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Getting here
Parque Tejo is on the river in the east of the city, fifteen minutes from the airport and twenty from Oriente station by the free shuttle. Last year two thirds of the crowd came from outside Portugal. The travel packages bundle the pass, the flight and a hotel on the shuttle line; everything below is for people doing it themselves.
From the airport and the city
- AirportMetro red line to Oriente, four stops, twelve minutes. Then the shuttle. A taxi to the river gate is about €12.
- OrienteFree festival shuttle every five minutes from 13:00 until an hour after the last set, from the bus station on the east side. On foot: 25 minutes along the river.
- Cais do Sodré and Santa ApolóniaTrain to Oriente (eight minutes from Santa Apolónia), or the night bus 208 which stops at the river gate until 06:00.
- DrivingDon't. There is no public parking at the site. Park at Oriente or the airport and take the shuttle.

From your city
Madrid
1h15 flight, or the overnight train to Santa Apolónia
Package from Madrid · €389London
2h40 flight to Lisbon, Gatwick or Stansted
Package from London · €449Berlin
3h30 direct flight, Thursday out for the warm-up
Package from Berlin · €469Paris
2h30 flight, several a day from Orly and CDG
Book your own travelSão Paulo
10h overnight direct, land Thursday morning
Package from São Paulo · €1,290Porto
2h50 on the Alfa Pendular to Oriente, 15 minutes from the gate
Book your own travel

Campo Tejo
The campsite is in the shade of the Vasco da Gama bridge, five minutes' walk north of the gates. It opens Thursday 10 June at noon and closes Monday at noon. Hot showers, lockers, a charging station, 24-hour security, a quiet zone away from the late crowd and a bakery van that gets there before you wake up. Bring your own tent or add a pre-pitched one when you buy the pass with camping.
Where to sleep
- Hotel Oriente ParqueOriente, next to the stationShuttle stop at the door. The one most packages use.from €140 a night
- Riverside Santa ApolóniaSanta Apolónia, on the riverTen minutes to the gate by shuttle, fifteen to Alfama on foot.from €165 a night
- Pensão TejoMarvila, between the warehousesSmall, loud street, the bars of Marvila downstairs. Book early.from €90 a night
- Campo TejoNorth of the site, under the bridgeFive minutes' walk to the gates. Pre-pitched tents available.€50 for the weekend with the pass