Tour Options from Lisbon to Evora

Enjoy a complete experience in Evora on an exclusive private tour from Lisbon with Welcome Pickups. Your friendly, English-speaking driver will pick you up from your chosen location in Lisbon and after a quick introduction, you will be on your way through the Portuguese countryside to Evora. Your driver will be your guide throughout this full-day tour, providing you insight into the history and local culture of the places you pass through. You will be privately driven on-board a stylish, comfortable, modern car with all the amenities you need accompanied with a trained local guide.

Welcome Pickups Tour in Lisbon 2020

• Evora Historic City Centre
• Evora Cathedral
• The Roman Temple of Diana
• The Chapel of Bones
• Evora Aqueduct
• Megaliths of Cromlech Almendres

Your day trip with Welcome Pickups is highly customizable, meaning that you can also visit anywhere else that you choose, within the time frame. The overall trip is 8 hours long and can accommodate a single passenger of up to 8 people.

Your private tour with Welcome Pickups is a door-to-door service, so you can be picked up from where you choose, when you choose. When you book you can let the driver where you would like to be picked up from and at what time. You can also nominate a place to be dropped off at in Lisbon on your return at the end of the Evora tour.

This exclusive day tour is designed to be the best day tour possible, with everything organised to maximise your experience. Your local driver is also your guide for the entire day, giving you the best tour from the perspective of a true local. You are looked after the entire way, from being picked up at your chosen place and dropped off where you want. Your schedule is flexible to choose where you want to visit, but there is also a pre-arranged structure of the most popular places to see. The trip is conducted from a comfortable vehicle with all your needs on-board including Wi-Fi.

A common way to take an excursion from Lisbon is to join an organized coach tour to Evora. There are many of them which leave from the city to Evora and the locality, with a number of different specifics. These tours consist of a pre-organized schedule and route and include a driver and local tour guide on-board. They are usually available in a variety of languages, such as English, French, and Portuguese. The overall duration is typically 9 hours, beginning at 9 am.

Coach at Evora

The cost per ticket usually begins from €80 per person. Other tours to Evora from Lisbon including more visits or a longer duration may cost more per person.

Coaches on tours to Evora typically offer a pick up at hotels and accommodation in the central area of Lisbon. Before you book, you may wish to confirm pick up time at your accommodation. You will be dropped off at the same location.

Taking the coach is a convenient way to visit new places and have your experience completely organised for you. There are also a number of language options, meaning that passengers who struggle with English can understand the tour guide. The schedule is fixed, which also means there is little flexibility in choosing your own places to visit and how long you want to be there. You will also be with a group large enough to fit the vehicle, meaning these tours are not necessarily private.

There is a strong bus network from Lisbon to other areas of Portugal, provided by the company Rede Expresso. You can take a Rede Expresso bus from Lisbon to Evora. This bus runs throughout the day and is a fairly cost-effective way to reach Evora, taking between 1 hour 30 mins-45mins to get there.

A single bus ticket costs €10.60 each way, making the overall cost €21.20 per person. Tickets can be purchased online in advance or at the bus station. As this option just covers transfer from Lisbon to Evora you will have to pay entrance fees to any attractions you visit. You may also want to hire a licensed tour guide to show you around the city.

The buses leave all through the day from 07:00 until 22:00, with at least 1 bus per hour departing and returning. The last bus from Evora back to Lisbon is 21:00. The timetable can be found on Rede Expressos site.

The buses are a direct way to get from the centre of Lisbon to Evora and are a low-cost option. They also run often, giving you lots of flexibility to visit the city. The downside is that you will have to hire a tour guide separately if you want to learn more about the city and its history. You may also miss out on the chance to visit other sites outside of the city, which might be difficult to reach with public transport.

The train is an alternative method of public transport to travel from Lisbon to Evora. It is also a cost-effective method of travel and is direct to the city centre. The train operator is the Comboios de Portugal and the line to Evora is on the Intercidades. The train to Evora from Lisbon it will take approximately 1 hour and a half.

Train to Evora

The train to Evora is also a low-cost method of transport, costing €12.45 per person each way, meaning you will pay €24.90 per person. Tickets can be purchased online or at the train station. As this is just a transport option you will also need to pay for entrance fees to all attractions. You may also wish to hire a licensed tour guide to complete the experience. See the section above for more information.

There are very few trains which run from Lisbon to Evora and back, four per day during the week and three on the weekend. The same is true for the way back. The timetable can be accessed online.

This option takes you from a central location of Lisbon to Evora and the trains are modern and comfortable. There are very few of them per day, however, and the cost is higher per person than the bus. There is also no tour guide included in this option and there is very little flexibility to visit where you like taking public transport.

A private car hire can be a great way to explore the rest of Portugal and enjoy an excursion from the city. You can drive from Lisbon to Evora in just over an hour and a half, eastwards on the A6 motorway. Along the way you will pass a number of small towns and villages in the Portuguese countryside and you can visit wherever you like for as long as you want. Renting a car in Lisbon is easy and there are all the major rental brands such as Hertz, Europcar, Enterprise Rent-a-Car, Sixt and Realcar.

The initial cost of renting a car can be fairly low-priced. There are factors that influence the cost, such as the vehicle, the company you choose and the time of year you hire it in. You can pay as low as €30 per day. On top of this you will have to pay fuel and any tolls along the way, making the overall trip cost €80+. You will also have to pay a deposit for the car, which may be upwards of €100.

If you are an EU driver, you will need your driving licence and EU identity card or passport. If you are driving from outside the EU, you will also need the relevant driving permit, as well as your visa documents and passport. You must be over 21 to hire a car and have held your licence for at least 2 years.

Hiring a car is easy, particularly in a tourist city such as Lisbon. Driving in Portugal is fairly safe and straightforward, although it may take some time to get familiar with it if you are not used to the roads, traffic, etc. Having your own car is a very flexible option as it allows you to travel for as long as you like, where you like. However, this option does not include any kind of guide or pre-organization, meaning you have to do everything yourself.