I Tried Portugal’s Best Train (Porto to Lisbon - Alfa Pendular)

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  @TheNewTravel · 1 year ago · pinned

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  @Babyshoes777 · 1 year ago

  Bless people like you. I have autism and to see my route before hand really helps me fight anxious thoughts. Thank you

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  @WhiteAngel-n3r · 1 year ago

  Portugal 🇵🇹 is on my travel list 🧳

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  @migueloliveira2848 · 1 year ago (edited)

  As a local we mostly take buses like Rede Expressos or Flixbus from Lisbon to Porto (unlike tourists). They are significantly cheaper and take 3 hours. CP Trains suffer from constant strikes, delays and just random malfunctions, not very trustful (although Alfa Pendular suffers less)

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  @davidk7805 · 11 days ago

  Have been to both . Both are good to visit, &nbsp;Lisbon just has a lot more to see and do.

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  @TheTwoTravelersInMexico · 1 year ago

  We rode the high speed train from Porto to Lisbon. Nice comfortable ride. We preferred Porto over Lisbon. -Marc

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  @tomsmith5584 · 6 months ago

  I did this train two years ago from Coimbra to Lisbon. My observation was that the train ride was silky smooth and I barely noticed the tilting, and I get motion sickness from video games. I also agree with you about Oriente station in Lisbon. From a distance, it looks spectacular but it&apos;s cold and dark on the inside and I felt really small there.

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  @NegeBryan · 1 year ago

  I can´t believe you haven´t visited BRAGA. The train station is downtown and it´s a very beautiful touristic city with over 2000 years of history.

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  @vitorgouveia4066 · 1 year ago

  The train tilts like a pendulum...that&apos;s where its name came from...while curving the train inclines...tilts to be able to do the curves at Higher speed.

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  @sergiobrazalmeida · 1 year ago

  Dude, the train tilts on turns in order to take advantage of centrifugal force. In this way your body gets pushed to the floor instead from side to side... also allows to travel faster with reduced risk of getting out of the rails... anyway. &nbsp;Nice video. keep up with the good work. bests

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  @sheilamargaretwardstoriesa494 · 1 year ago

  Pity you didn&apos;t show it going over the river. I&apos;d just like to add that people 65+ pay half fare on trains in Portugal. Just show your passport when buying the ticket.

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  @carloslaima3593 · 9 months ago

  Porto is one of my regular travel destinations because that&apos;s where I currently train Taekwondo. Porto is the second largest city in the country, with Coimbra being the third largest. Good work. ✌

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