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Cycling from Lisbon

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  • 09-04-2018 9:41pm
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    brownian
    Registered Users Posts: 1,741 ✭✭✭


    Hi All,

    going to Lisbon for work in a few weeks; taking the bike and spending a few extra days. Any suggestions from anyone as to where to go (must be 4 days total, including any train/whatever element).

    Seems to be crummy train service for bikes in Portugal...might just take the local train West to Caiscais and go up the coast and back, but that seems a bit pointless. Getting out to Alentejo would be nice, but trains don't take bikes except maybe, if the man is in a good mood....

    Got the EcoVias guidebook, but would love some real-world advice?

    Cheers


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    Weepsie
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 20,470 Mod ✭✭✭✭Weepsie


    brownian wrote: »
    Hi All,

    going to Lisbon for work in a few weeks; taking the bike and spending a few extra days. Any suggestions from anyone as to where to go (must be 4 days total, including any train/whatever element).

    Seems to be crummy train service for bikes in Portugal...might just take the local train West to Caiscais and go up the coast and back, but that seems a bit pointless. Getting out to Alentejo would be nice, but trains don't take bikes except maybe, if the man is in a good mood....

    Got the EcoVias guidebook, but would love some real-world advice?

    Cheers

    Cascais to Sintra is nice. Sintra even on the clearest day can be shrouded in fog, narrow Forrest roads, some twisty descents, a few different ways to get there and back. I went via coast and came back the quickest way past the old F1 track.

    Rented a bike too from what looked like a fairly ramshackle operation, but the bike was flawless


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