@@ROADTRIPSpainandPortugal I'll say it again: the high speed rail between Évora and Elvas is well under construction and will open in the next year, and I can prove this because I recently went to see the construction of that line and some parts of it are already near finishing. Also it's almost certain that, after being open, it will be used as a passenger train connexion - even Renfe has stated some weeks ago that is interested in a connexion between Évora and Madrid in 2025/26. If you have any doubts about what I'm saying, just Google it. Period.
Excellent advice! Did the Vigo to Porto train ride. Scenic & arrived in only a few hours. Spent two days in Porto then took the fast CP train to Lisbon. Good train & inexpensive. Flew from Lisbon to Seville on Ryan Air. Smooth trip & inexpensive also. Tony’s advice is clear & very helpful. Thank Tony!!!!!
Very informative video! Thank you Tony! We are planning a bus trip from Seville to Lisbon in April. On some travel forums on the internet, there are reports of luggage theft when stored under the bus storage compartment. If that is true, how often is this a problem and is it specific to a bus company?
Thank you! Never heard of luggage theft, but we haven't been on that particular route recently. Never put any valuables in the bags you put in the bus storage compartment.
Excellent video! My only doubt is the following: Can we take a high speed train from Madrid to Vigo and in Vigo change to Celta train that goes to Porto? That way there's only two connections. First connection would be in Vigo, leaving the Spanish high speed train to the Portuguese slow train. And second connection in Porto, to another Portuguese train going south to Lisbon.
Hi, the only direct train from Madrid to Vigo is an Alvia train, the last stretch of the trip is not done on a high-speed train line. But you could do as you suggest, indeed, if you plan to visit Vigo and Porto.
@@ROADTRIPSpainandPortugal Thank you for explaining. Hopefully a direct high speed train between Madrid and Lisbon get started because of FIFA World Cup 2030.
Tony, please recommend a rental car company that allows their rentals to go from Spain to Portugal? Enterprise and Hertz do not. Perhaps it’s because we will be driving with a ‘special permit’ applied for through CAA in Canada, on our Canadian drivers licences? ✌☀🇨🇦 I was also told we couldn’t drive from Bilbao to Porto and turn our rental in there. Ideally, we’d like to be flying to Lyon from Porto. (Then Hamburg from Lyon.)
Hi, very few car rental companies will allow that, and the price you will have to pay will be absurd (basically, you need to pay for the cost of sending the car back to the original point from one country to another). That's why it's hard to find a company that does it. We wouldn't have one to recommend.
Excellente video. I have one doubt, I´m planning drive with my car from Portugal do Spain, Seville to be more precise. Do you know something about Low Emissions Zone in the city? Can I drive inside the town or just the borders of the town. I´ve search online, but its hard to find good info about it. Tks a lot!
Hi, the Low Emissions Zone in Seville (ZBE) only affects the area of La Cartuja, outside the centre. You can check details here www.sevilla.org/servicios/movilidad/zona-de-bajas-emisiones
thank you…your video was very informative. We have just returned from our first trip to the Algarve and would like to return next year but would also like to visit Seville and/or the Mala regions. You mention that there are many flights from Lisbon or Porto to Spain but are there flights from Faro to any points in southern Spain? thank you
That’s a shame, I travelled on that in 2019. Had a really good nights Travel. Met a crowd of American students in the bar and myself and my wife talked to them for several hours together with other passengers from Belgium and other countries. A great way to meet people before you go to bed. And the food, although basic was good. Other countries are bringing back their sleeper trains. Let’s hope Spain and Portugal follow this trend.
Hi Tony, We will be traveling from Seville to Albufera. Is hiring a private car to drive us a viable option? And can you recommend anyone? Cheers, Eric
Hi, hiring a car is definitely an option, but you will have to deal with the complex issue of toll rods in Portugal. We haven't got any first-hand experience on the topic yet.
Tony can you recommend a car rental company? We want to pick-up a car in Granada and eventually drop it off in Lisbon. All the rental companies I have looked at all want to charge a return fee back to Granada. I hope you can help.
