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.

Salvador to Lisbon

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Salvador to Lisbon. From €444.03, fastest 11h 59m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Salvador to Lisbon runs about 5 times a day, with the first departure around 06:44 and the last around 14:31. One passenger pays between €525.24 and €645.01, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 11h 59m over 6,702 km, on services run by 1 operator 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 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares

€525.24 to €645.01

  • 259%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Salvador

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
  • 14:31Last departure
  • 5Services per day
  • 40%Run direct

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €1,278.38Tue15
  2. about €1,137.58Wed16
  3. about €1,591.88Thu17
  4. about €930.23Fri18
  5. about €949.48Sat19
  6. about €935.18Sun20
  7. about €750.38Mon21
  8. about €720.53Tue22
  9. about €643.68Wed23
  10. about €792.73Thu24
  11. about €730.03Fri25
  12. about €919.95Sat26
  13. about €715.18Sun27
  14. about €578.78Mon28
  15. about €531.48Tue29
  16. about €581.29Wed30
  17. about €646.98Thu1
  18. about €604.30Fri2
  19. about €545.78Sat3
  20. about €530.38Sun4
  21. about €444.03Mon5

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 Salvador to Lisbon

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

  1. €561.1890 days
  2. €536.9860 days
  3. €549.6345 days
  4. €554.7430 days
  5. €444.0321 days
  6. €578.7814 days
  7. €750.387 days
  8. €1,591.883 days
  9. €1,278.381 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 21 days ahead, at €444.03.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 259 percent. The dearest point is €1,591.88, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 21 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€1,591.88€444.031371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 21 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

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

Clocks

4 hours ahead on arrival. The clock moves even though you do not.

The shape of it

6,702 km

6,507 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs north-east.

Who lives at each end

2,711,840517,802

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

SalvadorSalvadorLisbonLisbon
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
33% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 67% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 6,702 km against 6,507 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 Natal, Madrid, Recife, Fortaleza. The gap between arriving and leaving is 49 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 19 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.

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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 Salvador 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 Salvador to Lisbon?

The fastest journey from Salvador to Lisbon takes 11h 59m door to door, of which 9h is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 12h 42m, 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 Salvador to Lisbon?

The cheapest fare from Salvador to Lisbon is €444.03, as of 14 September 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €935.59. 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 Salvador to Lisbon?

The cheapest way from Salvador to Lisbon is by flight, at €645.01 for one passenger on 5 October 2026. That journey takes 12h 10m 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 Salvador to Lisbon?

Fares from Salvador to Lisbon bottom out around 21 days before departure, at €444.03. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 259 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 Salvador to Lisbon?

Monday is the cheapest day to depart from Salvador to Lisbon, at €578.78. 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 Salvador to Lisbon?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Salvador to Lisbon, at €424.94 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 Salvador to Lisbon?

1 operators sell services from Salvador to Lisbon across 1 mode: 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 Salvador to Lisbon?

33 percent of the services we sell from Salvador to Lisbon are direct. The rest connect at Natal, Madrid, Recife, Fortaleza, with about 49 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 Salvador to Lisbon use?

Services from Salvador to Lisbon by flight leave from Salvador SSA 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 Salvador to Lisbon?

0 of the 1 operators we sell from Salvador 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 Salvador to Lisbon on 14 September 2026: 6702 km of route against 6507 km in a straight line, 6 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €444.03, and 11h 59m 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

Salvador reaches 199 places in 8 countries on services we hold, over distances from 185 to 8,382 km. Lisbon reaches 172 places in 58 countries, from 15 to 11,143 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Salvador

  • 199Places you can leave for
  • 8Countries
  • 26Operators

Arriving in Lisbon

Leaving Lisbon

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

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