This is a great video Joric and appreciate it very much. We left Lisbon yesterday and now poking around the eastern Algarve. We didn’t have enough time (as always) to see all neighborhoods in Lisbon we’d consider living so anything you can do to educate us concerning other neighborhoods you’d recommend would be greatly appreciated. 👍🏻
Why live inside Lisbon? Lisbon cost a lot (sometimes the doble) and with more pollution because all the traffic and outside Lisbon for exemple Oeiras, Estoril, cost a little less, with everything near by and if you need to do something in Lisbon, and want a cultural thing like a concert, museum or travel using the airport you can catch a Bolt/UBER for less than 15€. Every small city outside Lisbon have everything you need for your basic living. Cities like Cascais (this city is not so cheap), Oeiras, Estoril, Odivelas, Loures, Almada have a shopping center, lots of local stores, great local market for fruit and veggies, government facilities (like SEF, Finance,etc), movies,etc...
Hi Joric! Great video of the neighborhood! With the steep hills, how slippery does it get when it rains on the walk way? I still can't get over how tight the tram 28 runs next to the pathway along the city. I spotted several times grannies walking along when I was taking in the night views from the tram.
Trams are tight and buses run right up along curbs as well. When it rains, it is very slippery on the hills. Tennis shoes, boots, or some shoes with good grips are needed.
Unfortunately I do not. SEF is very backed up on servicing immigration requests and will be transitioning into another organization in January. I know of several people who have been here over a year still waiting for their appointment.
@@lorimagnificent8329 SEF is the immigration agency here in Portugal. Kind of like Dept of Homeland Security back in the US. When you travel to Portugal, they are the people stamping the passports and asking questions. If you plan on living here, SEF is the agency that handles the information, interview and delivery of residence permits. But, the agency is going away in May or June and we are waiting to see how things will shake out with a new agency handling immigration for tourists at the airports as well as people looking to become residents.
I am curious about where the train station is and how to catch a train ride to different areas from Lisbon. Are the signs in English or only Portuguese and is it easy to navigate? We'd like to visit Sintra by train when we are there in May.
Most signage is in Portuguese and English. The ticket kiosks are in Portuguese, English, Spanish and I believe French. There are several stations in Lisbon. To get to Sintra, we use the Rossio Station. They have trains that leave every 30 min or 60 min (forget which timeframe) and make a handful of stops before you get to Sintra. Rossio is in the heart of the city center of Lisbon. I think the train stations are pretty easy to navigate. One thing to keep in mind. If you are coming from the US, Europe uses what I call military time. So, if you are taking a 2pm train to Sintra, it will show up as the 14:00 train to Sintra.
Very Cool, thank you for the tour of Estrela!
You are welcome. It's where we live and feel it is a good mix of what we were looking when moving to Lisbon.
Thanks for showing us Portugal 👍
You are welcome. Several more neighborhoods will be shown in the coming months.
Good video. I love the neighbourhood.
Thank You!
This is a great video Joric and appreciate it very much. We left Lisbon yesterday and now poking around the eastern Algarve. We didn’t have enough time (as always) to see all neighborhoods in Lisbon we’d consider living so anything you can do to educate us concerning other neighborhoods you’d recommend would be greatly appreciated. 👍🏻
Why live inside Lisbon? Lisbon cost a lot (sometimes the doble) and with more pollution because all the traffic and outside Lisbon for exemple Oeiras, Estoril, cost a little less, with everything near by and if you need to do something in Lisbon, and want a cultural thing like a concert, museum or travel using the airport you can catch a Bolt/UBER for less than 15€.
Every small city outside Lisbon have everything you need for your basic living.
Cities like Cascais (this city is not so cheap), Oeiras, Estoril, Odivelas, Loures, Almada have a shopping center, lots of local stores, great local market for fruit and veggies, government facilities (like SEF, Finance,etc), movies,etc...
@@arturjcrebelo3275 Appreciate the feedback. Will consider these options as well.
Very cool video nice and Clear and not shaky at all 😂😂
Down the road I may buy something where I can walk and take video without people needing Dramamine to watch it!
Hi Joric! Great video of the neighborhood! With the steep hills, how slippery does it get when it rains on the walk way? I still can't get over how tight the tram 28 runs next to the pathway along the city. I spotted several times grannies walking along when I was taking in the night views from the tram.
Trams are tight and buses run right up along curbs as well. When it rains, it is very slippery on the hills. Tennis shoes, boots, or some shoes with good grips are needed.
Need a good shoes to walk in Estrela, Arroios, Graça Castelo, all places with lots of hills, but ppl adapt very easy when it rains.
We would like to know any update information about getting an appointment with SEF? Thanks for the very useful information.
Unfortunately I do not. SEF is very backed up on servicing immigration requests and will be transitioning into another organization in January. I know of several people who have been here over a year still waiting for their appointment.
@@traveltidbitsrus Is this the SEF coming from the US? Thanks Lori
@@lorimagnificent8329 SEF is the immigration agency here in Portugal. Kind of like Dept of Homeland Security back in the US. When you travel to Portugal, they are the people stamping the passports and asking questions. If you plan on living here, SEF is the agency that handles the information, interview and delivery of residence permits. But, the agency is going away in May or June and we are waiting to see how things will shake out with a new agency handling immigration for tourists at the airports as well as people looking to become residents.
I am curious about where the train station is and how to catch a train ride to different areas from Lisbon. Are the signs in English or only Portuguese and is it easy to navigate? We'd like to visit Sintra by train when we are there in May.
Most signage is in Portuguese and English. The ticket kiosks are in Portuguese, English, Spanish and I believe French. There are several stations in Lisbon. To get to Sintra, we use the Rossio Station. They have trains that leave every 30 min or 60 min (forget which timeframe) and make a handful of stops before you get to Sintra. Rossio is in the heart of the city center of Lisbon. I think the train stations are pretty easy to navigate. One thing to keep in mind. If you are coming from the US, Europe uses what I call military time. So, if you are taking a 2pm train to Sintra, it will show up as the 14:00 train to Sintra.
Great video. Looking forward to seeing it in person ! By the way, which local bank do you recommend to deal with in Portugal? 🙏
Most expats are using Millenium/BCP.