Estadio Nacional, Lisbon

Porto is a terrific city, no doubt. Very welcoming to foreigners (similarly to Lisbon, but people in the North are known for being "warmer").

 

Why not go to Albufeira for 5days then Lisbon for the remainder. Train direct to Lisbon about 3 hours.

 

More a city break than a kids holiday destination. l would say 3 or 4 days or do as @trackebhoy says

 

I would say a week is too long with kids, 3-5 days, maybe hire a car and do a wee trip along the coast one day like to Estoril to see the hotel they stayed or book one night there and the rest in Lisbon, can also use it to get too and from the airport and to the stadium or all the stadiums without the hassle of public transport with young kids.

 

Going again this November and would like to do either the Benfica or Sporting Lisbon stadium tour. Leaning more to Benfica because of the history. Anyone know which would be best and are any of them on or near a Metro line?

 

Well I am obviously biased but both of them are near the metro:

- Estádio da Luz, metro station "Colégio Militar/Luz".
- Estádio de Alvalade, metro station "Campo Grande".

 

Been to both in the last 18 months and much preferred Porto. A lot more charm to it and much smaller so easy to see more of it in a few days. Found the people to be much, much friendlier as well.

Lisbon is nice but I was actually a wee bit disappointed with it.

Worth going to though to see the stadium.

 

Has anyone that's been to Lisbon went to the Christ statue at the other side of the bridge?

 

Where were you going on the train? Do you think there's a station nearby?

@Luz1904

 

We were there in November and my daughter did all the taxi arrangements using Uber but the Bolt one sounds good. Going back again for 3 days in November to join a cruise so might use that

 

Sporting is on Metro line , station is right next to it. To be fair their tour is class. I just can't remember the line. Just ask someone, easy to get to. Benfica I never did that stadium tour, but there is a station called Benfica, if I recall I passed it going out of the city one day. People I met said Benfica tour is way better. Which must be something else as Sporting is good .

 

Thanks mate, Luz1904 put the stations up a few posts back

 

There is public transportation, yes, but I do not know it by heart. Just simulated on Uber and Bolt and from Estádio da Luz to Cristo Rei is around 10€.

Cristo Rei is in Almada, btw. Paulo Bernardo was born there. And Luís Figo as well.