March 19 Heart of Portugal - return to MSP from Lisbon

We had a flight out of Lisbon at 10:30am, and we stayed city center and took a taxi to the airport in the morning. It was quite easy. If you stay close to a metro line, you could also use the metro. We didn't use the metro because we had about 8 bottles of wine in our suitcases which made them heavy (and we would have needed to walk uphill to the metro stop). With the time of your flight, I certainly think its safe to enjoy the evening in Lisbon and then get to the airport in the am.

We also flew in and out of Lisbon because that was the best airfare, by far.

Thanks, good to know. I just figured by the time I checked out, took the train, etc. I might just be ready to eat and crash ... ?I think it is about a 3 hour train ride? Much to think about. Definitely not taking the metro. At 69, no longer up for that!!! Curious about the wine ... how does that work, haven't checked into it. Do you just pay duty on that many bottles?

We are doing that tour a month from now. We have chose to take an afternoon flight from Porto to London and stay over at Heathrow Aerotel then fly back to Seattle mid morning the next day to avoid that early flight. Eliminates the stress.
Either way enjoy your trop

Each person can bring back a liter of wine/alcohol duty free. However, we 've often brought back 8-10 bottles between the two of us. In theory, there's a duty, but I've never been asked to pay it. I usually say, "some wine" and they don't ask how much. My guess is that its not worth their time. The duty if you have to pay is quite small, and we typically do not bring expensive bottles back in our luggage. With the temperature variation and jostling around, we don't want to chance it. We have the bubble wrap wine bottle bags from Amazon. We've also just wrapped bottles in dirty clothes and put in a plastic bag. We've never had a bottle break.