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Lisbon · 11/13 → 11/16 · Suggested course of 9 · Flying into Humberto Delgado · 2 adults · 1 room
Lisbon: where should you sleep for the shortest travel?
Stay in Baixa
Over 3 nights the travel adds up to 4 h 47 min. That is 1 h 43 min less than the farthest base.
- 3 nights, 2 adults, no flights
- About $355 to $840
Estimates leave flights out and use regional averages.
01 · Base
If you stayed somewhere else
Bairro Alto#24 h 50 min in total · 3 min more
4 h 50 min of round trips in total · 22 h 50 min with visits · 7 h 37 min a day on average · 33 min one way to Humberto Delgado
- Day 1base 13 min → São Jorge Castle 11 min → Miradouro de Santa Luzia 13 min → Miradouro da Senhora do Monte 14 min → base6 h 51 min (51 min travelling + 6 h at the spots)
- Day 2base 13 min → Lisbon Cathedral 32 min → Monument to the Discoveries 13 min → Belém Tower 32 min → base7 h 30 min (1 h 30 min travelling + 6 h at the spots)
- Day 3base 13 min → Praça do Comércio 30 min → Pastéis de Belém 11 min → Jerónimos Monastery 29 min → base7 h 23 min (1 h 23 min travelling + 6 h at the spots)
Alfama#34 h 50 min in total · 3 min more
4 h 50 min of round trips in total · 22 h 50 min with visits · 7 h 37 min a day on average · 33 min one way to Humberto Delgado
- Day 1base 10 min → Miradouro de Santa Luzia 11 min → São Jorge Castle 12 min → Miradouro da Senhora do Monte 13 min → base6 h 46 min (46 min travelling + 6 h at the spots)
- Day 2base 11 min → Lisbon Cathedral 32 min → Monument to the Discoveries 13 min → Belém Tower 36 min → base7 h 32 min (1 h 32 min travelling + 6 h at the spots)
- Day 3base 12 min → Praça do Comércio 30 min → Pastéis de Belém 11 min → Jerónimos Monastery 33 min → base7 h 26 min (1 h 26 min travelling + 6 h at the spots)
The other 5
Chiado#44 h 51 min in total · 4 min more · airport 1 min farther
4 h 51 min of round trips in total · 22 h 51 min with visits · 7 h 37 min a day on average · 34 min one way to Humberto Delgado
- Day 1base 13 min → São Jorge Castle 11 min → Miradouro de Santa Luzia 13 min → Miradouro da Senhora do Monte 14 min → base6 h 51 min (51 min travelling + 6 h at the spots)
- Day 2base 13 min → Lisbon Cathedral 32 min → Monument to the Discoveries 13 min → Belém Tower 32 min → base7 h 30 min (1 h 30 min travelling + 6 h at the spots)
- Day 3base 12 min → Praça do Comércio 30 min → Pastéis de Belém 11 min → Jerónimos Monastery 29 min → base7 h 22 min (1 h 22 min travelling + 6 h at the spots)
Avenida da Liberdade#54 h 51 min in total · 4 min more · airport 3 min nearer
4 h 51 min of round trips in total · 22 h 51 min with visits · 7 h 37 min a day on average · 30 min one way to Humberto Delgado
- Day 1base 14 min → São Jorge Castle 11 min → Miradouro de Santa Luzia 13 min → Miradouro da Senhora do Monte 14 min → base6 h 52 min (52 min travelling + 6 h at the spots)
- Day 2base 15 min → Lisbon Cathedral 32 min → Monument to the Discoveries 13 min → Belém Tower 33 min → base7 h 33 min (1 h 33 min travelling + 6 h at the spots)
- Day 3base 15 min → Praça do Comércio 30 min → Pastéis de Belém 11 min → Jerónimos Monastery 30 min → base7 h 26 min (1 h 26 min travelling + 6 h at the spots)
Príncipe Real#64 h 54 min in total · 7 min more · airport 1 min nearer
4 h 54 min of round trips in total · 22 h 54 min with visits · 7 h 38 min a day on average · 32 min one way to Humberto Delgado
- Day 1base 15 min → São Jorge Castle 11 min → Miradouro de Santa Luzia 13 min → Miradouro da Senhora do Monte 15 min → base6 h 54 min (54 min travelling + 6 h at the spots)
