Trafaria Praia is a passenger ferry built in 1960 that used to ply the river Tagus between Lisbon and Cacilhas until it was decommissioned in 2011. Under the direction of Joana Vasconcelos, the ferry underwent a major transformation, which included encasing the exterior of the vessel from stern to prow in a wrap-around frieze of over 7,000 traditional tin-glazed, blue-and-white, hand-painted azulejo tiles depicting 20 kilometers, or 12 miles, of the Lisbon skyline, from the Bugio Tower to the Vasco da Gama Tower. Below the ship's deck, Joana Vasconcelos covered the ceiling and walls with blue and white fabrics and crocheted pieces intertwined with LEDS creating a mysterious, dark-blue sea cave that pulsates with fairy lights and gently vibrates with the ship's engine. It envelops visitors and elicits both an intellectual and a sensorial response. The ship was shown at the 55th Venice Biennale (2013) as the Portuguese pavilion; it currently moors not far from where actual passenger ferries carry commuters across the Tagus. It is open for visits and short river cruises.

Alicante to Lisbon

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Alicante to Lisbon. From €63.86, fastest 4h 33m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Alicante to Lisbon runs about 8 times a day, with the first departure around 06:44 and the last around 18:02. One passenger pays between €63.86 and €70.35, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 4h 33m over 778 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

Checked 14 September 2026Priced for 5 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 2 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares

€63.86 to €70.35

  • 108%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Alicante

No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.

  • 06:44First departure
  • 18:02Last departure
  • 8Services per day
  • 100%Run direct

Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €121.09Tue15
  2. about €131.71Wed16
  3. about €128.17Thu17
  4. about €118.14Fri18
  5. about €126.99Sat19
  6. about €116.96Sun20
  7. about €83.92Mon21
  8. about €87.46Tue22
  9. about €95.13Wed23
  10. about €104.57Thu24
  11. about €99.85Fri25
  12. about €99.26Sat26
  13. about €95.13Sun27
  14. about €70.35Mon28
  15. about €73.89Tue29
  16. about €75.66Wed30
  17. about €85.69Thu1
  18. about €82.15Fri2
  19. about €80.97Sat3
  20. about €74.48Sun4
  21. about €63.86Mon5

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

The flight gets you into Lisbon. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Lisbon for the night the flight gets in

Sort by distance from Lisboa Oriente and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Alicante to Lisbon

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €75.0790 days
  2. €65.0460 days
  3. €78.0245 days
  4. €61.5030 days
  5. €63.8621 days
  6. €70.3514 days
  7. €83.927 days
  8. €128.173 days
  9. €121.091 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €61.50.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 108 percent. The dearest point is €128.17, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€128.17€61.501371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Alicante to Lisbon and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

1 hours behind on arrival. You land earlier than the journey suggests.

The shape of it

778 km

755 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs west.

Who lives at each end

348,901517,802

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

How we know

Observed

Every operator on this corridor is named in a carrier record.

The route

AlicanteAlicanteLisbonLisbon
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
67% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 33% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 778 km against 755 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Valencia, Sevilla, Málaga, Madrid. The gap between arriving and leaving is 58 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 16 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.

The fare from LIS into Lisbon is the one price on this journey we cannot show you, because it is not ours.

A taxi rank outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Lisbon

Settled in advance, so the ride into Lisbon costs what it said it would rather than what the rank says.

Partner links. We do not operate transfers. We earn a commission on a booking, and the fare is the same as going direct.

Who runs this route

The flight gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Left luggage near Lisboa Oriente

Most of the points near Lisboa Oriente open before the first train and shut after the last one.

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Questions about Alicante to Lisbon

The questions people actually ask about this journey, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does it take to get from Alicante to Lisbon?

The fastest journey from Alicante to Lisbon takes 4h 33m door to door, of which 1h 25m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 4h 38m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Alicante to Lisbon?

The cheapest fare from Alicante to Lisbon is €63.86, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €106.93. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Alicante to Lisbon?

The cheapest way from Alicante to Lisbon is by flight, at €70.35 for one passenger on 5 October 2026. That journey takes 4h 35m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book Alicante to Lisbon?

Fares from Alicante to Lisbon bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €61.50. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 108 percent, measured on 14 September 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Alicante to Lisbon?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Alicante to Lisbon, at €70.35. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 14 September 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Alicante to Lisbon?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Alicante to Lisbon, at €55.01 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs services from Alicante to Lisbon?

2 operators sell services from Alicante to Lisbon across 1 mode: Ryanair, TAP Portugal. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Alicante to Lisbon?

67 percent of the services we sell from Alicante to Lisbon are direct. The rest connect at Valencia, Sevilla, Málaga, Madrid, with about 58 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Alicante to Lisbon use?

Services from Alicante to Lisbon by flight leave from Alicante ALC and arrive at Lisbon LIS. Allow about 3h 10m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Alicante to Lisbon?

0 of the 2 operators we sell from Alicante to Lisbon allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Observed service A carrier record shows this named operator serving this named pair, and we carry that through unchanged.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Alicante to Lisbon on 14 September 2026: 778 km of route against 755 km in a straight line, 12 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €63.86, and 4h 33m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Being on the water gives Lisbon a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Lisbon and across Portugal

Day trips that leave Lisbon in the morning and cover a good part of Portugal by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Alicante reaches 231 places in 32 countries on services we hold, over distances from 19 to 3,667 km. Lisbon reaches 172 places in 58 countries, from 15 to 11,143 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Alicante

  • 231Places you can leave for
  • 32Countries
  • 58Operators

Arriving in Lisbon

Leaving Lisbon

  • 172Places you can leave for
  • 58Countries
  • 69Operators

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