This lodging gives the traveler great flexibility to explore the countryside. Lisbon's Portela Airport is served by nonstop flights from U.S. cities. Lisbon is also well connected by air to major European cities. The Aero-Bus service links Lisbon airport with Cais do Sodr . For information on rail passes, see by rail .
Taxis are plentiful and affordable.
F or R eading Blindness is the latest book from Jos Saramago, the 1998 Nobel Prize winner for literature. See also his H istory of the Seige of Lisbon. Os Lusiadas is the epic poem of Portugal, written in 1572 by the great Luis Vaz de Cam es. The escudo is divided into 100 centavos. General information and regional highlights.