Hi, we usually check at Booking www.booking.com/cars/index.html?aid=359492 and go for the big players (Avis, Budget, Centauro, Europcar, Hertz or Sixt). All companies will charge you as they have to repatriate the car from another country.
Thank you for another excellent video! You mentioned that it is considered a domestic flight and there is no immigration control when traveling between the two countries, is that true for American visitors or only citizens of EU countries? Thank you.
Hey, I’m going to drive from Barcelona to Lisbon in April and then back via the south of Portugal and Spain. Do you have any recommendations for a nice route to take between Barcelona and Lisbon with a 1 night stop over?
COMPANIES MENTIONED IN THE VIDEO
🚊 Renfe: www.renfe.com/
🚊 CP | Comboios de Portugal: www.cp.pt/passageiros/
🚌 Flixbus www.flixbus.es
🚌 Alsa www.alsa.es
✈ Iberia www.iberia.com
✈ Air Europa www.aireuropa.com/
✈ TAP www.flytap.com/
✈ Ryanair www.ryanair.com/
✈ Vueling www.vueling.com/
✈ EasyJet www.easyjet.com/
Tony is the most reliable travel guy on the internet!!! He's never let us down. 👍🏻
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True!! I’ve been watching a lot of his videos since we decided will go to visit Lisbon, Barcelona and the last destination is Madrid from Texas next month and I’m so lucky to find you, Tony! GOD bless you and your family!
Great to hear that, be VERY welcome to the channel!
Nice run-through. You can cut down long bus trips by including Extremadura to a trip, seeing Cáceres and Mérida, which are quite worth while destinations. Cáceres is a wonderful medieval hill town and Mérida is like mini Rome, full of ancient sights. Once you're done with Mérida, you can take a bus to the Portuguese town of Evora, which offers quite a lot as well. After that you have tons of options to hop over to Lisboa.
Absolutely yes, any trip between Spain and Portugal can become a wonderful adventure due to the myriad interesting places on the way. Here on the video we were thinking more on those wanting to go from 🇪🇸 to 🇵🇹 as quick and direct as possible.
Excellent video! Necessary and timely. Impeccable production, content, images and animations as always! I loved!
Thanks so much, Yara.
Thank you for the very useful information in this video. My favorite would be the bus. :-)
Our pleasure!
Muchas gracias! This is so helpful.
¡De nada!
Thank you for the video! It came right in time when we are currently planning our trip to Spain and Portugal.
Excellent timing!
Thank you so much for this video! Beyond helpful as we attempt to find our way between Spain and Portugal. ♥️
Excellent timing!
Thanks for this video, extremely helpful! 🙏
Our pleasure!
Thank you so much for all of these videos, so helpful for planning!!!
Excellent to hear that.
Hola Tony and Cecilia, we just returned from Madrid and followed your recommendations for hotel (Amor de Dios was great!), tapas tour (couldn’t squeeze in El Rey Anciano though😢), and your recommended museums (we added local tour guide for Prado/Reina Sofia/Palacio Real which we highly recommend). Your suggestions were all awesome and we thank you!!
Hi Jesus, glad to hear you had such a positive experience!
Best border crossing from Portugal to Spain must be the ferry from Caminha to A Pasaxe across the river Minho - just hope it doesn't get stuck on a mudbank!
Loving the channel - keep it up.
Thanks Jeffrey, that ferry cross sounds like a great trip!
Update! The ferry no longer runs as the river is too shallow! You have to take a little motorboat across!
One thing that caught us off guard was the time change between Spain and Portugal. We did a day trip last year from Badajos and arrived at our point of interest an hour before it opened. 🤦♂
What an excellent point you made! Need to mention it on future videos on Portugal!
Well that’s something I never thought to pay attention to. THANK YOU‼ ✌🇨🇦
Thanks so much this helps me heaps:-)
Delighted to hear that, Mel!
another great episode..
Thank you!
Very informative video. We need to know how to handle the tolls in Portugal.
We haven't got a video on the topic yet.
01:18 This is actually not true. A high speed line from Évora to Elvas is being built right now and will start operating in the begining of 2025, so you could say there will be high spped conexions between Portugal and Spain in the near future, maybe an Alfa Pendular or Alvia conexion between Lisbon and Badajoz (who knows)...
