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Budget week: Lisbon + Porto under €120/day

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Things change. Prices, hours and timetables move, and some official pages (CP rail fares, Carris, Jerónimos ticket prices) would not give us numbers on 2026-10-10. Where that happened we say so and leave a blank for you. Verify anything you will pay for on the page we name, on the day you book.

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Promise: a seven-day Lisbon + Porto plan you can run against a €120-a-day frame, with every verified fee plugged in and every unverified one left blank.
Trip length: 7 days / 6 nights (4 Lisbon days, 3 Porto days, one train transfer).
Best months: shoulder months are generally the cheapest for beds; we cannot verify rates, so check the property for your dates.
Budget band: a frame of €120/day, not a promise. The bed line decides the day.
Best for: first-timers who want both cities on a short leash, hostel and pension travelers, and anyone who prefers walking and viewpoints to ticketed sights.
Base guides: our base guide /guides/lisbon/ covers the generic Lisbon sights; /guides/lisbon-sintra/ covers Sintra in depth; /guides/porto-douro/ covers Porto and the Douro valley; /guides/solo-lisbon-porto/ covers the solo angle. This guide covers only what changes when money is the constraint.
Safety headline: US State Department Level 1 "Exercise normal precautions" for Portugal, no regional exceptions [read 2026-10-10 — page dated December 23, 2025 (footer "Last Updated: December 11, 2025"), https://travel.state.gov/content/travel/en/traveladvisories/traveladvisories/portugal-travel-advisory.html] We have not softened or guessed it.

At a glance

Lisbon: single Carris/Metro ticket €1.90 (60 minutes), 24-hour Carris/Metro ticket €7.25 (checked Oct 10, 2026).
Porto: Andante card €0.60, Z2 single €1.40, Z4 single €2.30, Andante Tour 1 (24 h) €7.75 (checked Oct 10, 2026).
Pena Palace: Essential visit €20, park-only €12; mandatory date reservation when buying online (checked Oct 10, 2026).
Castelo de São Jorge adult €17 (checked Oct 10, 2026).
Torre dos Clérigos tower + museum pack, adult €10 (checked Oct 10, 2026).
Jerónimos Monastery and Belém Tower: Tuesday to Sunday 9:30 to 17:30, closed Monday (checked Oct 10, 2026); ticket prices not shown on the page we reached.
Livraria Lello: open daily 9:00 to 19:30 (checked Oct 10, 2026); ticket price not shown on that page.
Lisbon to Porto train fare: blank. CP's page was empty for us.
TAP Air Portugal is not on the transfer chart we use. See chapter 7.