Getting a travel card/viva viagem card was one of the thing I looked and searched for before travelling to Lisbon. I read reviews on using machines for travel card in Lisbon and was worried about the difficulties. But it was pretty simple when I got one for myself. There was an English language option which made it even easier for me to use.

If you don't have a card with you yet then you will have to take the option of Without a reusable card to buy the card that costs around 0.50 cents and then choose the option that you would be topping up your travel card with.

I got stored value and took the Zapping option.

Zapping: It is more like pay as you go and that's what I have chosen in the video with €10.00

You will hold on to the card until your stay in the country and top up and use as you need. There are different options like daily pass for Bus & Metro or daily pass for Carris/Metro/Bus/Train etc. you could choose any of the option depending on your travel need.

I stayed in lisbon for 10 days, I used zapping the most cause it was cheaper for me to travel with zapping option. However, I did buy a day pass for Carris/Bus/Metro/Train on my last day in lisbon cause funny enough I traveled more on that day. I paid almost €10.75 for the day pass that could be used for most of the public transport.

I hope this helped.

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