Lisbon

Lisbon (Lisboa in Portuguese) is the capital of Portugal, the most "westernish" capital of continental Europe.

Going North: Porto, Coimbra, etc..

Take a bus to the areas east of the airport [1] (try the buses 25, 45, 81) There, walk to the Galp petrol station next to it [2]. This petrol station is right before the motorway towards North A-1, headed to Porto, Coimbra, Aveiro, etc.. But is really difficult to get there a ride because a bit futher, and on the same side of the petrol station, there is an exit which goes back to Lisbon. So all the people making petrol there are coming back to the city.

Check out all the petrol station on A-1 motorway [3]

Going South or East: Beja, Évora, Faro, Spain

Option 1: Go to Alcântara (Alcântara train station or bus e.g. 720, 52, 24, 773) walk to the acess of the motorway that leads you directly to the bridge over the river towards south via motorway A-2. Walk up the access and immediately before the motorway is a little parking space where cars can stop [4]. There is often a lot of traffic on the bridge so the cars aren't going that fast.

Option 2: Take the Fertagus train, at Entrecampos or Sete Rios train station for example, accross the river and get off at Foros de Amora [5]. From there just walk under the A-2 motorway and get to the petrol station right next to it. This will be the first petrol station on this motorway and from there you can ask people which way they headed and take off towards south or east.

Check out all the petrol station on A-2 motorway [6] and A-6 (towards Spain) [7]

More information

• BRISA has information on all the motorways in Portugal and their exits and petrol stations.