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Costa Europa
Mediterrainean Cruise - March 2008
Page 5: 15th March: Lisbon
This page is one of a series showing a Mediterrainean cruise on
Costa Europa
in 2008. There is also a full history of
Costa Europa
.
Cruise Itinerary:-
Savona
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Sea Day
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Malaga
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Cádiz
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Lisbon
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Gibraltar
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Alicante
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Barcelona
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Savona
We also had a full day in Lisbon (the only other being in
Cádiz
). It was difficult to choose which of the many possible transport options we should take. In the end, the extension at Sintra had to wait, but attempted to travel on Lisbon Carris trams, Transtejo and Soflusa ferries (now combined as Transtejo e Soflusa), and the new light rail system south of the Tagus.
Having previously travelled on all the surviving Lisbon tram routes on service trams, we decided to use the Tourist Tram, which would provide a leasurely trip around many of the interesting parts of the system in less-crowded conditions. The first sercice was not until 10:00, so we first travelled out and back on the ex-Soflusa service to Barreiro. This is now run with fairly spartan and soulless catamarans, with no open deck space.
We returned in time to catch the 10:00 Tourist Tram. However, 15 minutes into the journey we were held up by a preceding service tram which had hit a motorcycle. Police porcedures were going to take a while, and the driver returned our fares. We caught a service tram back and proceeded to take the ex-Transtejo ferry service from Cais de Sodre to Cacilhas. This is still run with conventional ferries, but they are also dull enclosed affairs which make photography difficult.
Cacilhas a short taxi ride took us to the terminus of the new MTS (
Metro Transportes do Sul
) tramway at Corroios, where it connects with the railway from Lisbon. We travelled the length of the current system to Universidade and back to Parque da Paz where we caught a bus back to Cacilhas. The MTS line to connect with ferries at Cacilhas is still under construction. Long waits at Universidade and Parque da Paz prevented us from boarding the veteran car ferry across to Belem, which we missed by seconds. We had to take the dull ferry back Cais de Sodre after which I took the Carris tram to the Maritime Museum before returning to the ship.
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Cruise Itinerary:-
Tue March 11th Savona
- Italy Depart 17:00
Wed March 12th Sea Day
Thu March 13th Malaga
- Spain Arr: 13:00 Dep: 20:00
Fri March 14th Cádiz
- Spain Arr: 07:00 Dep: 18:00
Sat March 15th Lisbon
- Portugal: 08:00 Dep: 18:00
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Sun March 16th Gibraltar
- Arr: 14:00 Dep: 19:00
Mon March 17th Alicante
- Spain Arr: 12:30 Dep: 19:00
Tue March 18th Barcelona
- Spain Arr: 08:00 Dep: 13:00
Wed March 19th Savona
- Italy Arr: 09:00
Associated Pages:-
Aurora
visit to Lisbon - May 2000
Oriana
visit to Lisbon - October 2003
Metro Transportes do Sul
- new Lisbon tramway south of the Tagus
Lisbon Trams (Carris)
Costa Crociere
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Costa Europa
Mediterrainean Cruise - March 2008
Page 5: 15th March: Lisbon
Costa Europa
IMO number : 8407735 - Name of ship : COSTA EUROPA - Call Sign : IBCE
Gross tonnage : 54763 - Type of ship : Passenger (Cruise) Ship - Year of build : 1986 - Flag : Italy
Costa Europa
at Lisbon
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 15th March 2008
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Costa Europa
at Lisbon
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 15th March 2008
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Costa Europa
at Lisbon
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 15th March 2008
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Costa Europa
at Lisbon
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 15th March 2008
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Costa Europa
at Lisbon
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 15th March 2008
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Costa Europa
at Lisbon
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 15th March 2008
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Costa Europa
at Lisbon
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Costa Europa
leaving Lisbon on a subsequent cruise
Photo: © Carlos Monteiro, Belem, 31st March 2008
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Costa Europa
leaving Lisbon on a subsequent cruise
Photo: © Carlos Monteiro, Belem, 31st March 2008
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Costa Europa
leaving Lisbon on a subsequent cruise
Photo: © Carlos Monteiro, Belem, 31st March 2008
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Costa Europa
leaving Lisbon on a subsequent cruise
Photo: © Carlos Monteiro, Belem, 31st March 2008
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Lisbon
Lisbon from a Tagus ferry
One of the ex-HADAG ferries at Terreiro do Paço for a harbour tour
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 15th March 2008
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Lisbon from a Tagus ferry
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Lisbon from a Tagus ferry
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 15th March 2008
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Lisbon from a Tagus ferry
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Lisbon from a Tagus ferry
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 15th March 2008
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Ponte 25 de Abril
from a Tagus ferry
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The new Cais do Sodré terminal from a Tagus ferry
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Lisbon Ferries
Lisbon has a superb location on the River Tagus, and there remains an intensive network of ferry services across the river, despite the imposing
Ponte 25 de Abril
bridge which links the two sides and carries both rail and road traffic. Even a
car ferry
service has survived the arrival of the bridge, unusual in such circumstances, and the ferries on this route are of an extremely distinctive design. Since 1975, the Lisbon ferries have been operated by two companies,
Transtejo
and
Soflusa
(originally Portuguese Railways (CP)) These are now combined as
Transtejo e a Soflusa
. In 2008, six basic
Transtejo e a Soflusa
routes remain, operated by 22 fast catamarans, 2 car ferries and 14 conventional ferries. I have five pages of Lisbon ferry images linked from the
Lisbon Ferries Header
.
Lisbon Ferries Header Page
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Lisbon 2008 Ferry Fleet
Car ferry
Eborense
at Cacilhas
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 15th March 2008
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Madragoa
between Cais de Sodré and Cacilhas
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 15th March 2008
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Sintrense
at Cacilhas
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 15th March 2008
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Augusto Gil
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Lisbon Tugs
Barra de Setubal
(Lutamar)
Name of ship : BARRA DE SETUBAL - IMO number : 7002394 - Call Sign : EITL
Gross tonnage : 307 - Type of ship : Tug - Year of build : 1970 - Flag : Portugal
Previously
Glengarth
of Shannon Tugs
Lutamar tugs
Barra de Setubal
and
Alert
near the Alcantara cruise terminal
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 15th March 2008
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Freighters
Atlantis
(Transinsular)
Name of ship : ATLANTIS - IMO number : 8131324 - Call Sign : CSBT
Gross tonnage : 4319 - Type of ship : Cement Carrier - Year of build : 1984 - Flag : Portugal
Atlantis
(Transinsular) at Lisbon
Photo: © Ian Boyle, 15th March 2008
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Atlantis
(Transinsular) at Lisbon
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