Lisbon to Cascais | Discovering Lisbon's sunshine coast | Ride out - walk back

[@horsehollerer]

Good to see you taking your classic ride out/walk back format to the Continent! Cheers.

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

Always fun to brush it off. I'm in Switzerland next week with Mark from Let's Make a trip - there is a plan to maybe drag him up a mountain for a ride out/walk back. Let's hope the weather holds for it!

[@horsehollerer]

Ha wonderful! I'm legit planning a ride out/walk some of the way back in April on the Gornergrat Bahn. There might be too much snow however. We'll see. @@JohnnyHooverTravels

[@Timstravels01]

Absolutely beautiful. That blue sky looks fabulous.

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

Yes it was super having come from dark and damp UK. Best wishes to you Tim 👍

[@ampersand.]

That was great - lovely sunny seaside walk and some Art Deco. Very enjoyable viewing, thanks :)

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

Can't beat a bit of Art deco 😀

[@PeteG143]

Another lovely video - great seaside views. Thank you.

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

Thank you. Very nice of you to say so 👍

[@phronsiekeys]

What a great way to spend a sunny morning.

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

It was indeed a lovely way to spend the morning. I was so pleased I did it. 👍

[@Kulla1berg]

Always nice of a video from a part of Europe that you do not visit so often

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

Indeed. Portugal was mostly new for me as previously I've only been a beach tourist in the Algarve.

[@whatthehellcarrot2801]

Its great that u made an odd bonus this Monday

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

you are very welcome. I'll keep making them for you 👍

[@ztmsl]

The entire route is also available on Google Street View. They placed a camera on a flat railway car. Fun fact: the Street View train also uses the streetrunning bit near Alcantara-Mar.

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

Yes, I saw that. I wonder if they have done the whole network as it certainly is also available on the Douro valley line too. Oh, and thanks for watching too 👍

[@davidneilhaggart9739]

Great video Beautiful scenery

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

Thank you. Nice of you to say. Thanks too for watching 👍

[@christinehodge3608]

Enjoying this walk ,lovely beach, what about places to eat, 😊

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

Thanks, it was a lovely start to the day for sure. I suppose there are various places to eat along the way. The coffee i had near that final station at Estoril was excellent and as it was a bakery they looked to have a very wide selection of goodies too. It was full of locals, so that was a good sign! Thanks for watching another 👍

[@barvdw]

The nerd that I am especially likes the way different services are organised. Basically, if the line is A-1-2-3-B-4-5-6-C-7-8-9-D, trains going from A to B stop on all the intermediate stations, trains going to C would skip most stops between A and B, but would serve all stations between B and C, and trains to D would skip most station between A, B and C, serving all stations on the part between C and D. Trains ending in B and C would stop on a middle track with platforms on either side for easy changes onto trains going further, and in reverse, people from further down the line who needed an intermediate station. Very clever system!

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

I'm sure that would look really interesting graphically a a train diagram! Thanks for that 👍 and thanks too for watching 👍

[@kevinellis8869]

Glad you got your steps in for the day, some good views.

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

Indeed I did. It was a lovely walk except for the bit by the busy road! Thanks for coming along 👍

[@LazyDaisyDay88]

This looks like a fantastic trip to take! Portugal is on my list to visit and I'll be flying to Lisbon next month - I'm really excited to do this little train trip. Thanks for the insight and the helpful tips. Great vlog.

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

you are very welcome. I was only really in Lisbon for half a day and I know there's so much more to see and more trains and trams and places to explore. I hope you have a wonderful time 👍

[@clivelangham435]

Enjoyed it. Very nice.

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

Thanks. you are very welcome 👍

[@imsbvs]

I travelled this route a few times for the Expo in 1992. Back then it was usual for the doors to be open, a natural form of aircon! Great little service!

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

Always a bit unnerving when the doors are left open! Thanks for watching 👍

[@DarthFurball]

Loved the trip and the narration. Thank you for taking us along, Johnny!

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

You are very welcome. Lots more on the channel to try if you ain't seen em all 😃 Thanks for watching this one 👍

[@johnstephens649]

You keep confirming that Lisbon has to go up my “must visit” list!

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

Yes, definitely worth the trip. Next time in Lisbon I think I will take the train out to Sintra Thanks for watching 👍

[@garybroadhurst3548]

Great minds think alike! I did that a couple of years ago, but I think I got back on the train one station earlier. It's always nice to get out of the city and the well-trodden tourist spots. Those wide-gauge trains feel huge inside and I didn't realise they were over 60 years old!

