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Lisbon, Portugal
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30th - get in at 11:05AM Lisbon time (5 hours ahead Tbay)
Time out market/ pink street/ Java rooftop restaurant/ pink street/ chiado (historic district)/ chiado square/ brasiliera do chiado cafe (famous). * ALL IN SAME VACINITY
Dinner at Federico* RESO
The Jam Club (8min walk from place)
Lumi Rooftop for Cocktails?
1st- Day Trip to Ericeira
Morning- Baixa District
1. Dear Breakfast (opens at 9AM, 12 min walk from b&b, then 5 min walk to the commercial square OR Seventh Brunch Chiado - 17 min walk TOP RATED
2. Praca do Comercia (commercial square/ Lisbon plaza/ H&M/ Zara) stores open 9-1PM
3. Rua Augusta Promenade (stores cafes all down this street)
4. Catch metro in Praca Do Commercio- leaves every 15 min for Erceira*
Afternoon- Beach (fishing village, cafes, shopping, seafood) Praia Ribeira D’ilhas
Take metro then bus*
-line 2123 bus (4 mins from Erceira to beach)
2nd- DAY TRIP TO SINTRA/CASCAIS
-get Lisbon card 20 euro for unlimited transport
- go to baixa- chiado subway station (7 min walk from air b&b
-24 min ride to sete rios train station going to sintra
- 35 min ride to sintra
-take line 434 bus to Peña palace (22 min)
-Sintra Peña palace (opens 9AM) get place ticket and transfer ticket for hills (34.64$) * pre buy
-sintra - Quinta da regaleira castle/ initiation well (17 min drive)
-take line 1623 bus to cascais (28 mins)
-Cascais: explore cidadela art district
-Guincho beach (14 min drive)
-Take line 18800 train back to Lisbon (49 min)
Street art in covilha????
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Madeira, Portugal
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Oct 3-
MADEIRA SOUTH COAST-
-capela de nosa senhora de Fatima- cabo gerao walk/ skywalk (2.1km)
-26 min drive to Funchal cable car (goes to monte)
- meet in Funchal for dinner?
MADEIRA WEST-
-Porto Moniz natural pools (1 hour drive from b&b)
-Seixal Beach/ black sand (15 min drive from pools)
-Fanal Forest (28 mins from beach to forest)
-1 hour 8 mins back to air b&b
Achadas da Cruz? Cable car ride down to beach/ coastal town faja da quebracho/ walkway along sea
ANOTHER DAY- Saturday? pico ariero to pico ruivo hike
-NEXT Hotel “Cloud Bar” rooftop- 15 min from air b&b
MADEIRA NORTH-
-Hike/ waterfall hunting PR9 Levada Trail / calderiedo verde waterfall
-Santana and faial?
Other:
Miradouro do perro observation deck (32 min from b&b ) good sunset view ?
Have the whole last day in Madeira * don’t get into Porto until 10PM
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Porto, Portugal
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7th- get in at 10pm
dinner reservation: BADIO GOLD* switched to this day
8th- BRUNCH @ ZENITH BRUNCH AND COCKTAILS. 11am (no reservation but walk-in) 9 minute walk from place.
Catch train around 1- Day Trip to Aveiro (Portuguese Venice) (train)
9th - Day Trip to Douro Valley - 9:00 meeting time
10th- time out market, lunch reservation at TAPABENTO 1:30pm: Entrance through the S.Bento Train Station. We are next to the Line 1
SQUAD Porto CrossFit gym (Jeff)
4 min drive or 11 min walk from air b&b?
Go Oct 10th?
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Faro, Portugal
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**Possible sunset cruise or catamaran tour
11- flight 8:35AM- 9:45AM
Mark & Andy golf day*
Beach day? Praia da falesia & praia dos pescadores nearby
Either two of the tapas restaurants
12- praia marinha (heart rock)/ praia carvalho/ praia benagil (22 min drives??)
Dinner reservation at restaurante Quinta da saudade- close to place- 7:30
13- DAY TRIP to Lagos?
- Nice thanksgiving dinner to the end the trip at the air bnb :)