Hi
I have found that if you check and check the days then you can fly from Lisbon to Seville with Tap for about 219.00 US for 2 on 1 day in the week. It is actually only a 1 hr flight. On other days it can be $565 or even $980 for the same flight, but dont give up, I have found there is a way if you change your dates to mid week and book early. I looked at 12/9 $900 approx, 14/9 $565 and then on the 16/9 $219 Us.
I was using skyscanner.com which is usually good to compare airlines, dates etc but when I actually went to book the fare it wasnt available and it then it was double the price
I then started to used kayak.com to compare pricest direct to the TAP website to get the best price.
If you scroll further and further through the flights the price gets more expensive but the time gets less, for us that is a bonus. Rather pay more than arrive so exhausted after 15 hrs that we are exhausted and sleep right through the first day. However I refuse to pay $900 plus for a 1 hr flight.
I have reorganised all our dates and the way we are doing the trip to get the best deal. I was told that Portugal is so cheap but trying to organise this, I am not finding it so, even though the economy in both Portugal and Spain is in trouble.
We are now going to fly from Rome to Porto with Ryan and spend some time, then Porto to Faro and spend some time in Lagos, moving on to Lisbon, then flying to Seville and then on to Naples. We were going to fly into Spain first and then into Seville and then to Lisbon but a lot of checking pays off.
I was told to fly to Seville via Valencia but they are in opposite ends of Spain and it didnt really work price wise either.
As I said for us Portugal is very expensive to get in and out of. There seems to be no train from Spain and only 12 hour bus which for us is not an option No wonder Portugal doesnt see too many Australians. Also finding the hotels, accomadation is so expensive, where I was told Portugal was so cheap. The hotels are all asking for about $180 - $300 a night without breakfast, whereas we travel in Greece, Italy, Sicily and Turkey every year and dont pay more than about 110 euro right in the centre, with a balcony, fridge, view etc.
Hope this helps you with your plans
Janderra
Edited: 7 years ago