This is subway par excellence!…read more Helpful staff. Frequent trains. Reasonable rates. Free WiFi everywhere! (Yes, even in the trams!!!) If in Lisbon for a few days, get the Viagem card ("zapping"): this gives you a small discount on every ride and can be used on Metro, buses, tramways and suburban trains!

In the past 3 days I have had a bus not show up, a bus not stop where it should (with the STOP)…read moresignal on, and been told that the Metro was unexpectedly stopping mid line and we need to exit the station. It's particularly maddening when the Metro Police kick everyone off and tell us to exit and catch a bus because no other lines operate at the Metro station.

Get on Martim Moniz so you can get a seat. There is going to be a queue and you could end up…read morewaiting an hour but well worth it. Tuk tuk drivers will sell you a more personal experience for $60 but I think waiting an hour and boarding the tram is the way to go. Expect to get up for the elderly if you sit in the front. The last stop is in Campo Ourique, which is close to the Mercado de Campo Ourique, where you can grab a quick lunch. It's also where you can find a seat.

After arriving at the Martim Moniz Square in the morning, I looked for a long line to figure out…read morewhere the tram starts. The wait wasn't too bad- less than 30 minutes. We hopped onboard the third tram that came around as they have limited seating- about 20 seats. You can stand though. The ride was about 30 minutes and ended around Chiado. It was a nice ride, but I don't feel as if it's a must.

We got to the train station in Martin Mainz And waited in a long line, :45 for the electric tram…read more Realized we needed to get a day pass and walked back to the station to get a 48 hour pass. We were warned at our hotel about pickpockets here, they were hawkers offering us rides & things. We weaved past churches, shops, cafes, museums, lots of beautiful tiled buildings. The ride ended at a cemetery where we all disembarked and waited for an electric car back. I don't know what o was expecting, but it wasn't anything special.

Scotturb operates the bus network in Sintra, Cascais and Oeiras. I had the opportunity to ride…read moretheir buses from Cascais to Cabo da Roca and back. Tickets are purchased on board and the driver was not only able to make change and provide my ticket, he was busy driving the bus at the time. That was impressive. The bus did have a wifi network but we're out in the sticks here in many cases on switchback roads in the mountains east of Lisbon. It didn't work very well so I switched to cellular. Other than that, it's a pretty standard city bus with 2x2 seating, hand grabs throughout and even USB chargers (through the one at my seat had been vandalized). The bus was clean and well lit. It kept to the schedule posted in the bus stop where I picked it up in Cascais and where I returned from Cabo da Roca. [Review 19047 overall - 241 in Portugal - 16 of 2023.]

Terrible experience - dishonest pricing and overcrowded buses…read more I took a Scotturb bus in Portugal and was extremely disappointed. The driver refused to sell the regular €4 ticket, insisting that I buy the 24h pass for €13.50. On their own website, this pass is listed at €12, but the price on the bus is made to look like a discount (they cross out €18 to make it seem like a deal -- it's not). To make things worse, the bus was completely packed, with people standing shoulder to shoulder for the entire ride. No comfort, no space, no respect for the advertised service. A tourist trap on wheels. Avoid if you can -- especially if you expect fair pricing and basic travel conditions.

It gets the job done. This is the ferry terminal for Almada, across the Tagus River from Lisbon. I…read morehad one arrival followed a few hours later by one departure. There are ticketing kiosks which is useful because my 24 hour pass from the Lisbon network didn't work here. Cheap enough for an 8 minute ride - less than €2 each way. They have clearly visible signs showing not only how long until the next ferry departs but also what percent full it is. Helpful info! There is a small convenience store and some other retail. The station was under major renovations when I was here in January 2022. Easy connection to the trams and buses which took me most of the way to the Christ statue. I returned with a walk along the waterfront after dinner at Ponto Final and that five star review is coming soon. Inside the waiting area, some seating and some vending machines. The "boarding" sound goes and everyone starts moving for the ferry. It's an easy walk for a shop that does this a dozen times a day back and forth across the river. Overall, as pleasant an experience as one can have on mass transit.

After walking for what seemed like an eternity down from the Cristo Rei statue and realizing that…read morethe Porto Final Restaurant was closed, I was happy to see that the ferry was at least running very reliably back and forth from Casilhas to Cais do Sodre. Inside the terminal in Casilhas we bought one way tickets and they were €1.30 per person. The trip across the river was fast and smooth, a perfect ending to our day of walking in Cascais and visiting the Cristo Rei statue.