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.

Basel to Lisbon

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Basel to Lisbon. From €137.61, fastest 5h 44m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Traveling from Basel to Lisbon costs €137.61 at the cheapest and takes 5h 44m door to door at the fastest, across 1 mode and 4 operators. The route covers 1,719 km. Cheapest is by Flight, fastest is by Flight.

Checked September 9, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

At a glance

Distance
1,719 km
Fastest
5h 44m
Average
5h 54m
Services per day
28
Cheapest
€137.61
CO2 per passenger
422.9 kg
Door to door

Every way to make this journey

Journey times below are door to door, so they include getting to the terminal and away from it at the other end. Fares are the cheapest we currently sell on September 29, 2026.

Door to door means the whole journey, including reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end. Fares are the cheapest sold on each mode.
ModeDoor to doorMovingAt the endsFromCO2Per day
Flight5h 45m2h 35m3h 10m€146.46422.9 kg28
  • 5h 45mFastest, by Flight
  • €146.46Cheapest, by Flight
  • 422.9 kgLowest CO2, by Flight
  • 1,719 kmDistance traveled
Real services

The cheapest and the fastest on September 29, 2026

Two journeys we can sell today, with the service number each operator files them under.

Cheapest€137.61
  1. easyJet J417006:092h 48m08:57Basel BSLLisbon LIS

Door to door 5h 58mCO2 422.9 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Fastest€141.74
  1. EasyJet (DS) EJ429320:232h 35m22:58Basel BSLLisbon LIS

Door to door 5h 45mCO2 422.9 kgChanges 0Fixed, no changes

Today's real departures

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

No live timetable for this trip yet.

Live from the operators' own published timetables, through the open transit feeds they publish. Times and services are real. Fares are modeled until our booking connectors are live.

Prices over the next three weeks

Live from our own engine, refreshed on every request. The cheapest days for each way of traveling are marked.

Cheapest fare by mode and day for Basel to Lisbon
Cheapest fare by mode and day for Basel to LisbonThuSep 10FriSep 11SatSep 12SunSep 13MonSep 14TueSep 15WedSep 16ThuSep 17FriSep 18SatSep 19SunSep 20MonSep 21TueSep 22WedSep 23
Flight€343.52€306.35€259.74€240.86€221.39€201.92€177.14€229.65€207.82€219.03€194.25€167.11€168.29€146.46

Cheapest day: 2026-09-29 · €137.61

Arriving in September changes what you want from a room in Lisbon. It is not a thing we sell, so here is who does.

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 Basel to Lisbon

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

  1. €131.7190 days
  2. €124.0460 days
  3. €146.4645 days
  4. €138.2030 days
  5. €149.4121 days
  6. €146.4614 days
  7. €177.147 days
  8. €259.743 days
  9. €343.521 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €124.04.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 177 percent. The most expensive point is €343.52, 1 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 60 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€343.52€124.041371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 60 days ahead. You are inside that window.

Day of the week

Which departure day costs least

Median cheapest fare for each weekday, taken across the next three weeks of real prices.

  1. €194.25Sun
  2. €167.11Mon
  3. €168.29Tue
  4. €149.41Wed
  5. €229.65Thu
  6. €207.82Fri
  7. €219.03Sat
Across the year

How the fare moves month by month

The same journey priced on the fifteenth of each of the next six months.

  1. €201.92Sep
  2. €148.23Oct
  3. €139.97Nov
  4. €132.30Dec
  5. €127.58Jan
  6. €113.42Feb

The route

BaselBaselLisbonLisbon
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.

How far it really runs
The route covers 1,719 km against 1,669 km in a straight line, a detour of 3 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
First and last departure
The first service of the day leaves Basel at 06:09 and the last at 20:30, across 28 departures. The return direction keeps its own timetable, so the times back are not these times reversed.
Terminals

Where you leave from and where you arrive

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Basel

Rail
  • Basel SBB
  • Liestal
  • Laufen
Bus
  • Basel Meret Oppenheim
  • Dornach Bahnhof
Air
  • BSL
Ferry
  • Basel Schifflände
  • Basel St. Alban-Tal

Lisbon

Rail
  • Lisboa Oriente
  • Lisboa Santa Apolónia
  • Chelas
Bus
  • Lisboa Sete Rios
  • Sete Rios Coach Station
Air
  • LIS
Ferry
  • Lisbon Cruise Terminal
  • Belém

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

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

Getting from LIS into Lisbon?

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

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Carriers

Who runs this route

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.
OperatorFrom
easyJet€137.61
EasyJet (DS)€140.56
easyJet Europe€138.20
TAP Portugal€145.28
The price

What the fare is made of

Every part of the total, so the number at checkout is the number here.

The cheapest Flight fare we sell on 2026-09-29, broken into its parts. Nothing is added after this.
PartAmountShare
Operator fare€109.0079%
Taxes€19.6214%
Supplier fees€7.005%
Our service fee€1.991%
Total you pay€137.61100%

We cannot promise Lisboa Oriente still has a baggage check, because plenty of stations closed theirs.

Left luggage lockers

Where to leave your bags in Lisbon

Priced by the bag and by the day, booked before you get there, and insured while it sits.

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Questions about Basel to Lisbon

The questions people actually ask about this trip, 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 Basel to Lisbon?

The fastest journey from Basel to Lisbon takes 5h 44m door to door, of which 2h 35m is spent moving, on the Flight. Most services take around 5h 54m, 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 Basel to Lisbon?

The cheapest fare from Basel to Lisbon is €137.61, checked on September 29, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €232.90. 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 Basel to Lisbon?

The cheapest way from Basel to Lisbon is by Flight, at €146.46 for one passenger on September 29, 2026. That journey takes 5h 45m 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 Basel to Lisbon?

Fares from Basel to Lisbon bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €124.04. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 177 percent, measured on September 29, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

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

Wednesday is the cheapest day to depart from Basel to Lisbon, at €149.41. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, checked on September 29, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Basel to Lisbon?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Basel to Lisbon, at €113.42 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 service from Basel to Lisbon?

4 operators sell services from Basel to Lisbon across 1 modes: easyJet, EasyJet (DS), easyJet Europe, 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 Basel to Lisbon?

Every service we sell from Basel to Lisbon is direct, with around 28 departures a day and a fastest journey of 5h 44m door to door. No connection is needed, so there is no missed connection risk to plan around on this corridor.

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

Services from Basel to Lisbon by Flight leave from Basel BSL 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 Basel to Lisbon?

0 of the 4 operators we sell from Basel 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

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

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 Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Basel to Lisbon on September 9, 2026: 1719 km of route against 1669 km in a straight line, 28 services a day, 4 operators, a cheapest fare of €137.61, and 5h 44m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Our job ends at the platform. What fills the days in Lisbon afterward does not belong to us.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Lisbon and across Portugal

Timed entry, guided walks and half-day trips out of Lisbon, with free cancellation on most of it.

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