At the time stamp you mention we state: "if you watch our video on the size of the high-speed network in Spain, you will realise that the current network only comes a little bit closer to Portugal in the north of the country". We stand by that statement, which reflects the current situation of the high-speed network in Spain. There is absolutely no budget or timeframe for a high-speed line to the Portuguese border you mention in the short or mid term. Developments to the other side of the border, interesting as they might be, are completely irrelevant to the point you are criticizing.
Chances are there will be a high-speed train link between Porto and Galicia before the end of the decade. The chances of that happening between Madrid and Lisbon are next to ZERO.
@@ROADTRIPSpainandPortugal I'll say it again: the high speed rail between Évora and Elvas is well under construction and will open in the next year, and I can prove this because I recently went to see the construction of that line and some parts of it are already near finishing. Also it's almost certain that, after being open, it will be used as a passenger train connexion - even Renfe has stated some weeks ago that is interested in a connexion between Évora and Madrid in 2025/26.
If you have any doubts about what I'm saying, just Google it. Period.
Thank you!! I've been researching this very topic. Excellent video!!
Good timing!
Excellent advice! Did the Vigo to Porto train ride. Scenic & arrived in only a few hours. Spent two days in Porto then took the fast CP train to Lisbon. Good train & inexpensive. Flew from Lisbon to Seville on Ryan Air. Smooth trip & inexpensive also. Tony’s advice is clear & very helpful. Thank Tony!!!!!
Thanks Marion, glad to hear you had an excellent experience on the train! All the best!
Very informative video! Thank you Tony! We are planning a bus trip from Seville to Lisbon in April. On some travel forums on the internet, there are reports of luggage theft when stored under the bus storage compartment. If that is true, how often is this a problem and is it specific to a bus company?
Thank you! Never heard of luggage theft, but we haven't been on that particular route recently. Never put any valuables in the bags you put in the bus storage compartment.
Much thnx I was wondering if there was an easy rail link between Madrid or Seville -> Lisbon
Now you know the answer.
Excellent video!
My only doubt is the following: Can we take a high speed train from Madrid to Vigo and in Vigo change to Celta train that goes to Porto?
That way there's only two connections.
First connection would be in Vigo, leaving the Spanish high speed train to the Portuguese slow train.
And second connection in Porto, to another Portuguese train going south to Lisbon.
Hi, the only direct train from Madrid to Vigo is an Alvia train, the last stretch of the trip is not done on a high-speed train line. But you could do as you suggest, indeed, if you plan to visit Vigo and Porto.
@@ROADTRIPSpainandPortugal Oh, I see. So not only more than two connections but you'll board a slow train still inside the Spanish system.
@@Boeing-777-X the Alvia to Vigo goes direct. It doesn't run at 300kmh but it's still a fast train, with speeds over 200kmh.
@@ROADTRIPSpainandPortugal Thank you for explaining. Hopefully a direct high speed train between Madrid and Lisbon get started because of FIFA World Cup 2030.
Tony, please recommend a rental car company that allows their rentals to go from Spain to Portugal? Enterprise and Hertz do not. Perhaps it’s because we will be driving with a ‘special permit’ applied for through CAA in Canada, on our Canadian drivers licences? ✌☀🇨🇦 I was also told we couldn’t drive from Bilbao to Porto and turn our rental in there. Ideally, we’d like to be flying to Lyon from Porto. (Then Hamburg from Lyon.)
Hi, very few car rental companies will allow that, and the price you will have to pay will be absurd (basically, you need to pay for the cost of sending the car back to the original point from one country to another). That's why it's hard to find a company that does it. We wouldn't have one to recommend.
Great video! Do you have any tips on using low cost airlines specifically Ryan Air & Vueling?
Thanks Veronica, no, we don't have videos on that topic yet. We're not sure we'll be recording them as the rules change the entire time.
Excellente video. I have one doubt, I´m planning drive with my car from Portugal do Spain, Seville to be more precise. Do you know something about Low Emissions Zone in the city? Can I drive inside the town or just the borders of the town. I´ve search online, but its hard to find good info about it. Tks a lot!
