Olivais
Olivais is a freguesia and traditional quarter of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal.
Olivais is a freguesia and traditional quarter of Lisbon, the capital of Portugal. It is situated in the eastern part of the city, bordered by Parque das Nações to the east, Marvila and Alvalade to the south, and Lumiar and Santa Clara to the west. As of the 2021 census, it had a population of 32,179.
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Worth seeing in and around Olivais
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Estádio José Alvalade
The Estádio José Alvalade is a football stadium in Lisbon, Portugal, and is the home of Sporting CP. It was built adjacent to the site of the older stadium. The stadium is named after José Alvalade, the founder and first club member of Sporting CP in the early 20th century.
4 km · football stadium in Lisbon, Portugal · Wikipedia - 02National Library of Portugal
The National Library of Portugal is the Portuguese national library.
3.9 km · Portuguese national library, fulfilling the function of legal deposit and copyright · Wikipedia - 03Vasco da Gama Tower
The Vasco da Gama Tower is a 160-metre lattice tower with skyscraper in the civil parish of Parque das Nações, the municipality of Lisbon, in Portugal. Built on the north bank of the Tagus river, it is named after the Portuguese explorer Vasco da Gama.
2.3 km · building in Lisbon, Lisbon District, Portugal · Wikipedia - 04Estádio do Lumiar
Estádio do Lumiar was a multi-use stadium in Lisbon, Portugal. It was initially used as the stadium of Sporting Clube de Portugal matches.
3.7 km · football stadium in Lisbon · Wikipedia - 05Universidade Lusófona
Universidade Lusófona is the largest private university in Portugal. It is also the main institution of Grupo Lusófona, which administers other universities and colleges in Portugal, Brazil, Cape Verde, Angola, Guinea-Bissau and Mozambique.
3.5 km · largest Portuguese private university · Wikipedia - 06Portuguese Institute for Sea and Atmosphere
The Instituto Português do Mar e da Atmosfera is the national meteorological, seismic, sea and atmospheric organization of Portugal. It also provides the weather for RTP's channels.
700 m · Portuguese meteorological institute · Wikipedia - 07Pavilhão de Portugal
The Pavilhão de Portugal is a building located in Alameda dos Oceanos, in Parque das Nações, a civil parish in Lisbon, Portugal.
2.2 km · building in Lisbon, Lisbon District, Portugal · Wikipedia - 08Bela Vista Park
The Bela Vista Park is one of the largest open areas within the city limits of Lisbon, Portugal. "Bela Vista" is the name of its adjacent neighborhood.
2.9 km · park in Lisbon, Portugal · Wikipedia - 09Mário Soares Garden
The Mário Soares Garden, named after former President Mário Soares, is a 13.38-hectare public park in the municipality of Alvalade in the Portuguese capital Lisbon. It is long and narrow, with a maximum width of about 150 metres, and extends northwest for 1.2 kilometres between two carriageways of Campo Grandebeginning near the Campo Grande subway station.
3.7 km · park in Lisbon, Portugal · Wikipedia - 10Casino Lisboa, Portugal
Casino Lisboa is a casino located at Parque das Nações in the city of Lisbon, Portugal. It was inaugurated and opened to the public on April 19, 2006.
2.1 km · building in Lisbon, Lisbon District, Portugal · Wikipedia
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Getting to Olivais
- Airports
- Lisbon Humberto Delgado (LIS), 2 km · Faro - Gago Coutinho (FAO), 220 km · Francisco de Sá Carneiro (OPO), 278 km
- Stations
- Humberto Delgado Airport, 1.4 km · Gare do Oriente, 1.8 km · Entre Campos station, 4 km · Lumiar station, 3.6 km · Aeroporto station, 1.1 km
- Faro → Olivais221 km · quickest by road, 3h 45m · €27–38
- Porto → Olivais268 km · quickest by air, 4h 7m · €80–130
- Seville → Olivais313 km · quickest by road, 6h 9m · €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 Olivais
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 Olivais. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inThere are two airports within the Lisbon Region: Lisbon Portela Airport, which handles scheduled and charter passenger flights, and Aeródromo Municipal de Cascais, which is a small airport for general aviation (private planes) in Cascais.
- Get aroundAt its backbone are the local railways, supported by the light rail systems and the ferries across the Tagus, complemented by bus connections, all of which have several operators.
- Get aroundThe line starts in Barreiros on the south bank of the Tagus, where you can get by a ferry from the very heart of Lisbon.
- Get aroundTo close the gap the Tagus poses, a company called Transtejo operates a number of regular ferry connections between various quays in Lisbon and municipalities on the southern side of the river.
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Next door to Olivais
Olivais is 6 km from Lisbon, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Alvaladecivil parish in Lisboa3.4 km
- Parque das Naçõescivil parish in Lisboa2.1 km
- Lumiarcivil parish in Lisboa3.7 km
- Marvilacivil parish in Lisbon, Portugal3.4 km
- Santa Maria dos Olivaiscivil parish in Lisboa500 m
- Areeirocivil parish in Lisbon3.8 km