Travelling to Portugal by coach is cheap but very time-consuming. Eurolines  runs a weekly summer service from Victoria Coach
Station in London to Oporto, avoiding Paris. Passengers change in Valladolid
in central Spain, and the journey takes 31 hours in total. The London to
Lisbon service, which runs all year, takes even longer. Passengers change in
Paris and spend two nights on the coach.

Coach operators in Portugal include Renex , who link Faro,
Lisbon, Oporto and Braga, and EVA  which focuses on the
Algarve. Rodoviária de Lisboa  connects Lisbon with
Estremadura. In Vila Real, Rodonorte  covers the extreme
north, and Rede Expressos , based in Oporto, covers the
inland areas of Portugal.

There is no central coach station in either Lisbon or Oporto as companies are
private and operate separately, but the main coach terminus in Lisbon is on
Avenida Casal Ribeiro. In Oporto, the main departure and arrival points are
at Rua das Carmelitas and Praça Dona Filipa de Lencastre. Information on
routes and prices is available from tourist offices and travel agencies.

Bus and coach tours around Lisbon and Oporto are plentiful. Cityrama  runs sightseeing tours of Lisbon and its coast, and
daytrips to sights such as Batalha, Sintra and Mafra. It also offers a
night-time tour of the city, taking in the Jerónimos monastery and then
dinner with a fado  show. From Oporto, it runs tours of the
Minho and Douro valleys, and a six-day trip to Lisbon. Gray
Line , part of Cityrama, also offers daytrips running from Lisbon to
Évora and Coimbra, a cruise on the Tagus and a trip lasting three days to
the Algarve. Pick-up points are at the main hotels or central locations. It
is also possible to arrange longer trips to areas of historical or scenic
interest.

In the Algarve, there are frequent coach trips to places of interest such as
Igreja São Clemente, Silves and Monchique, the southwest and the River
Guadiana, and further afield to Évora and Lisbon. Tourist offices, hotels
and travel agencies can help with these, and pick-up points are the main
coastal hotels.