Ferries in Portugal

4 routes and 1 operators. Fares below are the cheapest we currently sell on each.

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.

We sell 4 Ferries routes in Portugal, serving 2 places through 1 operator. 0 of those routes cross a border. The cheapest fare is €11.88 and the median route runs 15 km.

Checked October 1, 2026Priced for October 1, 2026One passenger, all fees included

The network

Ferries in Portugal, in numbers

What we actually sell, counted rather than claimed.

  • 4Routes we sell
  • 2Places served
  • 1Operators
  • 4Domestic routes
  • 0Cross border routes
  • 15 kmMedian route
  • 15 kmLongest route
  • 0Countries
Routes

The busiest Ferries routes in Portugal

Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.

The routes we sell in Portugal, busiest first, priced over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Lisbon to Montijo ferry€11.882h 17m15 km
Montijo to Lisbon ferry€11.882h 21m15 km

The ferry is the simple part. What you do once you are in Lisbon is somebody else's catalog.

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.

Partner links. We do not sell tours or tickets. We earn a commission on a booking, and it never changes the price.

Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell by Ferries, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km4100%Lisbon, 15 km
Carriers

Ferry operators

Speed, flexibility and what is on board. Nothing here is a rating, because we have not earned one.

Every operator we sell on this corridor. Speed is the carrier's own typical cruising speed, not the average over this route.
OperatorFromFastestTypical speedFlexibilityOn board
Transtejo SoflusaNoneNone33 km/hChangeableBar, , Cabins, Cafe, Restaurant, Restrooms
  • Transtejo Soflusa

Ferry destinations

Common questions about Ferries in Portugal

What Ferries routes are there in Portugal?

We sell 4 Ferries routes in Portugal, serving 2 places, run by 1 operators. Every one of those routes has an operator that actually serves it, so the count is the network we can sell rather than every pair of places on a map.

How much do Ferries tickets in Portugal cost?

The cheapest Ferries fare in Portugal is €11.88 for one passenger, across the 4 routes we sell there. The median route runs 15 km in a straight line, which is the distance that fare should be read against before comparing it to anywhere else.

Can I travel out of Portugal by Ferries?

0 of the Ferries routes we sell touching Portugal cross a border and 4 stay inside it, reaching 0 other countries including . Cross border routes are usually the ones where the fare and the journey time differ most between operators.

Which operators run Ferries services in Portugal?

1 operators run Ferries services on routes we sell in Portugal: Transtejo Soflusa. Each is a real carrier from the published operator catalog, and each has its own fares and conditions. The operator table on this page compares them on speed, flexibility and what is on board.

What is the longest Ferries route in Portugal?

The longest Ferries route we sell touching Portugal runs from Lisbon to Montijo, 15 km in a straight line. The median route in the country is 15 km, so this one is a considerable outlier and the fares on it behave differently from the rest.

Where these numbers come from

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Catchment, Fares, Distances

Other ways to travel here

The wider region

The trip ends at Lisboa Oriente. Everything past the gates belongs to somebody else, the rooms included.

A hotel room

A room in Lisbon for the night the ferry gets in

Filter by neighborhood and by nightly price, and the map tells you what is a walk and what is a cab.

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