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Originally Posted by Sly Caveat
You'll have no trouble finding a place. I wouldn't even book the hotel for that long. You can always find a hotel room if they can't extend your reservation.
Keep in mind that Oeiras is a little out of the way to get around Lisbon though. Maybe a 20 euro cab ride to the city center. The train will get you in town but if you go out a lot you'll have to take a cab home. Maybe that's not important to you. There are places to go out in Oeiras too of course, just not like Lisbon. If the beach or casino are more important to you, then Oeiras is better.
If it helps ease your mind, when I came out here it was on short notice and I didn't have an apartment or know anyone or any of the language. I just had a 10 day hotel reservation. I ran out of time and had to switch hotels but it was no big thing. I was looking for a baller place though. If you just want a 500 euro apartment and aren't that picky, you'll find one fast. If you're willing to live with roomates, it will be even cheaper/faster.
Your making me change my mind about Oerias now :P. I don't go out a ton, but that might change if I am somewhere where it actually makes sense to go out regularly. Also I'm not a car type of guy (I just think it's an unnecessary expense/burden in certain places) so I rely a lot on location. This is also why I chose Lisbon over other areas, because of the main airport being there.
I'm not looking for something baller right away. I just want to grind and sleep in my apartment for the meanwhile.
Fwiw the 500 euro apartments in Lisbon don't look that bad, because they are all fairly big. I used to live in Austria and had a very central place there for 500€, but it was only 27m².
Definetly not looking to stay with room mates, but yea I could imagine that would be pretty cheap and fast (though some friends of mine might be renting a vacation rentalin that time for a couple of months, which would be pretty sick instead of going to a hotel at first).
On a side note, I read back over some of your old posts. Have you changed your mind about Portuguese women regarding not dating guys that are outside of their friends/social circle? Have you checked out the club scene, are women more approachable there?