By Air

The flying time to Lisbon is 6½ hours from New York, 9 hours from Chicago, and 15 hours from Los Angeles. The flight from London to Lisbon is about 2½ hours. Continental Airlines has one daily nonstop flight from Newark to Lisbon's Aeroporto Internacional de Lisboa (LIS, 21/841-3500), as does TAP Air Portugal (800/221-7370 in U.S. www.tap.pt), but with connections to Porto's Aeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro (OPO, 22/943-2400). It may be cheaper flying to London and picking up a budget airline or charter flight. Domestic flights are expensive. From Lisbon, TAP serves Porto and Faro.