What a week in Lisbon really costs

Prices collected 19 October 2026 for travel 3 Dec–10 Dec 2026 · one traveller · 7 nights · EUR

Lisbon is the yardstick on this site: every other city gets compared against it, and the price index ranks all ten from here. That makes its own page the simplest to read. The fares are the fares; the rest of the bill is the part visitors underestimate.

The flight table shows the two corridors we track into Lisbon. From Madrid it is a shuttle route: €858 round trip, priced like the coach it replaces. From São Paulo it is one of the heaviest long-haul corridors in the world, and the median sits at €935. That corridor has its own fare guide.

On the ground, mid-range food runs €73 a day, and the sightseeing line is modest: €24 for activities plus €25 for transport covers tram 28, a pastel de nata habit and the Belém monuments without heroics. Lisbon's real budget question is vertical. The central hills that make the postcards also make the walk from the cheapest hotel quote longer than it looks, so weight the median over the minimum accordingly.

Flights

Round trip, one traveller, 3 Dec–10 Dec 2026. The median is what most searches see; a quote below it is a good buy, one far above it is worth re-dating.

Hotels

Nightly rates across 20 quotes for your dates, central locations included:

Per night, before city taxes. The cheapest quote is often a location you wouldn’t pick twice, so weight the median.

Food

Per person, per day, in Lisbon:

Grocery and café prices from the same source, so you can calibrate the tiers against what you actually buy:

Sightseeing and getting around

What the popularity rankings put at the top right now: Belém Tower, Jerónimos Monastery, Alfama, Praça do Comércio, Lisbon Cathedral, Padrão dos Descobrimentos.

What a week adds up to

Excludes travel insurance, airport transfers, visas and checked bags on restricted fares.