- Day 2base 15 min → Lisbon Cathedral 32 min → Monument to the Discoveries 13 min → Belém Tower 32 min → base7 h 32 min (1 h 32 min travelling + 6 h at the spots)
- Day 3base 15 min → Praça do Comércio 30 min → Pastéis de Belém 11 min → Jerónimos Monastery 28 min → base7 h 24 min (1 h 24 min travelling + 6 h at the spots)
Belém#75 h 50 min in total · 1 h 3 min more · airport 12 min farther
5 h 50 min of round trips in total · 23 h 50 min with visits · 7 h 57 min a day on average · 45 min one way to Humberto Delgado
- Day 1base 32 min → São Jorge Castle 11 min → Miradouro de Santa Luzia 13 min → Miradouro da Senhora do Monte 33 min → base7 h 29 min (1 h 29 min travelling + 6 h at the spots)
- Day 2base 11 min → Monument to the Discoveries 13 min → Belém Tower 35 min → Lisbon Cathedral 31 min → base7 h 30 min (1 h 30 min travelling + 6 h at the spots)
- Day 3base 10 min → Jerónimos Monastery 11 min → Pastéis de Belém 30 min → Praça do Comércio 30 min → base7 h 21 min (1 h 21 min travelling + 6 h at the spots)
Parque das Nações#86 h 30 min in total · 1 h 43 min more · airport 12 min nearer
6 h 30 min of round trips in total · 24 h 30 min with visits · 8 h 10 min a day on average · 21 min one way to Humberto Delgado
- Day 1base 31 min → Miradouro da Senhora do Monte 12 min → São Jorge Castle 11 min → Miradouro de Santa Luzia 33 min → base7 h 27 min (1 h 27 min travelling + 6 h at the spots)
- Day 2base 34 min → Lisbon Cathedral 32 min → Monument to the Discoveries 13 min → Belém Tower 55 min → base8 h 14 min (2 h 14 min travelling + 6 h at the spots)
- Day 3base 35 min → Praça do Comércio 30 min → Pastéis de Belém 11 min → Jerónimos Monastery 51 min → base8 h 7 min (2 h 7 min travelling + 6 h at the spots)
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Ready-made courses2 nights, 3 days · 3 nights, 4 days · 4 nights, 5 days · 6 nights, 7 days
- Day 1Pastéis de Belém, Praça do Comércio, São Jorge Castle
- Day 2Jerónimos Monastery, Monument to the Discoveries, Belém Tower
- Day 1São Jorge Castle, Miradouro de Santa Luzia, Miradouro da Senhora do Monte
- Day 2Lisbon Cathedral, Monument to the Discoveries, Belém Tower
- Day 3Praça do Comércio, Pastéis de Belém, Jerónimos Monastery
- Day 1São Jorge Castle, Miradouro de Santa Luzia, Miradouro da Senhora do Monte
- Day 2Jerónimos Monastery, Monument to the Discoveries, Belém Tower
- Day 3Lisbon Cathedral, LX Factory, Pastéis de Belém
- Day 4Santa Justa Lift, Praça do Comércio, Time Out Market
- Day 1Praça do Comércio, Lisbon Cathedral, Miradouro de Santa Luzia
- Day 2Sintra and Pena Palace (day trip)
- Day 3Jerónimos Monastery, Monument to the Discoveries, Belém Tower
- Day 4Miradouro da Senhora do Monte, Lisbon Oceanarium
- Day 5Time Out Market, LX Factory, Pastéis de Belém
- Day 6Santa Justa Lift, São Jorge Castle, Calouste Gulbenkian Museum
02 · Route
3 nights, 4 days
- Day 1 · 11/1348 min travelling · 6 h at the spots
São Jorge Castle11 min from your base
Miradouro de Santa Luzia11 min
Miradouro da Senhora do Monte13 min · 13 min back to base
- Day 2 · 11/141 h 30 min travelling · 6 h at the spots
Lisbon Cathedral11 min from your base
Monument to the Discoveries32 min
Belém Tower13 min · 34 min back to base
- Day 3 · 11/151 h 23 min travelling · 6 h at the spots
Praça do Comércio11 min from your base
Pastéis de Belém30 min
Jerónimos Monastery11 min · 31 min back to base
Travel times are estimates from straight-line distance and the city's average transit speed. Use them to compare bases. Each place counts as 2 hours.
