There are 6 ways to get from Lisbon to Great Barrier Reef by plane, train, or bus
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly Lisbon-Portela Airport to Cairns
best- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Cairns (CNS)plane LIS - CNS
32h 51m$703–1,912Train to Faro Airport, fly to Cairns
- Take the train from Lisboa Oriente to Farotrain
- Fly from Faro Airport (FAO) to Cairns (CNS)plane FAO - CNS
41h 29m$1,003–2,909Fly Lisbon-Portela Airport to Cooktown Airport, bus
- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Cooktown Airport (CTN)plane LIS - CTN
- Take the bus from Cooktown to Cairnsbus
37h 31m$818–2,182Train to Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport, fly to Cairns
- Take the train from Lisboa Oriente to Porto Campanhatrain
- Fly from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO) to Cairns (CNS)plane OPO - CNS
34h 46m$760–1,712Fly Lisbon-Portela Airport to Townsville Airport, train
- Fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Townsville Airport (TSV)plane LIS - TSV
- Take the train from Townsville to Cairns Central Stationtrain
38h 31m$1,050–3,514Train, bus to Seville Airport, fly to Cairns
- Take the train from Lisboa Oriente to Farotrain
- Take the bus from Faro to Sevilla - Plaza de Armasbus
- Fly from Seville Airport (SVQ) to Cairns (CNS)plane SVQ - CNS
37h 42m$928–2,567
Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Cairns (CNS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Lisbon to Great Barrier Reef is to train and fly which costs $750 - $1,800 and takes 34h 46m.
The fastest way to get from Lisbon to Great Barrier Reef is to fly which takes 32h 51m and costs $700 - $2,000.
The distance between Lisbon and Great Barrier Reef is 16581 km.
It takes approximately 32h 51m to get from Lisbon to Great Barrier Reef, including transfers.
Great Barrier Reef is 8h 30m ahead of Lisbon. It is currently 8:41 AM in Lisbon and 5:11 PM in Great Barrier Reef.
What companies run services between Lisbon, Portugal and Great Barrier Reef?
Qatar Airways, Virgin Australia, and five other airlines fly from Lisbon-Portela Airport (LIS) to Cairns (CNS) 3 times a day.
- Website
- qantas.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Cairns via Doha, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,800
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Cairns via Dubai, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,800
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Cairns via Abu Dhabi, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–1,900
Flights from Faro Airport to Cairns via Munich, Singapore Changi, Darwin
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 55m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,800
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Cairns via Istanbul, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,400
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Townsville Airport via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,000
Flights from Seville Airport to Cairns via Istanbul, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 15m
- When
- