CARRIS

Buses Carris urban transport (of a beautiful orange) are handled with dexterity and speed by drivers who are not cold in their eyes! The company is gradually working on new, much better models: Good suspension, air conditioning, electric motor! Generally, we climb up the front and descend down the back. Buses cross the city in all directions. They are taken at the countless stops (paragem) where their numbers and journeys are indicated. Here, unlike other cities like Paris, we don't tighten up on the bus. Sometimes the driver doesn't let people rise, even though there's plenty of room for you!

The bus network with 90 urban and suburban lines is much larger than the subway. The main nodes of the network are: Cais do Sodré, Praça do Comércio, Marquês Pombal and Entre Campos. Tickets (modulo or bilhete), which are purchased on buses at € 1.85 for a «trip» ticket. You also have the possibility to load your card in metro stations with the zapping formula of loading a sum of money and which is valid on several networks (trains, buses, metro…). Tickets purchased at € 1.85 (€ 2.90 for tramways, 3.60 € for two funicular trips, 5 € for two trips to the Santa Justa elevator) to drivers are simple tickets (available in kiosk). For some time now there have finally been plans of the city and lines to buy you, on the storyteller, at one of the Carris agencies or tourist offices. There are always hardly any indications on the buses themselves. A little confusing to know where to stop. In this case, do not hesitate to ask the neighbor or driver to indicate the stop: the legendary lisboet kindness will do the rest! You will have the joy of seeing half the bus taunting you on the shoulder to tell you that you have arrived at a good port. It's good for egos! Carris (bus, trams, elevators) holds several kiosks in Lisbon, among others: Airport, Cais do Sodré, Praça da Figueira-Rossio (sale within a Casa da Genre - www.casadasorte.pt, games shop, entries: 1 B Praça da Figueira or 119 Rossio-Pedro IV or 37, Rua Garett in Chiado), Santa Apolónia, Cais do Sodré, Campo Pequeno (face to the Praça de Touros), Estrela (near the church), Belém… closed on Sunday. Generally, a lot of waiting, due to lack of staff in numbers, especially early months at the time of renewal of subscriptions.