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.

Praia da Vitória to Lisbon

Compare trains, coaches, flights and ferries from Praia da Vitória to Lisbon. From £104.75, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Praia da Vitória to Lisbon runs about 23 times a day, with the first departure around 06:17 and the last around 20:32. One passenger pays between £104.75 and £109.30, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. Services cover 1,598 km and are run by 3 operators across 1 mode.

Checked 4 October 2026Priced for 20 October 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 3 operators and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares · Priced for 20 October 2026

£104.75 to £109.30

  • 143%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Praia da Vitória

Typical first and last departure on this corridor.

  • 06:17First departure
  • 20:32Last departure
  • 23Services per day
  • 91%Run direct

Fares by date

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

Typical fares

  1. about £214.95Mon5
  2. about £188.16Tue6
  3. about £203.83Wed7
  4. about £214.44Thu8
  5. about £186.64Fri9
  6. about £202.31Sat10
  7. about £177.03Sun11
  8. about £130.54Mon12
  9. about £120.93Tue13
  10. about £132.05Wed14
  11. about £162.37Thu15
  12. about £149.24Fri16
  13. about £154.29Sat17
  14. about £144.69Sun18
  15. about £106.27Mon19
  16. about £104.75Tue20
  17. about £108.80Wed21
  18. about £139.63Thu22
  19. about £125.99Fri23
  20. about £133.06Sat24
  21. about £120.42Sun25

Based on what this route has cost recently. The live fare is confirmed when you book.

The flight gets you into Lisbon. These two partners take it from there, and the bed is theirs to book.

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 Praia da Vitória to Lisbon

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

  1. £109.8190 days
  2. £135.0860 days
  3. £89.0845 days
  4. £88.5730 days
  5. £120.4221 days
  6. £144.6914 days
  7. £177.037 days
  8. £203.833 days
  9. £214.951 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at £88.57.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and dearest lead time is 143 percent. The dearest point is £214.95, 1 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.
£214.95£88.57137142130456090

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

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Praia da Vitória 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

1,598 km

1,552 km as the crow flies, 3% further by the route services take. The bearing runs east.

Who lives at each end

6,061 → 517,802

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

The route

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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
88% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 13% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 1,598 km against 1,552 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 Porto, Ponta Delgada, Horta. The gap between arriving and leaving is 53 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 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 set by whoever drives it.

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 Praia da Vitória 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 Praia da Vitória to Lisbon?

Praia da Vitória to Lisbon covers 1,598 km. Each operator's own departure and arrival times for the date you pick are in the search at the top of this page, beside the total price.

How much does it cost to travel from Praia da Vitória to Lisbon?

The cheapest fare from Praia da Vitória to Lisbon is £104.75, as of 4 October 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is £178.04. 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 Praia da Vitória to Lisbon?

The cheapest way from Praia da Vitória to Lisbon is by flight, at £104.75 for one passenger on 20 October 2026. The comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs side by side.

When should I book Praia da Vitória to Lisbon?

Fares from Praia da Vitória to Lisbon bottom out around 30 days before departure, at £88.57. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the dearest lead time is 143 percent, measured on 4 October 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Praia da Vitória to Lisbon?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Praia da Vitória to Lisbon, at £120.93. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of 4 October 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Praia da Vitória to Lisbon?

February is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Praia da Vitória to Lisbon, at £91.62 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 Praia da Vitória to Lisbon?

Azores Airlines, Ryanair, TAP Portugal publish service areas covering both Praia da Vitória and Lisbon, so they are listed as possible operators rather than confirmed ones.

Is there a direct service from Praia da Vitória to Lisbon?

88 percent of the services we sell from Praia da Vitória to Lisbon are direct. The rest connect at Porto, Ponta Delgada, Horta, with about 53 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 Praia da Vitória to Lisbon use?

Services from Praia da Vitória to Lisbon by flight leave from Lajes Airport TER and arrive at Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport 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 Praia da Vitória to Lisbon?

0 of the 3 operators we sell from Praia da Vitória to Lisbon allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs £4.28. 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 The operators listed publish a service area covering both places. That evidences the corridor rather than a named service.

Prices come from the supplier wherever we hold a live quote. Elsewhere we show an indicative price built from the real distance, the real operator and a fare curve over lead time, day of the week and season. Those are labelled Estimated fare and cannot be booked.

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

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Praia da Vitória to Lisbon on 4 October 2026: 1598 km of route against 1552 km in a straight line, 24 services a day, 3 operators a cheapest fare of £104.75, and 5h 35m 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.

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

Praia da Vitória reaches 11 places in 3 countries on services we hold, over distances from 84 to 4,339 km. Lisbon reaches 236 places in 66 countries, from 7 to 12,616 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Praia da Vitória

  • 11Places you can leave for
  • 3Countries
  • 6Operators

Arriving in Lisbon

Leaving Lisbon

  • 236Places you can leave for
  • 66Countries
  • 70Operators

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