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Long-Distance Buses (Autocarros de Longo Curso) in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to Rede Expressos, FlixBus, the Sete Rios Terminal, the Terminal Intermodal de Campanhã, EVA Transportes in the Algarve, and the €2.95 Booking Floor

Long-Distance Buses (Autocarros de Longo Curso) in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to Rede Expressos, FlixBus, the Sete Rios Terminal, the Terminal Intermodal de Campanhã, EVA Transportes in the Algarve, and the €2.95 Booking Floor

A practical guide to long-distance buses in Portugal in 2026 — Rede Expressos vs FlixBus, the Sete Rios and Terminal Intermodal de Campanhã hubs, EVA in the Algarve, the €2.95 booking floor, and where the coach beats the train for foreign residents.
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Infraestruturas de Portugal Hands Mota-Engil the €113.5 Million Contumil-Ermesinde Quadruplication on the Linha do Minho — 24% Below the Base Price, Q1 2030 Completion, and the First Concrete Step Toward the Porto-Vigo High-Speed Link

Infraestruturas de Portugal Hands Mota-Engil the €113.5 Million Contumil-Ermesinde Quadruplication on the Linha do Minho — 24% Below the Base Price, Q1 2030 Completion, and the First Concrete Step Toward the Porto-Vigo High-Speed Link

IP awarded Mota-Engil the €113.5M Contumil-Ermesinde quadruplication on the Linha do Minho on 8 May 2026 — 24% below the €150M base price, Q1 2030 completion, ~€40M Portugal 2030 EU cofinancing inside a €226M envelope. First concrete piece of the Porto-Vigo high-speed link.
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WRC Vodafone Rally de Portugal Opens in Coimbra Today as the 59th Edition Loads 70 Crews, 23 Stages and 345 Competitive Kilometres From Aveiro to the Fafe Power Stage — Ogier Defends, Evans Leads on 101 Points and Neuville Tops the Baltar Shakedown

WRC Vodafone Rally de Portugal Opens in Coimbra Today as the 59th Edition Loads 70 Crews, 23 Stages and 345 Competitive Kilometres From Aveiro to the Fafe Power Stage — Ogier Defends, Evans Leads on 101 Points and Neuville Tops the Baltar Shakedown

The 59th Vodafone Rally de Portugal opens at 14:00 today on Coimbra's Avenida de Conímbriga as 70 crews, 11 of them Rally1, head into 23 special stages totalling 345.14 competitive kilometres on gravel between the Aveiro lowlands, the Coimbra hills, the Douro and the Fafe finale on Sunday.
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Public Transport Passes in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the Lisbon Navegante, the Porto Andante, the Passe Ferroviário Verde, the Free Sub-23 and Sub-18 Tariffs, the +65 Tier and the Regional Networks of Coimbra, Braga, Aveiro and Faro

Public Transport Passes in Portugal in 2026 — A Practical Guide to the Lisbon Navegante, the Porto Andante, the Passe Ferroviário Verde, the Free Sub-23 and Sub-18 Tariffs, the +65 Tier and the Regional Networks of Coimbra, Braga, Aveiro and Faro

Portugal's transport-pass stack runs from the €40 Navegante (Lisbon) and Andante (Porto) metropolitan caps, through the €20 Passe Ferroviário Verde for inter-regional rail, to the free Sub-23 / Sub-18 regime — frozen for the seventh consecutive year in 2026.
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Túnel do Marão Closes Its First Decade With 45 Million Vehicle Crossings — A4 Daily Average Climbs From 9,590 in Pandemic-Hit 2020 to 17,560 in 2025 as the Toll-Free Reset Lands Its Full Year

Túnel do Marão Closes Its First Decade With 45 Million Vehicle Crossings — A4 Daily Average Climbs From 9,590 in Pandemic-Hit 2020 to 17,560 in 2025 as the Toll-Free Reset Lands Its Full Year

Infraestruturas de Portugal marks the Túnel do Marão's tenth anniversary with 45 million cumulative crossings. The 5.6 km Iberian record-holder anchors the A4 Vila Real–Amarante stretch, with daily traffic up from 9,590 in 2020 to 17,560 in 2025 after the January 2025 toll elimination.
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