Lisbon Baixa
The Baixa ("Downtown"), also known as the Baixa Pombalina, is a neighbourhood in the historic centre of Lisbon, Portugal.

The Baixa ("Downtown"), also known as the Baixa Pombalina, is a neighbourhood in the historic centre of Lisbon, Portugal. It consists of the grid of streets north of the Praça do Comércio, roughly between the Cais do Sodré and the Alfama district beneath the Lisbon Castle, and extends northwards towards the Rossio and Figueira squares and the Avenida da Liberdade, a tree-lined boulevard noted for its tailoring shops and cafes.
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Getting to Lisbon Baixa
- Airports
- Lisbon Humberto Delgado (LIS), 8 km · Faro - Gago Coutinho (FAO), 215 km · Francisco de Sá Carneiro (OPO), 285 km
- Faro → Lisbon Baixa216 km · quickest by road, 3h 53m · €28–39
- Porto → Lisbon Baixa275 km · quickest by air, 4h 14m · €90–140
- Seville → Lisbon Baixa312 km · quickest by road, 6h 17m · €46–65
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Lisbon Baixa
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Lisbon Baixa. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThat said, regular shuttle ferry traffic is limited to joining the banks of the Tagus river, i.e.
- Get inthere are no ferries to Lisbon other than the small ones from neighbouring municipalities.
- Get aroundIt consists of a bus and tram network operated by Carris, the separately-run Lisbon Metro underground rail, as well as commuter trains and ferries which connect Lisbon to its neighbouring suburbs.
- Get aroundMost public transport in Lisbon uses an integrated ticketing system, allowing the same smartcard to be used across metro, buses, trams, suburban trains and many ferries.
- Get aroundIt's valid on the metro, trams (electricos), urban trains, most buses and ferries.
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Next door to Lisbon Baixa
Lisbon Baixa is 2 km from Lisbon, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.