Lisbon to Ericeira by Public Transport

Getting from Lisbon to Ericeira by public transport is normally quite easy and fast. Buses run about once every hour from Campo Grande – the main bus terminal in Lisbon.

Depending on which bus you take the journey will last between 45 min and 1h 30 min. The fast buses take the highway all the way, while the slow buses will take the country road and make lots of stops on the way. Depending on which day, the last bus for Ericeira leaves sometime between 11 and 12 pm.

The price for a one-way journey is 6.50 Eur. If you carry a board bag or any other luggage you can easily store it in the luggage compartment of the bus without extra charge.

The Bus Time Table

You can find the  bus time tables here. However, this website is not the easiest to use and some people recommend the moovit app instead. Also, google maps should provide a reasonable estimation of the correct departure times.

We’re all hoping that the Carris Metropolitana ( who took over the bus contract in the spring of 2023) will create a more user-friendly experience soon.

Once you arrive to the Ericeira bus terminal, the best way to get to your accommodation is to use Uber, Bolt (same as Uber but normally a bit cheaper) or a local taxi company. Ericeira 24h being our personal favorite among the local taxi companies

Getting to Campo Grande from the Airport

The easiest way to get to Campo Grande from the airport by public transport is to take the subway. First you take it to the Alameda Station. At Alameda you switch to the green line towards Campo Grande. You should calculate with up to 45 min for the journey.

Lisbon to Ericeira by Car

Going by highway the car journey from Lisbon to Ericeira takes between 30- 45 min. For a normal car the road toll is 2.90 Eur. When you rent a car you normally pay a little bit extra to have the automatic road toll system called Via Verde. With this attached to your car, you can just pass straight through the road tolls and pay them later.

If you don’t have Via Verde on your car, you should make sure to carry change. We’ve heard of people getting stuck at the road tolls in the middle of the night due to road toll credit card readers being unable to read foreign credit cards.

You can also avoid the road toll by going to Ericeira on the non-highway road. However, then your journey will take you 1h +. If you are planning on road tripping in Portugal, you will actually notice that this is the Portuguese way of doing it. The (at some places) expensive high way road tolls are often reflected in heavily trafficked smaller roads and close to empty highways.

To drive the Portuguese way, you just choose avoid road tolls on google maps, and follow the directions.

Lisbon to Ericeira by Uber or Bolt

Another great way of getting from Lisbon to Ericeira is to use the applications Uber or Bolt. Bolt is the cheaper version of Uber here in Portugal. The price with bolt should be around 30 – 40 Euros and the Uber price 40-50 Euros.