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PORTIMÃO TO / FROM LISBON summary of coach / long distance bus times

INFORMATION CHECKED AND UPDATED ON 20th AUGUST 2025

Check official website carefully for your exact dates of travel especially if planning to travel around major holidays
Rede Expressos tickets are currently on sale 3 months in advance.
The long distance bus station at Portimão is 1.5km / nearly a mile from the city centre. More information here.

  THE REDE EXPRESSOS TICKET OFFICE AT PORTIMÃO LONG DISTANCE BUS STATION IS ONLY OPEN 0800 - 1100 and 1300 - 1815 daily.
Their ticket office in the town centre at Largo do Dique is open 0900 - 1300; 1400 - 1900 weekdays; 0900 - 1400 Saturdays. Closed Sundays and holidays
 IF YOU ARE TRAVELLING OUTSIDE THOSE HOURS YOU MUST BUY YOUR TICKET EITHER FROM THE WEBSITE OR APP OR FROM A TICKET OFFICE PRIOR TO TRAVELLING.

IN LISBON MOST JOURNEYS USE THE SETE RIOS BUS STATION.
SOME JOURNEYS RUN TO AND FROM LISBON ORIENTE BUS STATION AND / OR LISBON AIRPORT. ORIENTE IS MUCH NEARER LISBON AIRPORT.

FOR CONFIRMED TIMES AND TICKETS PLEASE CONSULT THE OFFICIAL WEBSITE HERE.

TIMES ARE SUBJECT TO ALTERATION AROUND MAJOR HOLIDAYS ESPECIALLY EASTER, CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR.
EXTRA JOURNEYS MAY BE AVAILABLE IN SUMMER

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TIMES BELOW ARE A TYPICAL DAY. MOST JOURNEYS RUN EVERY DAY
Portimão
Bus Station
leave
 Lisbon
Sete Rios
Arrive
 JOURNEYS TO LISBON SETE RIOS

Lisbon
Sete Rios
leave		 Portimão
Bus Station
arrive
 JOURNEYS FROM LISBON SETE RIOS
0050 0405 continues to Lisbon Oriente arrival 0420 0100
 0445
 from Lisbon ORIENTE. You can also travel from Sete Rios at 0100, changing at Albufeira arrival also 0445
0150
 0535
 MONDAYS ONLY
 0600
 0930
 starts from Lisbon Oriente at 0545
0610 0925
0815 1130
There are then 12 - 13 departures at irregular intervals until these final journeys each day
1840
 2155
2030 2345
1915
 2215
 Fridays and Sundays only
 2130 0100 starts from Lisbon Oriente at 2100
1950
 2335
2330 0230 Fridays and Sundays only
JOURNEYS TO LISBON ORIENTE BUS STATION
WHICH IS NEAR LISBON AIRPORT
Journey time average 3 hours 30 minutes
also goes to the airport
 JOURNEYS FROM  LISBON ORIENTE BUS STATION
WHICH IS NEAR LISBON AIRPORT
Journey time average 3 hours 30 minutes
stops at the airport 15- 30 minutes earlier
0050, 0645, 1030, 1130, 1205, 1230, 1350, 1445, 1700, 1810, 2100, 2300
 0100, 0545, 0630, 0700, 0830, then about every two hours until last journeys at 1800, 1930 and 2100.
From the airport also at 0915 and 1645.

ANOTHER COMPANY, FLIXBUS, CURRENTLY OPERATES ABOUT TWELVE JOURNEYS EVERY DAY BETWEEN PORTIMÃO AND LISBON ORIENTE
AVERAGE JOURNEY TIME 3 hrs 20 minutes. THERE WILL BE FEWER JOURNEYS IN WINTER

SUMMARY OF CURRENT TIMES - FROM LISBON ORIENTE AT 0245, 0830 then about once every hour until 1645, last journey 1815.
FROM PORTIMÃO at 0800 then at irregular intervals until 1700, 1800, 1900, 2000 and a last journey at 2200, which arrives in Lisbon at 0220 next morning.
 CHECK THEIR WEBSITE OR 'APP' FOR TIMES AND TICKETS.

For information about local buses in and around Portimão, click here
For a list of all the timetables on the site, click here
For an alphabetical list of places in the Algarve, click here
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