I'm flying into LIS and my hotel is near Saldanha (Metro Red & Yellow) and Google is showing me several buses from the airport that will get me there for about the same time and walking distance. So after getting my Navegante around 8-8:30 on a weeknight, should I take the bus or metro? I'm thinking of the bus having an advantage of less stairs/escalators than the metro. Does that make sense in Lisbon?
Posted by
San Francisco Bay Area (USA)
18011 posts
Im at my relatives’, less than 100 mts from the Praça Duque de Saldanha.
I flew here from Italy on Saturday and the taxi ride cost me 10€. Uber might have been a bit less. It’s really only 10 min drive from the airport. It might be a bit more at night, but why subject yourself to the hassle of buses or metro after a long flight and probably with luggage, when the taxi or uber fare is not that expensive?
If you must absolutely save that money then you can take the Metro Red to São Sebastião and get off at Saldanha, the stop before São Sebastião.
Just to let you know, Uber is very inexpensive in Portugal, so unless you are really on a tight budget, don’t be afraid to use it.
Posted by
San Francisco, California
6 posts
Take the red metro, much better in my experience (but that was 4 years ago)
Posted by
OP
3 posts
Thanks Roberto. I guess before I take a taxi/rideshare I could go into the Metro to buy the Navegante and load a 24-hour ticket in case my first ride the next day is a bus?