Flights from the UK to central Portugal are frequent and straightforward. Flight times are around two hours and 40 minutes.

BA flies from London Heathrow to Lisbon

TAP Air Portugal flies from London Heathrow and London Gatwick to Porto and Lisbon

Póvoa Dão is situated in the parish of Silgueiros, 14km from the town of Viseu.

Take the A1 from the modern airport of Porto, about an hour's drive away, to Aveiro. From there take the A25 to Viseu.

Lisbon airport is under 300km away. Take the IP-3 motorway, heading towards Coimbra and Viseu.