From Carregal do Sal station, take train R to Santa Comba Dao (12 mins), then walk to catch bus 926 to Tábua Terminal Rodoviário (33 mins), followed by bus 114 to Covas (25 mins), and finally walk 12 minutes to Quinta do Retiro. The total journey takes approximately 6 hours 26 minutes.
From the airport
Aerodromo Goncalves Lobato (Viseu Airport)
From Aerodromo Goncalves Lobato to Quinta do Retiro takes 8 hours 48 minutes and involves walking to a bus stop (27 mins), then taking Bus 16, Bus 745, a train on line R, Bus 926, and Bus 114 with short walks between stops, finishing with a final 12-minute walk. The route passes through Viseu, Nelas, Santa Comba Dao, Tábua and Covas as main transit points.
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