Paris sits among the closest major European capitals to Lisbon by air, with frequent direct flights under two and a half hours. For French travellers, many of them descended from North African Sephardic communities with their own Iberian roots, the journey to Portugal often connects to a family history already partly known.
Air France, TAP Air Portugal and Transavia all operate multiple daily direct flights from Paris — principally Charles de Gaulle and Orly — to Lisbon, with flight time of roughly two hours and twenty to thirty minutes. This frequency allows considerable flexibility in choosing departure times to preserve a full day of touring on either end.
A private driver-guide meets you at Lisbon Airport for transfer by executive Mercedes into the city. The short flight allows most travellers to begin their first afternoon with an orientation walk and an evening reservation at a restaurant selected for the occasion, before the full heritage programme begins the next morning.
The brief flight time makes the 3-day Sephardic Route a practical long-weekend option from Paris, while travellers seeking a more complete picture of Portugal's Jewish geography typically choose the 6-day Jewish Heritage Journey. Those pairing the trip with Spain extend to the 10- or 14-day itineraries.
Given the ease of the flight, many Paris travellers add Portugal onto a spring or autumn calendar when the interior mountain roads are at their most comfortable. We suggest booking eight to ten weeks ahead outside peak season, and considerably earlier for dates around French school holidays, when flights and hotel rooms in Lisbon are in higher demand.
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Both Charles de Gaulle and Orly offer direct service, operated by Air France, TAP Air Portugal and Transavia among others.
Yes — the 3-day Sephardic Route is designed for exactly this kind of shorter, focused visit.
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