Portugal » Getting to Lisbon

 Approximate flight time from London to Lisbon is 2 hours 30 minutes.

By Air

Located in the northern edge of the city, Lisbon's Airport (Aeroporto da Portela) is the main international connection. As it is located quite close to city center, landings are usually quite nice - as airplanes descend over the city giving the traveller a unique vertical view.

By Train

There are 2 stations with international connections: Oriente Train Station (Estação do Oriente) and Santa Apolónia Station (Estação de Santa Apolónia). In fact they are in the same line and only 10 minutes of travel time apart. There is a night train to Madrid every day.

International trains stop both in Oriente and Santa Apolónia Train Station. Oriente has a metro station, and is probably the best solution for backpackers heading to city center.

If you are going to Cascais Estoril Coast, you can get out in Oriente; take the red line of the metro to Alameda; then the green line to Cais do Sodré; from there you can get a train to several locations in the Cascais and Estoril Coast.

By Bus

Metro covers almost all places in the city from a reasonable distance. A single ticket for zone L (all the city) costs 65 cents, 10 tickets 6,35€. Tickets bought inside the bus:1,2€ (1 zone).