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

Well done you too then! haha, it was great to escape the bustle of the city - although I did enjoy another lovely walk from Cais de Sodre up to Santa Apolonia when I got back into Lisbon. but there were a lot more people to dodge on that walk... Thanks for watching, as ever 👍

[@rebeccahalpern5938]

Really enjoyed this, we go to Lisbon a lot and getting the train along to Cascais is always a highlight. If you’re ever there again I can recommend Santini ice creams, my husband was brought up in Lisbon and has been going to the same ice cream parlour in Cascais since he was a small child!

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

Ah, i wish i had known that. I'm a sucker for a good ice cream! Next time then... Thanks for watching 👍

[@manuelgouveia2710]

Thank you for a lovely video showing the train trip from Lisbon to Cascais!

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

You are very welcome. Thank you for watching 👍

[@Sim0nTrains]

The ride was good but the walk was better, some really stunning views and did love that castle as well, great video

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

Thanks Simon. I knew I had a longish journey in the afternoon so i was desperate to get a bit of fresh air and stretch my legs so this walk was perfect for me. Pleased you enjoyed it too 👍

[@Grangeburn]

Hi Johnny. On first finding your video I thought that I had visited to Cascais before, but at 70 years old the memory is beginning to fail at times. However, when viewing the wavy pattern on the pedestrian street, I was convinced that I had visited before. A quick search of my online photos came up with 16 June 2015 and a little square called Praça 5 de Outubro in Cascais. The whole surface of the square was that wavy pattern. It tended to induce a feeling similar to seasickness after a while. I spent a short while on the nearby Praia da Ribeira where I ventured for a wee paddle. On the square itself was a statue in front of the town hall but like you, however, my time in Cascais had been limited. That looked like a lovely wee walk back along the coast towards Estoril before you caught the train back to Lisbon. A pity your time was limited as you passed some interesting spots on the train journey itself.

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

Thanks for sharing your memories too. So it's not just me that finds that paving design a little un-nerving then! Yes, I could have stayed longer, but I suppose that is the nature of my channel that I tend to keep moving! Thanks so much for watching and commenting, it is much appreciated 👍

[@8r1tK1Dtia]

2:54 How do you map out/animate your routes on OSM like here? So far I've managed to find the filter you use.

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

I do something like the guy in this video in Keynote. It is a bit fiddly, but I think the map/route you get is very clear, so I stick with it. kzbin.info/www/bejne/poqZfoOsi76psMksi=V9-8vxB3HVLtW0Y0

[@arthurtownsend8843]

Another great Lisbon video, more facts of what you see but you failed to mention the Belem Tower that we get a decent flash of just after the 25 April bridge. This is a great fortification built to protect the Tagus access, and the fun part is to find the rhinoceros.........

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

Yes, there's only so much you can say in the voiceover so I decided not to mention anything about the Belem tower as the shot itself wasn't that long - but I did want to keep it in! Thanks for watching 👍

[@colinriley123]

Lisbon is a lovely place, and there were some fine views this video. you couldn't have chosen a better day!

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

Indeed not! Just what an old Brit craves. Sunny but not too sunny. Warm but not too hot... 😀

[@matthewodwyer3615]

That was a trip down memory lane. I had a childhood holiday in Cascais in 1995 and remember using that line to get trains into Lisbon and back several times. The trains look very familar. It's also good to see the locals have given up train surfing as it was rife back then. I guess the Health and Safety police have clamped down there too!

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

I'm pleased there was no train surfing too. Yes, those trains are very old and have been refurbished. Another commenter was saying they are now due for replacement. Thanks for watching 👍

[@ernestbailey9194]

I was so surprised to hear my name mentioned, My wife didn't believe me when I told her. It was a lovely walk along the beach to the station, as you said the views are lovely, I also like the lovely cobbled streets. We have looked at getting the train to Paris then the sleeper down to Lisbon through Spain then to Cacais, as we stayed for a few days many years ago, certainly loved Lisbon and the tram ride was unreal, shame you didn't go on it. But like you say it is another excuse to visit Lisbon. Look forward to your next one & many thanks.

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

You are very welcome. Thanks for the good ideas 😀

[@WINGSANDRAILS]

Did that one 2 years ago and stayed in Cascais a couple of days. Lovely little train ride but it was very crowded when we where on it.

