Lisbon
Lisboa Card, Viva Viagem or navegante?
For a day of big sights, the best Lisbon transport card is the Lisboa Card: it covers the metro, buses, trams and trains and adds entry to 51 museums and monuments. For days of walking and eating out, the €0.50 navegante card, the old Viva Viagem, does the job, with rides from €1.72 or a 24-hour pass at €7.25.
Lisbon transport cards: what each one does
Lisbon has three ways to pay for the metro, the buses and the trams, and one card that adds the sights on top.
| Card | Price | What it covers |
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| navegante occasional card (the old Viva Viagem) | €0.50 plus fares |
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| Contactless bank card | €1.92 a metro ride |
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| navegante monthly pass | €30 plus a €7 card | Rides in Lisbon for the calendar month, on a personal card |
| Lisboa Card | From €31 |
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The names trip people up. The card that used to be called Viva Viagem is now the navegante occasional card, and navegante is also the name of the monthly passes, which go on a different, personal card.
The Lisboa Card on a day of big sights
The Lisboa Card wins on days with paid monuments in them. Belém is the clearest case, because the big three there are all included:
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Jerónimos Monastery Belém's great monastery; card holders still book a time slot Included with the card €19.50€0 -
Belém Tower The 1519 river fortress, reopened in May 2026 with timed entry Included with the card €16.80€0 -
Monument to the Discoveries 1960 caravel-shaped monument with a 56 m viewpoint Included with the card €10€0
On a navegante card you’d pay those three tickets on top of the ride out, and the first two alone come to more than a 24-hour Lisboa Card. Jerónimos and the tower close on Mondays, so give Belém another day.
When a navegante card is enough
On a day spent walking, shopping and eating out, none of the card’s sights come into it. A 24-hour pass on the navegante card, at €7.25 (2026), gets you around for about a quarter of what the 24-hour Lisboa Card costs.
Cascais works the same way. The train out and back is €5.10, plus €0.50 for the navegante card it goes on (2026 fares), and the Lisboa Card has no sights in the town.
So a longer trip can mix the two: a 48-hour Lisboa Card on the monument days and a navegante card on the others.
Lisbon transport passes for longer stays
Lisbon has no three-day pass for the metro and buses, so the 72-hour Lisboa Card is the only three-day ticket that covers them. CP’s three-day tourist ticket, €14.40 (2026), is for the trains alone.
For the metro and buses, the longest pass is 24 hours. You load a new one each day, after the last has run out, since the navegante card holds one ticket at a time.
For a week or more, the navegante monthly pass costs €30 for the city, plus €7 for the personal card it needs, with ID and a photo. The navegante point at Alameda metro station prints that card in a few minutes; elsewhere it takes ten working days.
The pass runs for the calendar month rather than 30 days, so it only pays off from about six or seven days of riding within the same month.
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Lisboa Card options
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Frequently asked questions
What is the best travel card for Lisbon?
For sightseeing days, the Lisboa Card, because it adds the big museums and monuments to the transport. For days of walking and eating, the €0.50 navegante card with zapping credit or a €7.25 24-hour pass.
How does the navegante card work?
You buy the €0.50 navegante occasional card at a metro machine and load it with zapping credit, a single ticket or a 24-hour pass, one kind at a time. It works on the metro, Carris buses and trams, CP and Fertagus trains and the Tagus ferries.
Can you tap a card on a Lisbon bus?
Since November 2024 you can, but a bank card on a bus buys the on-board ticket, €2.30, not the cheaper €1.72 zapping fare. On the metro, a contactless tap costs €1.92.
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