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Home » Trip Reports » 12-Hour Bus Trip from Lisbon to Algeciras, Spain via Seville
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12-Hour Bus Trip from Lisbon to Algeciras, Spain via Seville

Matthew Klint Posted onMarch 4, 2010November 14, 2023 1 Comment

Day 0: Introduction: Perfecting My Trip to Europe Using United Miles

Day 1: LAX-YVR on Air Canada, Vancouver, and YVR-LHR on Air Canada

Day 2: BD Number One Lounge at Heathrow and London to Lisbon on TAP Portugal

Day 3: A Day of Sightseeing in Lisbon

Day 4: An Unexpected Extra Day + New Years in Lisbon

Day 5: 12-Hour Bus Trip from Lisbon to Algeciras, Spain via Seville

Day 6: Monkeying Around in British Gibraltar + Ferry to Tangier, Morocco + Overnight Train to Marrakech

Day 7: My Five Star Hotel Room in Marrakech

Day 8: Bartering for Mont Blanc Pens + RAK-MAD on Royal Air Maroc

Day 9: City Tour of Madrid on Foot

Day 10: Escape to the Madrid Airport Hilton

Day 11: MAD-FRA-CPH on Lufthansa

Day 12: CPH-IAD on SAS, IAD-PHX-BUR on US Airways

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Day 5: 12-Hour Bus Trip from Lisbon to Algeciras, Spain via Seville – 01 Jan 2010

What can I say? A bus trip is a bus trip. Thankfully the bus route was in operation this morning and we departed on time for Seville. I had never been an international “long haul” bus trip before and I didn’t know what kind of amenities, if any, would be available onboard.

The bus was not all that different than a modern Greyhound, except it had no electrical outlets or wi-fi onboard. The legroom was tight, but the bus was not filled so I had two seats to myself.

 

the seats in a vehicle

a green hill with trees and a blue sky

The bus company must have a nice arrangement set up with a roadside gas station/cafeteria we stopped at halfway through the day. I thought the prices were ridiculous (12EU for a slice of lasagna?) but the bus driver had a large slice of lasagna, a big bowl of soup, some fruit, a few rolls, and a large beverage—about 25EU worth of food and was waved past the cashier. Nice job perk.

The ride went quickly. I had planned to get some work done for law school, but ended up sleeping through a lot of the trip. We arrived in Seville in the early evening and I had about an hour before my connection to Algecerias.

 

a building next to a body of water

a tall building next to a body of water

a statue of a man on a horse

a bus parked at a bus station

There was a bus change and my new bus had “Star Class” on both sides of it. I had hoped the seats would be a little roomier, but they were even tighter—and there was no “exit row” seats on this bus or the previous one.

 

a close-up of a white van

a group of people in a bus station

seats in a bus with blue seats

Still, the ride to Algecerias went by quickly and we arrived just after 2100. Having only had a sandwich and apple earlier in the day, I was quite hungry and immediately looked for a restaurant. I found some great shawarma near by that was reasonably priced and filled up before trying to locate the hostel.

 

When it comes to finding hostels, I usually attempt to find it myself based on the direction provided when I make the reservation, but half the time I end up asking people for directions. After a half hour of tomfoolery, I finally just asked a shop owner if he knew where my hostel was. Turned out it was one block away. At least I was on the right track…

The hostel owner did not speak English, so we communicated in German. The room was about $30, but was a private with a clean bathroom and hot water. What more could I ask for?

Wi-Fi. But I survived.

a bed with a wooden headboard

a shower door in a bathroom

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Matthew Klint

Matthew is an avid traveler who calls Los Angeles home. Each year he travels more than 200,000 miles by air and has visited more than 135 countries. Working both in the aviation industry and as a travel consultant, Matthew has been featured in major media outlets around the world and uses his Live and Let's Fly blog to share the latest news in the airline industry, commentary on frequent flyer programs, and detailed reports of his worldwide travel.

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1 Comment

  1. Stuart Schreiber Reply
    November 18, 2012 at 3:50 pm

    Hi. I made a similar bus trip last week from Algeciras to Seville, then Seville to Lisbon. In Spain, we passed through a city with a huge public sculpture of a nude male torso. Do you know what city this was? I was very impressed with the sculpture, and the bus passed right by it TWICE. It was in the middle of a traffic circle… Please let me know…

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