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

I did say to my wife that Cascais would make a lovely place for a few days holiday. close to, but not in, Lisbon. Thanks for watching another. Enjoying your series too 👍

[@WINGSANDRAILS]

@@JohnnyHooverTravels more coming up

[@jimmenycricket4598]

Because I work on the railway in the UK I get free train travel in Portugal (as well as in many other European countries) for which you receive a paper coupon and also had problems with the ticket gates in Lisbon and Sintra. In theory you should use the disabled access gates, press the assistance button and you'll be let through. In practice you have to find someone who's able to let you through. Easier said than done! As for beaches the only one I nearly went on was in Lisbon but seeing 2 rodents scampering on the beach put me off 😢

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

nice bonus getting the free trips! I will return and visit Sintra as I've heard a lot about it. and yes, I pressed the call/assistance button at the gate but nothing at all happened. Lucky I met the cleaner.

[@nino_gagliano]

Hi thanks for sharing everything. Was it too cold for swimming?

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

@@nino_gagliano haha, I don't know. I'm not much of a swimmer, so I would not have tried! Thank you for watching 👍

[@mikepowell2776]

Great video. I’ve had the privilege of visiting several times. Regarding fares, if you’re over retirement age it’s half price throughout CP network. No railcard involved, just show passport for proof of age.

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

Thanks for watching and thanks for that information on the discounts available! I shall remember that! Best wishes to you 👍

[@bomcabedal]

There are two reasons why Cais do Sodré station looks a bit "off" behind the entry hall. One is the rebuild (1960) and then collapse of the platform roofs in 1963 (killing 50 people); that prompted an improvised hall that was only replaced in the early 2000s, also to serve as an extension to the ferry terminal nearby and to facilitate the subway station below. As another bit of pedantry, the Ponte 25 de Abril was renamed after the revolution of 1974 because it was originally called the Ponte Salazar, after the long-time (but already deceased) dictator of the now upended régime.

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

Thanks for the extra information, and thanks too for watching 👍

[@helifromfinland]

Didn’t notice any bikers there. Is it allowed to bike along that beachside route? Noticed some green line markings on the ground on some parts of the walk…

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

@@helifromfinland I'm not sure i recall any bikes. Definitely worth checking, because it would be a lovely ride into and out of the city! Thanks for watching too 👍

[@jongmassey]

Lovely trip, Helen and I did it last November and it was lovely weather then too. Did you walk under the Ponte de 25 Abril? It seems like the deck is entirely made of metal mesh so it makes an incredible racket with all the traffic running over it.

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

Thanks Jon. no, I didn't walk the bridge as I only had half a day in the city, so this was pretty much it, apart from a nice walk from Cais de Sodre up to Santa Apolonia when I got back into Lisbon. Any other advice of what to see around Lisbon gratefully accepted to add to my list. I already want to go back to visit Sintra and Rossio station! Best wishes to you both 👍

[@piedaderudman6043]

Hi. I am from Sintra which is not far from where you were. I wish you would make a video there as it's so beautiful and picturesque. Along that journey, you passed Belém, which is where the famous and delicious "pastel de nata" was born! The pastry shop is over 150 years old and you can sit at a table and have them as they come out of the oven! Still, maybe next time. 😊

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

Yes maybe next time for both the pastel de nata and also for Sintra. I look forward to both 🙂 Thank you for watching 👍

[@kevincollis4768]

Spot on JH

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

Thanks Kevin 👍

[@whatthehellcarrot2801]

Why is it from January and not March?

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

Haha!! Because I have to come home first and then edit up all the videos before they are published! Hence there is always a time delay before a video is published.

[@whatthehellcarrot2801]

I love watching ur videos but can U plz make a lot more BC I watched most of them already

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

That's very lovely of you to say. I shall try to make as many as I can in 2024. But it does take a while to travel and record them and then edit them and do all the voiceovers when I return home. however, I'm so pleased you like them so much. I will endeavour to do as much as I can for you 👍

[@itzikchen4885]

33 minutes? no way, it takes atleast 42 minutes

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

Ah. That might be my mistake then

[@afonsoguedes6108]

Before a fire broke out in Cais do Sodré there was 3 types of services on this line. The 33 minutes refer to the specific service on this vídeo, the Serviço Rápido. SRAP takes 33 minutes because it doesn't stop in Santos, Belém, Cruz Quebrada, Caxias, Paço de Arcos and Santo Amaro. Nowadays there's only 1 service and it takes a minimum of 40 minutes averaging about 42.

[@itzikchen4885]

@@afonsoguedes6108 thanks for the info

[@stevecooksley]

What a lovely part of the world, albeit somewhat tarnished by awful graffiti as usual. I wish I could ignore it.

[@JohnnyHooverTravels]

Whilst i quite like some graffiti art. I can never go with vandalism that blocks out the windows. That seems really mindless. I would rather people just left the trains alone...