Lisbon, Portugal
If you’ve been exploring museums in Belém all day, and want to grab lunch at Sea Me in Chiado, you’ll probably want to grab a cab due to the city’s many hills. Luckily, there are cabs everywhere in Lisbon and they can easily be hailed on the street. Uber is also a popular option. That said, according to T+L's Lisbon specialist, “Historic trolleys, like Tram 28, travel from Bairro Alto to Graça and are great for sightseeing.”
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Bangkok, Thailand
It’s easy to catch one of the brightly-colored cabs in Bangkok, but be prepared to negotiate on price before you take off. If you don’t feel like playing the “my meter is broken” game with your cab driver, especially from the airport, consider taxi booking apps like Easy Taxi, Grab Taxi, and Uber who have also launched a motorcycle version of their ride-share program called UberMoto. Alternatively, talk to your hotel about arranging a driver, or giving a tuk tuk a whirl. Whichever mode of transport you choose, buckle up: Bangkok’s taxis topped the “most dangerous” list of a recent survey, although the cabbies ranked as some of the friendliest, too.