Solo in Lisbon? Watch This Before You Go (2027 Map Guide)

Travelling to Lisbon alone for the first time? This guide pins everything on the map: how to get from the airport to the city, how the metro, trams, trains and ferries work, what tickets cost, where to eat and shop, and how to reach the main sights. All prices, opening hours and routes were checked in October 2026. What you’ll learn: Airport to the city: the metro red line (change at Alameda), €1.90 plus €0.50 for the Navegante card, tapping your bank card, and the new fixed taxi fares (€19 weekdays, €23 nights and weekends) Tickets: zapping at €1.72 a ride, the 24-hour pass at €7.25 (€11.40 with the Sintra and Cascais trains), paying on board, and the Lisboa Card from €31 Getting around: the 4 metro lines, tram 28, tram 15 to Belém, trains to Sintra and Cascais, and the ferry to Cacilhas What’s closed: the Glória, Bica and Lavra funiculars and the Santa Justa lift Downtown: Praça do Comércio, the Rua Augusta Arch, Rossio, Chiado and Bairro Alto Alfama: the Sé, Castelo de São Jorge and the free miradouros Food and markets: Time Out Market, Campo de Ourique, Feira da Ladra, LX Factory and Pink Street Belém and beyond: Jerónimos Monastery, Belém Tower, Pastéis de Belém, Cristo Rei, the 25 de Abril Bridge and the Oceanário Tips: shoes, tap water, tipping, the city tax, the emergency number and daylight hours Which place would you visit first? Tell me in the comments. CHAPTERS 0:00 You just landed in Lisbon 0:21 Lisbon in 60 seconds 1:26 Airport to the city 2:11 Tickets and the Lisboa Card 2:58 Getting around 4:05 Downtown: Baixa, Chiado, Bairro Alto 4:51 Alfama and the castle 5:34 Markets and food 6:14 Belém and beyond 7:23 Quick tips 7:57 Recap GOOD TO KNOW (October 2026) The Glória funicular is closed until about 2029. The Bica and Lavra funiculars and the Santa Justa lift are also closed. The Aerobus airport shuttle no longer runs. Belém Tower reopened on 27 May 2026, with timed entry slots. Castelo de São Jorge closes at 18:00 from 1 November to the end of February. Since 14 February 2026, takeaway alcohol sales stop at 23:00 Sunday to Thursday, and at midnight on Fridays and Saturdays. SOURCES Metropolitano de Lisboa, Carris, CP (Comboios de Portugal), Transtejo, Visit Lisboa, Castelo de São Jorge, Oceanário de Lisboa, Cristo Rei, INE / PORDATA (population), IPMA (sunshine), UNESCO, Britannica, RFM / RTP / Renascença (funicular and lift closures), US OSAC (pickpocket areas) CREDITS Stock footage: Pexels (Pexels License): Aleksei Pribõlovski, Alina Chernii, Alyona Nagel, Bernardo G. Marques, Bia Lucas, Efrem Efre, Grigoriy Bunkov, Hervé Piglowski, Jack Sparrow, Jonathan Santos, Julia Repnikova, Jussi Grönvall, Kampus Production, Kasia Sackhonchyk, Leandro Barreto, Logan Voss, Masood Aslami, Maurice Supple, Max Avans, Max Medyk, Mosh Media, Musko io, Rafael Minguet Delgado, Rick Gurrola, Sopterean Raul, Sururi Ballıdağ, Tatianaa Co, Tim Meyer, Victor Silva, Wendy Wei Photos (Wikimedia Commons): Claude Truong-Ngoc, CC BY-SA 3.0: Pastel de nata V.B.Speranza, CC BY-SA 4.0: Statue of Afonso Henriques NorbertNagel, CC BY-SA 4.0: Castelo de São Jorge Portrait said to be of Vasco da Gama, National Museum of Ancient Art, public domain 1755 Lisbon earthquake engraving, public domain Jacques Philippe Le Bas, Ruins of São Nicolau, public domain Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0 and CC BY-SA 3.0: Rua Augusta Arch IngolfBLN, CC BY-SA 2.0: Aeroporto metro station Nenea hartia, CC BY-SA 4.0: Aeroporto metro station Daniel from Glasgow, CC BY 2.0: Baixa-Chiado metro Renek78, CC0: Navegante card Jcornelius, CC BY-SA 4.0: Lisbon Airport Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0: Glória funicular Luca Galuzzi, CC BY-SA 2.5: Santa Justa Lift Pedro Ribeiro Simões, CC BY 2.0: Cacilhas ferry; Carnation Revolution celebration Ingo Mehling, CC BY-SA 4.0: Rossio station Silvia (Tagzania), CC BY-SA 4.0: Rua Nova do Carvalho Luiyo, CC BY-SA 2.0: Lisbon Cathedral Filipe Rocha, CC BY-SA 3.0: Miradouro da Senhora do Monte Jules Verne Times Two, CC BY-SA 4.0: São Pedro de Alcântara GualdimG, CC BY-SA 4.0: Mercado de Campo de Ourique Andrzej Otrębski, CC BY-SA 4.0: LX Factory Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0: LX Factory Sonse, CC BY 2.0: Pastéis de Belém Girassolei, CC BY-SA 4.0: Calçada portuguesa Map imagery: Esri World Imagery (Maxar, Earthstar Geographics). Places: OpenStreetMap contributors. Music: “Ascending the Vale” and “Clean Soul” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...) #Lisbon #SoloTravel #Portugal