| Hostel | Price | Rating | Route from Airport | Fare | Late check-in |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lisboa Central Hostel | from €18 | 9.5/10 | Red → Yellow at Saldanha, 1 change | €1.90 | 24-hour reception |
| We Hate F Tourists | from €10 | 9.3/10 | Red → Green at Alameda, 1 change | €1.90 | 24-hour reception (email if after 11 p.m.) |
| HI Lisboa Oriente - Pousada de Juventude | from €18 | 8.1/10 | Red Line, 2 stops, no change + 13-min walk | €1.90 | Check-in until midnight |
| Goodmorning Solo Traveller Hostel | from €30 | 9.8/10 | Red → Blue at São Sebastião, 1 change | €1.90 | 24/7 reception |
| Ambiente Hostel | from €36 | 9.0/10 | Red → Green at Alameda, 1 change | €1.90 | Self check-in after 8 p.m. (emailed code) |
| Overall | Reviews | Security | Location | Staff | Fun | Clean |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.5/10 | 7017 | 4.92/5 | 4.74/5 | 4.96/5 | 4.66/5 | 4.70/5 |
Route: Red Line to Saldanha, about 18 minutes. Change to the Yellow Line, two stops to Marquês de Pombal. One change, €1.90.
Reception is staffed 24 hours. The luggage room is free before check-in and after check-out , so guests off early flights can drop bags before their bed is ready.
Family-run, with a slightly older, sociable-but-not-rowdy crowd. Curtained bunks, free breakfast 8 to 11 a.m., quiet nights.
For: an early or late flight, bags stored free either side. Not for: a short stumble home from Bairro Alto.
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| Overall | Reviews | Security | Location | Staff | Fun | Clean |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.3/10 | 1579 | 4.78/5 | 4.18/5 | 4.80/5 | 4.72/5 | 4.80/5 |
Route: Red Line to Alameda, about 16 minutes. Change to the Green Line, out at Intendente. One change, €1.90.
Reception is 24-hour; email ahead if you'll arrive after 11 p.m. Free luggage storage. Late-night arrivals are welcomed in, a 4 a.m. check-out is handled, and breakfast served early before a morning flight.
A social house, with a rooftop bar and pub crawls, in Intendente. Some guests found the surrounding streets uneasy after dark.
For: a late landing or a pre-dawn exit, with people around. Not for: a hushed night, or walking the area alone late.
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| Overall | Reviews | Security | Location | Staff | Fun | Clean |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8.1/10 | 384 | 4.28/5 | 3.68/5 | 4.30/5 | 3.30/5 | 3.78/5 |
Route: Red Line, two stops, no change . Exit at Moscavide, then about 13 minutes on foot (850 m) over a footbridge. Oriente, the third stop, is a longer walk (about 23 minutes) but better lit at night. €1.90.
Check-in runs 6 p.m. to midnight on the hostel's own terms; aim to arrive before 11 p.m. Free, secure luggage storage, breakfast included, and staff pack breakfast to go for guests leaving before dawn.
An HI youth hostel in Parque das Nações: practical, not social, and booked mostly for one night before a flight. Some solo women guests didn't like the evening walk from the station.
For: the shortest hop back to the terminal before a dawn flight. Not for: a landing after midnight, light sleepers (thin walls, late check-ins), or a lone late walk from Moscavide (take the brighter Oriente route).
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| Overall | Reviews | Security | Location | Staff | Fun | Clean |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.8/10 | 7237 | 5.00/5 | 4.96/5 | 4.98/5 | 4.98/5 | 4.96/5 |
Route: Red Line to São Sebastião, change to the Blue Line, out at Restauradores. One change, €1.90.
Reception is staffed 24/7, so late check-in is always available . Free luggage storage. No lift, so carry your bag up.
Big, sociable and strictly 18+, with daily activities, group dinners and nights out, right on Praça dos Restauradores. It's a social house — light sleepers should pick a smaller dorm. Typical rates run the highest on this page.
For: an unpredictable arrival and a social first night. Not for: light sleepers before an early flight, or under-18s.
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| Overall | Reviews | Security | Location | Staff | Fun | Clean |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9.0/10 | 362 | 4.62/5 | 4.14/5 | 4.42/5 | 3.94/5 | 4.50/5 |
Route: Red Line to Alameda, change to the Green Line, out at Anjos, then about 5 minutes on foot. One change, €1.90.
Staffed check-in runs 3 to 8 p.m. After that, self check-in works at any hour with the door code emailed on your arrival day. There's no staffed night desk, so keep that email handy. Free luggage room, drop-off from 10 a.m.
Small and privately owned, on Avenida Almirante Reis, with quiet hours from 10 p.m. to 7 a.m. Dorm guests sleep well. Dorm rates sit at the upper end of this page, so check the live price.
For: real sleep before a dawn flight. Not for: anyone who wants a staffed desk at midnight or a social scene.
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Metro. The Red Line starts at Aeroporto, so every train heads into town. It runs 6.30 a.m. to 1 a.m. daily, every 5–8 minutes on weekdays. A single is €1.90 on a reusable €0.50 Navegante card; Zapping credit cuts a ride to €1.72. No airport surcharge.
Night bus. After the metro shuts, Carris night bus 208 still stops at the airport, running through the small hours between Cais do Sodré and Oriente.
Aerobus. Discontinued; ignore old guides.
Taxi. A taxi into the centre runs around €15–20; from 15 October 2026 airport taxis use a fixed-fare scheme with a €16 minimum.
Fares, timetables and services change: check metrolisboa.pt, carris.pt and lisbonairport.pt before you travel.
Landed after 1 a.m.? Night bus 208 or a taxi, then a 24-hour desk (Lisboa Central, We Hate F Tourists, Goodmorning) or Ambiente's door code. HI Lisboa Oriente's check-in closes at midnight.
Flying out at dawn? HI Lisboa Oriente, two stops from the terminal, breakfast packed to go. Or a proper night's sleep first at Lisboa Central or We Hate F Tourists, both with a staffed desk for an early check-out, then the 6.30 a.m. first train.
No. Humberto Delgado has no sleeping pods, capsule hotel or rest cabins, airside or landside. Terminal 1 stays open 24 hours, with seating and 24-hour food outlets landside, and official self-service luggage lockers sit on the Terminal 1 departures floor, open 24/7. For a real bed, the nearest hostels are a short metro ride away.
No hotel operates inside the terminal. Some sites use the name "Lisbon Airport Hostel" for a property in Olivais, 2.1–5 km from the terminal. It isn't inside the airport and it isn't in Hostelworld's bookable catalogue, so it has no card on this page.
No dorm hostel is within walking distance of the terminal, so choose by metro route. The shortest hop is HI Lisboa Oriente - Pousada de Juventude: two Red Line stops, no change, then a 13-minute walk. For a central bed, Lisboa Central Hostel and We Hate F Tourists are each one change away.
Dorm beds at the five hostels on this page start from roughly €10 to €36 a night; typical rates sit higher — €25–45 at most of them and well above that at the priciest. Some add Lisbon's tourist tax of up to €4 a night, paid on arrival, and the metro in from the airport is €1.90 on top.
No early flight or late landing? Then skip the airport side. The Cheap Hostels in Lisbon page ranks the city's lowest-priced beds, and the Best Hostels in Lisbon page has the all-trips verdict.
About the author
Daniela Pereira is a Lisbon local, 27, with years of hostel stays across Portugal and Europe behind her, and she still books a dorm before a hotel. Every verdict here comes from that first-hand sense of what makes a bed worth booking. More about Daniela is on the About page.
