If you have plans to travel from the new Lisbon airport, get ready. If taxi and TVDE prices are kept, you may have to shell out a good dozens of euros.
78 euros. It was how much the reporting team of to travel from Terreiro do Paço, in downtown Lisbon, to the place where the new airport will be located, more than half an hour of car without traffic, and the more than 50 kilometers from the capital.
They were by taxi, and had to pay extra due to the tariff on luggage and the toll by passing the Vasco da Gama bridge.
In 2037, the expected date for the completion of the works, it is impossible to know how much a taxi trip to the place will cost, and it is known that demand also interferes with prices. In this regard, The taxi is the most predictable means of transport, because the price does not vary depending on demand.
But today It is more expensive to go to the airport than to take a plane trip For most European (or African destinations, such as Marrakech, which usually has low-cost flights to a few dozens of euros from Lisbon).
ZAP investigated alternatives such as On TV. that platform Uberfor example, one hour that is not “end”, at 8:30 pm on Tuesday, the value of a trip from Terreiro do Paço to the Alcochete Tire field in Samora Correia, where the airport will be located, is 21,90€.
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Trip from Terreiro do Paço to the Tire field, through, respectively, from Uber, Bolt and Public Transport/TVDE
But this is just traveling with little luggage. If you have large bags, you should have to order a Uber XXL, which the platform announces that it has “extra space for groups and luggage”. This one already costs 44,93€.
Already in competitor Bolt, the basic vehicle marked at the same time 29,51€. The XL vehicle charged 55,13€ by a trip and the largest model, the van, cost 61,48€.
The prices in the opposite direction, that is, from the airport to the city center, are even higher: a normal Uber costs 52.96 € and a € 35.28.
Regarding public transport, it is likely to exist more as soon as the airport comes into operation, but for now it is impossible to travel by meter or bus to the shooting field.
Zap did a Google Maps search that indicates that it is possible to travel from Metro from Commerce Square to Gare do East station, picking up a bus to the south bank, but then it is necessary to take a TVDE – for now, it would take almost an hour and a half on trips.