03 · Booking
Where to book
Same room, a different price by channel
We compare hotels around Avenida da Liberdade, your base, down to the per-channel hidden price, tax included.
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04 · Before you go
Before you go
Estimated trip cost$355 ~ $840
3 nights, 2 travelers
- Hotel$135 ~ $300
- Food and getting around$150 ~ $330
- Sights and entry$70 ~ $210
A regional estimate, not a quote. Compare real hotel prices below.
Compare flight pricesIs a transit pass worth it?Carris and Metro 24 hour ticket €7.25
At about 6 rides a day, the Carris and Metro 24 hour ticket at €7.25 beats paying €11.40 per ride.
See the passAirport transferHumberto Delgado → Baixa 33 min
Currency estimate
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05 · Eat
Where to eat in Lisbon
- restaurantPasteis de BelemThe original custard tart, with cinnamon
- marketTime Out MarketLisbon's chefs under one roof
- restaurantCervejaria RamiroGarlic prawns and crab, finished with a steak sandwich
- restaurantA GinjinhaA shot of ginja, standing
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- restaurantManteigariaWarm pasteis de nata in Chiado
- marketMercado de Campo de OuriqueStall dinners at the neighbourhood market
- food streetAlfama tascasGrilled sardines and fado in the narrow lanes
- food streetPink Street (Cais do Sodre)The night bar street
Our own picks. Check hours and closing days before you go.
06 · Good to know
Know before you book in Lisbon
Currency and card payments
The currency is the euro, and cards and contactless payment work in hotels and most restaurants and shops. Small tascas and neighbourhood cafes sometimes take cash only or set a minimum, so carry a little cash. The bread, olives and cheese placed on the table before you order are not free and appear on the bill if you eat them. Tipping is optional, usually just leaving the change. The city charges a tourist tax of 4 euros per person per night for guests aged 13 and over, capped at seven nights, usually collected by the property at check in or check out and often missing from the booking site total. Use bank Multibanco machines for cash and decline conversion into your home currency.
Where booking pays off
Portugal is Booking.com's strongest market, with hotels and a large number of licensed short stay apartments, known locally as Alojamento Local, and Expedia and Hotels.com are solid on the international chains. Agoda's inventory is thinner here, but its issuer channels still differ by a few percent on the chains and are worth a look. Small boutique hotels in the old town often reward direct booking on their own site with breakfast or a discount. Paste an Agoda link into Tripdify to sort every issuer channel by total including tax and open the same dates on Trip.com and Expedia. The city tourist tax is normally paid at the property whichever site you use, so leave it out of the comparison.
Where to stay
Baixa and Chiado are the easiest first visit base: nearly flat, close to Praça do Comércio, the trams and the metro, at prices on the high side. Bairro Alto just above turns into a bar district every night and stays loud until the small hours, so light sleepers should look elsewhere. Alfama has the most atmospheric lanes in the city, but the hills and cobbles make wheeling a suitcase hard work. Avenida da Liberdade and Príncipe Real are quieter, with upscale and boutique hotels. Parque das Nações is close to the airport and Oriente station and has newer, cheaper hotels, but the old town is twenty minutes or more away by metro, and Belém is peaceful but far from the centre.
