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I found out,that therīs interestin castle at Santa Maria de Feira,and itīs not too far from Porto.Is there local transport to the town,and mainly to the castle.Is it open to public?

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Yes, the castle is open to public, you can find any information here:
http://www.castelodafeira.com/index.asp
The site is only in portuguese, don't know if you speak or understand it a bit... See 'Condicoes de acesso e utilizacao' section and you'll get ticket prices and opening hours.
Santa Maria da Feira seems a bit complicated to reach: you have to take the train line Porto-Aveiro to Espinho train station, then take the 'Linha do Vale do Vouga' to Santa Maria da Feira. Can find all the infos on portuguese railway site: http:// www.cp.pt

Hope it helps, cheers!
Gil

The castle has a website http://www.castelodafeira.com/ which is only in Portuguese, but confirms that the castle is open top the public except closed on Mondays and at lunchtimes. Admission is 3 Euros for adults, 1,50 for children and pensioners.

Santa Maria da Feria is a small town to the south of Porto, about 30km/21 miles by road.

It is accessible by train from Porto and you will enjoy the second section of the journey on the narrow gauge 'Linha da Vouga' which winds its way up from Espinho into the hills. The timetable for that line is here http://www.cp.pt/StaticFiles/Imagens/PDF/Passageiros/horarios/regionais_2007/aveiro_espinho.pdf

The nearest stop for Santa Maria da Feria is called Sanfins, about 500m away.

There are frequent local electric trains between Porto and Espinho (http://www.cp.pt/StaticFiles/Imagens/PDF/Passageiros/horarios/urbanos_porto_2007/aveiro_linha.pdf) but note that the Linha da Vouga station in Espinho is about 300 metres from the main station.

The Transdev bus company (www.transdev.pt)runs fast buses between Porto's Batalha bus terminal and Santa Maria da Feria at these times:

0800 except Sundays and holidays; 0900am weekdays, 1000am daily, 11am weekdays, 1130 on schooldays only, 1200 Saturdays, Sundays and holidays and later, journey takes 35 - 40 minutes. The return bus times are very complicated so I advise collecting the timetables from the website at http://www.transdev.pt/bdtweb/stop.php?stop=10581

I hope that helps and enjoy your trip.

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Thank you!I understand a lttle Spanish,so I might understand some written Portugese (Iīve heard it sounds more different than it looks).I will check all those.It sound little complicated but I will take these tips to my trip-planner,so we can decide later.We will have 6 whole days in Porto.At least we will visit Guimares (sorry if I spelt wrong).We really like that kind of castles,so it would be nice to go.We will be at Lisbon another 10 days,and we go by train-so we donīt rent a car.

Have a nice time in wonderful Portugal!

Thank you!Iīm sure we will have lovely trip!I just canīt wait!