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Date: 26th August 2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Travelled: 55 kms by bus from Ericeira to Lisbon in the Province of Lisboa<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Visited: Lisbon<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stayed: Ericeira Intermarch\u00e9 aire, free with services. N38.96691, W09.40879<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Budget: 78 days @ \u20ac75 per day<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other than the late comers once again jockeying for a non-existence parking spot it was another quiet evening in this Intermarch\u00e9 aire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We do actually get up a little early this morning. We plan on a bus to Lisbon, once again to avoid the city traffic and parking in some dodgy car-park overnight. There is an express bus from Ericeira to Lisbon at 8.45 so we walk down the hill again to the bus depot. We purchase return tickets (\u20ac11.40 pp) and our bus departs on time, arriving in Lisbon\u2019s Campo Grande terminal 50 minutes later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lisbon or Lisboa is Portugal\u2019s capital, it\u2019s a huge sprawling city of some 5.5 million people. There are no signs to Lisbon, it\u2019s Lisboa and that\u2019s how the Portuguese pronounce it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We decide to focus our visit on the Castelo and Alfama districts of the city, as we really only plan on one day in the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Map of Lisbon, the icon on the Alfama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We walk upstairs from the bus depot to the Metro station, purchasing a day ticket \u20ac6.80 pp. Whilst the Metro is easy to use and the staff helpful, the station is filthy, graffiti rules and the toilets disgusting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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After a line swap at Marqu\u00e9s de Pombal we walk out onto Pla\u00e7a do Com\u00e9rcio. It is glorious in the morning sun.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n