Hi, the Low Emissions Zone in Seville (ZBE) only affects the area of La Cartuja, outside the centre. You can check details here www.sevilla.org/servicios/movilidad/zona-de-bajas-emisiones
@@ROADTRIPSpainandPortugal Thank you so much!! 😃
thank you…your video was very informative. We have just returned from our first trip to the Algarve and would like to return next year but would also like to visit Seville and/or the Mala regions. You mention that there are many flights from Lisbon or Porto to Spain but are there flights from Faro to any points in southern Spain? thank you
Hi there, there are no flights from Málaga or Seville, the main airports in the region. All the best.
Is there a direct bus from Seville to Lisbon in November? I have checked Flixbus and can't see any.
Check Alsa.
Hi Tony, is it possible to get from Santiago de Compostela to Lisbon, I am walking from Porto to Santiago and I need to get back to Lisbon after
Answer in the video!
What about the train that goes over night from Irgun to Lisburn. That is if it is still running
If you mean Irún and Lisbon, that train was gone quite some time ago. If it was still running we would have shown it.
That’s a shame, I travelled on that in 2019. Had a really good nights Travel. Met a crowd of American students in the bar and myself and my wife talked to them for several hours together with other passengers from Belgium and other countries. A great way to meet people before you go to bed. And the food, although basic was good. Other countries are bringing back their sleeper trains. Let’s hope Spain and Portugal follow this trend.
Hi Tony, We will be traveling from Seville to Albufera. Is hiring a private car to drive us a viable option? And can you recommend anyone? Cheers, Eric
Hi, hiring a car is definitely an option, but you will have to deal with the complex issue of toll rods in Portugal. We haven't got any first-hand experience on the topic yet.
Tony can you recommend a car rental company? We want to pick-up a car in Granada and eventually drop it off in Lisbon. All the rental companies I have looked at all want to charge a return fee back to Granada. I hope you can help.
Hi, we usually check at Booking www.booking.com/cars/index.html?aid=359492 and go for the big players (Avis, Budget, Centauro, Europcar, Hertz or Sixt). All companies will charge you as they have to repatriate the car from another country.
@@ROADTRIPSpainandPortugal Thanks Tony
Thank you for another excellent video! You mentioned that it is considered a domestic flight and there is no immigration control when traveling between the two countries, is that true for American visitors or only citizens of EU countries? Thank you.
Hi David, it's a domestic flight for everyone. All the best!
Hi Tony, we plan to visit Sintra from Madrid and then from Sintra to Seville. How can we do it? Thanks
You will need to get to Lisbon first and then follow our advice here ua-cam.com/video/ao-T6ap8HvU/v-deo.html
Thanks, Tony. I'll modify our plan based on your comments.
Hey, I’m going to drive from Barcelona to Lisbon in April and then back via the south of Portugal and Spain. Do you have any recommendations for a nice route to take between Barcelona and Lisbon with a 1 night stop over?
We don't have that content yet. 1 day for Barcelona to Lisbon doesn't allow for much. You'll have to go through Madrid.
Hi, can you get a direct bus from Seville to Lagos or do you have to change buses in Faro. Thank you.
Hi, Alsa runs a direct service to Lagos.
@@ROADTRIPSpainandPortugal thank you for the information
Hi what’s the easiest way from Barcelona to porto??
A flight.
It's really too bad the Vigo to Porto train isn't about 30 minutes later or you could make the connection from Madrid.
Thank you for the video Tony. Do you recommend any car rental companies in Spain ? I'll be in Madrid/ Algarve for 2 weeks.
Hi Patri, we always play it safe and, with a few local exceptions, go for the big names: Avis, Budget, Centauro, Europcar, Hertz, Sixt.
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Just take a flixbus its only 17,99$ from sevilla to lisbon
We cannot recommend Flixbus.
@@ROADTRIPSpainandPortugal why not? I am planning to go from seville to lisbon by flixbus they drive almost everyday I think
@@aliaude4031 it's a company with a very poor reputation.
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