Municipality in Lisbon, Portugal
Odivelas
Odivelas is a city and municipality in the Greater Lisbon area, Portugal.
The municipality is located 8 km northwest of the center of Lisbon. Predominantly a residential suburb, the population in 2021 was 148 034, in an area of 26.54 km2.
Get in
Getting to Odivelas
Odivelas is on the Lisbon Metro:
- 01Odivelas
- 02Senhor Roubado
- 03Pontinha
See
Worth seeing
- 01Mosteiro de São Dinis
14th-century Gothic-style Cistercian convent founded by King Dinis I, who is buried here.
Eat
Where to eat
- 01Tutto Combinato
Praça da Republica 14A, Urbanização Jardim da Amoreira, Ramada,.
How locals move
Getting around Odivelas the local way
- 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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