Metro Station Baixa-Chiado: huge, impressive & a free route from Baixa to Chiado district
Metro Station Baixa-Chiado is a unique and impressive subway, opened in 1998, created by architect Álvaro Siza Vieira.
Metro entrance Baixo-Chiado, Rua do Crucifixo. This station is one of the most important transfer stations, and one of the most crowded of Lisbon. New is the extension towards the Santa Apolónia train station, opening on 19 December 2007, more than five years late due to tunnelling problems at the waterfront.
Beautiful white tiles are covering the station walls. This metro station has an entrance in the city centre as well as one at a much higher level in the Chiado district, linked by a series of escalators.
Instead of walking (hundreds of stairs from Baixa to Chiado), an alternative and free way is to use the escalators inside the metro station, reaching the Chiado district ca. 5 minutes later. Of course, walking is more interesting…..
The Lisbon Metro operates from 6h30 to 01.00. Single ticket - EUR 0.75, 10 rides - EUR 6.90.
Metropolitano de Lisboa : Lisbon Metro official page. On this webste (also in English) you’ll find a map with a network diagram and explanation of the lines: Metro Linha Azul (blue line) Metro Linha Amarela (yellow line) Metro Linha Verde (green line) and Metro Linha Vermelha (red line). Click on the name of a station to obtain more information. Also including a special section on subway art of Lisbon Metro stations with stunning examples of contemporary azulejo tilework.
Metro Station Baixa-Chiado, escalators up to the Chaido district.
cafe ‘A Brasileira’, Largo do Chiado, near the entrance of the Chiado metro station.