Lisboa Card: does it fit your Lisbon?

Lisboa Card prices: keep the hours and ages separate

The adult card is €31 for 24 hours, €51 for 48 hours and €62 for 72 hours. Child cards, ages 4–15, cost €21, €28 and €35 respectively. These are VAT-inclusive figures published for the period ending 31 March 2027. This page is a comparison, not a booking checkout.

The calculator uses a full-paying visitor aged 26–64 living outside Portugal as its starting point. That avoids quietly applying a youth ticket to an older adult or a resident museum price to a visitor. If you qualify for a cheaper separate admission, change its amount before comparing. For children, check each venue separately: a child card does not make every child ticket free.

Free entry, a discount, or neither?

Those are three different things. The castle, Jerónimos, Lisboa Story Centre, Rua Augusta Arch and Pilar 7 have included entry in the checked card information. MAAT has a 15% reduction: the standard €16 visitor ticket still leaves €13.60 to pay. The result adds that charge to the pass price rather than counting the whole ticket as a saving.

The six priced choices are a starting set, not the complete card catalogue. For other planned attractions, use the two extra-ticket amounts after checking their own terms. Leave the with-card amount blank and the calculator assumes no extra saving. A stroll along Rua Augusta is free; do not add the arch ticket unless you actually intend to go up.

Count only the transport you would otherwise buy

The official FAQ includes Metro, city buses and trams, plus trains to Sintra, Cascais and Setúbal; it explicitly excludes public boats. That is not an all-Portugal rail pass, a taxi allowance or a promise that every extra bus on a day trip is covered. Check the particular service before adding it.

Enter what you would really spend on covered travel during the same window. If a separate transport pass is the cheaper option for you, use that alternative rather than adding an expensive onboard fare for every journey. Leave taxis, flights, uncovered connections and travel outside the card window out of the amount. You can compare admission alone by leaving transport at zero.

Collect first. Then activate with a plan.

1. 1

   Buy through the official shop or an Askme Lisboa desk; keep the order confirmation.

2. 2

   Exchange the confirmation for the physical card at an Askme Lisboa desk. Check the chosen desk’s actual opening hours before going.

3. 3

   Fill in the card’s date and time and sign it. First public-transport validation starts the consecutive-hour window.

4. 4

   Use the physical card number to arrange any required monument slot before relying on that visit.

An online order is not a digital card you can use at the gates. Collection and activation are separate steps, so think about when you want the clock to start. A 24-hour pass is a continuous window, not a ticket that resets at midnight. The shop describes a six-month voucher redemption period; check the conditions on your particular order.

Two checks matter more than a big savings number

First, can you get the visits you want? Jerónimos and Belém Tower require a date and time booked using the physical card number, subject to the allocation for card holders. Buying the pass is not the same as securing a slot. We do not include Belém Tower in the default arithmetic while its current visit arrangements need checking.

Second, is the route suitable for you? Pilar 7 currently warns that its lift is under maintenance, with 372 steps to the viewpoint. The Rua Augusta Arch lists a lift followed by 74 steps. A paid ticket or an included admission says nothing on its own about step-free access. Open the venue information before adding a stop you could not comfortably use.

The official catalogue currently flags the Tile and Ancient Art museums closed for renovations. They do not appear as ready-to-use savings here. Keep an eye on opening days too: Jerónimos lists Monday closure, while MAAT closes Tuesday. A pass cannot turn a closed door into a visit.

A fair comparison, kept on your device

Tick the visits within one card window, or explicitly import matching stops from My Lisbon or your latest saved planner trip. Importing reads only this browser when you press the button. It does not change the saved list, send your plan to a provider or treat every unpriced stop as included.

The separate-ticket column adds the admissions you selected and your covered-transport budget. Each pass column adds its own price and any admission still payable. A cheaper concession is not stacked with the MAAT reduction: the calculator uses the lower valid separate amount. The three durations compare the same basket; they do not prove that six visits fit into 24 hours.

Use the figure as a decision aid, not a target. If the card saves money but makes your day rushed, leave something out and run it again. The best purchase is the one that suits the Lisbon you actually want to spend time in.