Ways to Get to Portugal

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

TAP Portugal(a Star Alliance Member) has daily nonstop flights from North America to Portugal. Extensive flight connections serve Portugal, Europe, Africa and South America. 

SATA – AZORES Express offers weekly flights from Boston, Providence, R.I., and Oakland, Calif., during the summer to the Azores and Lisbon. Continental Airlines has weekly flights from the US to Lisbon. US Airways has weekly summer flights from Philadelphia to Lisbon.A nonstop flight from the Northeast U.S. to Lisbon takes about six hours and 30 minutes, and to the Azores the flight takes about five hours.

Travelers can also enter the country using the extensive European rail network. Every day, international trains run between Paris and Lisbon (Sud Express), Madrid and Lisbon (Lusitânia), and Vigo (in Spain’s Galicia region) and Porto. Visitors can enter the country by car. Travelers may enter Portugal through any road linking to Spain or through one of the major highways linking both countries.

Geographically, Portugal is well located for cruises that are departing to the Mediterranean Sea or to Northern Europe, and the country is a port of call for transatlantic cruises. Lisboa, Porto and Portimão are Portugal’s mainland ports of call.

Lisbon 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 can take cruises from any of these ports. Cruise lines offering voyages that include a stop in Portugal are: Celebrity cruises, Costa Cruises, Crystal cruises, Holland America Line, MSC Italian Cruises, Oceania Cruises, Princess Cruises, Radisson Seven Seas Cruises, SeaDream Yacht Club, Silversea Cruises, Windstar Cruises, Royal Caribbean International, The World Residensea and Seaborn cruises.

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

To book a cruise that stops in Portugal is a great opportunity for to get acquainted with the country just enough to want to come back later for a longer vacation.