You have been wondering about how can you get to Portugal for as little money as possible?
You may get the answer ;)
From Hungary, the easiest way to get to Portugal is with Wizzair or Ryanair. Wizzair is the only airline from Hungary which offers direct flights to Porto. To Lisbon, TAP Portugal airline can take you directly. You can find pretty cheap tickets if you book it at the right time. If you are traveling from another European country, check out skyscanner.com for the best prices.
Let me tell you a story about how I got to Porto.
When I traveled to Porto, I went with my friends and with Ryanair, and some weird things happened before departure.
The flight was already delayed and when it departed, after going a small circle on the runway it needed to go back to the start because there were some problems with the engine. Well, then after more than an hour of waiting in the airplane, they told us to go back to the gate and wait for more information. In the end, we ended up waiting 8 hours in all for the flight, and meanwhile, they gave us 2 food coupons to buy food as well (even if you could buy a menu for that 5 euros in McDonald's, they just gave you one hamburger haha).
Instead of arriving at 9pm on the 7th of September, we arrived on the 8th at 3-4am, and because the delay, the house's contact person needed to come and pick up us from the airport to get the keys. He had a super small old car, and we were 5 people, so we needed to decide who goes first, and we also needed to pay 10 euros each. You can get to everywhere in Porto for 2 euros from the airport by metro during its work schedule, or you can call an uber/taxify anytime, which would be around 10 euro as well, or you can also use the night buses for the same price as the metro.
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In Lisbon and Porto, there is an electronic system, where you can get a rechargeable card, and upload the zones that you want to use. Be aware that you can have one type of ticket on your card, so sometimes I had more cards. Also, most of the travelers think that they can use one card for more people, but no, it's individual! If you go to Lisbon the best option is to buy a 24h ticket which can be used for every public transport. It costs 6,50 euro, and after each additional day, it's 6 euro.
If we talk about Porto you need to purchase a rechargeable card as well as in Lisbon, which can be used in every public transport. You need to validate the ticket every time you change lines. The system workes a bit weird in my opinion, it was not my favorite part of Porto haha. The city is divided into zones, and you can buy the tickets for different zones, just one at a time as in Lisbon. The most used zone is the Z2, as it's going into the city center, but the first ticket you will buy at the airport if you use the metro is the Z4 ticket (the number means that it's going through 4 zones). The Z4 ticket costs 2 euro, but first, you will get the electronic card which is plus 60 cent. It takes around 30-40 minutes to get to the city center. If you stay a long time and need more ticket, you can buy daily passes or you can buy 10 pieces of Z2 tickets. If you buy 10 tickets, you get +1 ticket for free.
As I was a student, I was entitled to get a monthly pass. Even if I was studying there the monthly pass was pretty expensive, and you could get it for zones. For example in the first month, I got 4 zones, and I paid around 40 euros (because for the monthly pass you get a plastic electronic card, which is a bit more expensive than the other cards). One zone is around 9 euros. In Hungary the monthly pass for students is 11 euros.. so you can imagine how shocked I was XD And you cannot even go everywhere... If you accidentally go one stop more than your zone, you can be fined ;) Be careful there! It can cost you 100 euro, and they are serious about it.
If you are traveling by train, the system is pretty much the same. You will get an electronic card when buying a ticket, and you need to validate your train ticket before getting on the train. That's pretty much it!
I hope you find it helpful, and if you have any questions, I can write more about this topic, for example, my experience with the conductor when I didn't have a ticket haha
