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.

Horta to Lisbon

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Horta to Lisbon. From €130.68, fastest 5h 46m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Horta to Lisbon runs about 13 times a day, with the first departure around 06:18 and the last around 19:54. One passenger pays between €132.30 and €149.41, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 5h 46m over 1,739 km, on services run by 2 operators across 1 mode.

Checked September 18, 2026Priced for October 5, 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 · Priced for October 5, 2026

€132.30 to €149.41

  • 200%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Horta

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.

  • 06:18First departure
  • 19:54Last departure
  • 13Services per day
  • 92%Run direct

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about €319.33Sat19
  2. about €295.73Sun20
  3. about €216.08Mon21
  4. about €211.36Tue22
  5. about €229.06Wed23
  6. about €289.24Thu24
  7. about €208.41Fri25
  8. about €211.95Sat26
  9. about €198.38Sun27
  10. about €173.01Mon28
  11. about €165.34Tue29
  12. about €182.45Wed30
  13. about €188.99Thu1
  14. about €165.93Fri2
  15. about €148.29Sat3
  16. about €155.90Sun4
  17. about €130.68Mon5
  18. about €139.97Tue6
  19. about €138.20Wed7
  20. about €178.91Thu8
  21. about €142.79Fri9

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 Horta to Lisbon

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

  1. €171.9490 days
  2. €106.3460 days
  3. €111.0645 days
  4. €132.3030 days
  5. €142.7921 days
  6. €165.9314 days
  7. €208.417 days
  8. €216.083 days
  9. €319.331 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 60 days ahead, at €106.34.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 200 percent. The most expensive point is €319.33, 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.
€319.33€106.34137142130456090

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

This corridor, specifically

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

Clocks

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

The shape of it

1,739 km

1,689 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs east.

Who lives at each end

6,572517,802

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

How we know

0/2

2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.

The route

HortaHortaLisbonLisbon
The journey

What the journey looks like

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

Direct or connecting
86% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 14% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 1,739 km against 1,689 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 Ponta Delgada, Praia da Vitória. The gap between arriving and leaving is 73 minutes, of which about 5 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 13 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 trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.

A taxi stand 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 cab stand 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

Baggage storage near Lisboa Oriente

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

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Questions about Horta 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 Horta to Lisbon?

The fastest journey from Horta to Lisbon takes 5h 46m door to door, of which 2h 40m is spent moving, on the flight. Most services take around 5h 56m, 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 Horta to Lisbon?

The cheapest fare from Horta to Lisbon is €130.68, as of September 18, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €225.82. 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 Horta to Lisbon?

The cheapest way from Horta to Lisbon is by flight, at €132.30 for one passenger on October 5, 2026. That journey takes 5h 50m 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 Horta to Lisbon?

Fares from Horta to Lisbon bottom out around 60 days before departure, at €106.34. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 200 percent, measured on September 18, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

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

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Horta to Lisbon, at €165.34. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 18, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Horta to Lisbon?

February is the cheapest of the next 5 months to travel from Horta to Lisbon, at €106.48 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 Horta to Lisbon?

No operator record names Horta to Lisbon directly. Azores Airlines, TAP Portugal publish service areas covering both ends and may serve it, so we list them as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.

Is there a direct service from Horta to Lisbon?

86 percent of the services we sell from Horta to Lisbon are direct. The rest connect at Ponta Delgada, Praia da Vitória, with about 73 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 Horta to Lisbon use?

Services from Horta to Lisbon by flight leave from Horta HOR 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 Horta to Lisbon?

0 of the 2 operators we sell from Horta 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.

Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.

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 Horta to Lisbon on September 18, 2026: 1739 km of route against 1689 km in a straight line, 14 services a day, 2 operators a cheapest fare of €130.68, and 5h 46m 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

Horta reaches 6 places in 1 countries on services we hold, over distances from 28 to 1,689 km. Lisbon reaches 174 places in 58 countries, from 15 to 11,143 km.

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Leaving Horta

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  • 1Countries
  • 4Operators

Arriving in Lisbon

Leaving Lisbon

  • 174Places you can leave for
  • 58Countries
  • 69Operators

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