Airport to the city
Lisbon Airport sits about seven kilometres from the centre, one of the closest in Europe. The red metro line runs from the airport station, and with one change to the green line at Alameda you reach Baixa Chiado in thirty to forty minutes for the price of an ordinary city fare, using a rechargeable Navegante card from the station machines. Taxis, Uber and Bolt take fifteen to twenty five minutes into town outside the rush and are cheap by European standards, so with heavy bags or two or three people they are the easier choice. Lodgings in the narrow lanes of Alfama can be hard to reach by car, so check where the driver can actually stop.
Questions
Where should I stay in Lisbon on a first visit?
Belém for 5 places, 3 nights
5 popular sights, 3 nights
Chosen: São Jorge Castle, Belém Tower, Jerónimos Monastery, Monument to the Discoveries, Pastéis de Belém. Over 3 nights, sleeping in Belém gives the shortest travel. Return trips add up to 2 h 14 min, which is 2 h 45 min less than Parque das Nações, the longest base for the same choice. Next shortest are Chiado and Bairro Alto.
- #1Belém2 h 14 min of round trips in totalOne way from Belém: São Jorge Castle 32 min, Belém Tower 14 min, Jerónimos Monastery 10 min, Monument to the Discoveries 11 min, Pastéis de Belém 11 min
- #2Chiado2 h 48 min of round trips in total
- #3Bairro Alto2 h 48 min of round trips in total
Where to stay in Lisbon if I only see the main sights?
Baixa for 3 places, 2 nights
The 3 essentials, 2 nights
Chosen: São Jorge Castle, Belém Tower, Jerónimos Monastery. Over 2 nights, sleeping in Baixa gives the shortest travel. Return trips add up to 1 h 41 min, which is 1 h 25 min less than Parque das Nações, the longest base for the same choice. Next shortest are Chiado and Bairro Alto.
- #1Baixa1 h 41 min of round trips in totalOne way from Baixa: São Jorge Castle 11 min, Belém Tower 34 min, Jerónimos Monastery 31 min
- #2Chiado1 h 41 min of round trips in total
- #3Bairro Alto1 h 41 min of round trips in total
Where should I stay in Lisbon when I fly into Humberto Delgado?
Belém for 5 places, 3 nights
Arriving at Humberto Delgado, 5 popular sights, 3 nights
Chosen: São Jorge Castle, Belém Tower, Jerónimos Monastery, Monument to the Discoveries, Pastéis de Belém. Over 3 nights, sleeping in Belém gives the shortest travel. Return trips add up to 3 h 44 min, which is 1 h 57 min less than Parque das Nações, the longest base for the same choice. Next shortest are Bairro Alto and Avenida da Liberdade. The transfer to and from Humberto Delgado is counted in both directions.
- #1Belém3 h 44 min of round trips in totalOne way from Belém: São Jorge Castle 32 min, Belém Tower 14 min, Jerónimos Monastery 10 min, Monument to the Discoveries 11 min, Pastéis de Belém 11 min
- #2Bairro Alto3 h 54 min of round trips in total
- #3Avenida da Liberdade3 h 54 min of round trips in total
When are Lisbon hotels cheapest?
January and February, after the New Year holidays. Avoid June around the Santo António festival, the July music festivals and Web Summit week in November.
Which area of Lisbon is best to stay in?
Baixa or Chiado for a first visit, being flat and well connected, and Avenida da Liberdade or Príncipe Real for something quieter and more upscale. Alfama is charming but steep.
How much is the Lisbon tourist tax?
4 euros per person per night for guests aged 13 and over, charged for up to seven nights and usually paid directly to the property.
Compiled from public sources with AI assistance. Taxes and fee rules change, so confirm them on the booking screen before you pay.
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