Following a previous article on transport from Lisbon Airport I left the city on board CP’s (Portugal’s national rail company) premier service, the Alfa Pendular, down to the south coast of Portugal. Lisbon Oriente Station Oriente station must have been designed for Instagram: every angle looks photogenic and – on a sunny day – the station is bright, airy and calm. We didn’t have too much trouble finding the platform but seemed to become a stand-in station assistant while we

Arriving in Lisbon for a conference last month, I followed the usual arrivals channel checking for signs to the metro. I was staying in the suburb of Belem so Google had told me to take the metro to change for a mainline train at Cais do Sodré. From Plane to Metro After walking from the plane, through a rather chaotic passport control experience, I exited from the arrivals door to see a sea of signs and advertisements. I spotted the Metro logo and directions off above an exit