Step 1: Flying to Portugal
You can fly either to Lisbon or Faro airports. Both are roughly the same driving time from the ranch and have disadvantages and advantages. We suggest you consider the cost of the airfare and also the timing of the flight in making this decision.
Step 2: From the airport to your accommodation
Option 1: Rental car
These are inexpensive in Portugal and give you flexibility. The drive from Lisbon is a little longer than from Faro, but the roads from Lisbon are better, so either way it will take you a couple of hours. Be warned that it can take time to get your rental car at the airport and sometimes the agencies are not actually even at the airport, but a shuttle bus ride away.
Option 2: Train
You can take a train from either Lisbon or Faro and ask our trusty taxi driver to meet you at the train station. The station is called Funcheira and is a little more than half an hour away from your accommodation. The website for train tickets is www.cp.pt
Option 3: Bus
From Lisbon you have the additional option to take the bus (www.redeexpressos.pt), which arrives in the town of Odemira, just a few minutes taxi ride away from your accommodation.
Option 4: Taxi
Our trusty taxi driver can come pick you up at either airport. We will help you to contact him when the time comes.
Taxi prices for the various pick up options are:
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- Lisbon 180€
- Faro 120€
- Train station Funcheira 40€
- Bus station Odemira 10€
Step 3: Finally, to the ranch!
If you have a rental car, you can drive yourself back and forth. If not, we will pick you up and bring you back each day. The Quinta do Chocalhinho, where you will be staying, is only a couple kilometers away from the ranch.
If you are driving yourself all the way to the ranch:
You can find us by using Google Maps, but you have to be careful if you’re arriving from the South, as Google Maps will try to lead you through the river and on very bad dirt roads. In that case, please first drive to this point, where you turn onto a dirt road: https://maps.app.goo.gl/H8yNCr1pVXhUfoi9A and then follow GoogleMaps to Sundance Ranch.
Alternatively, you can download these detailed directions to the ranch: Link to Directions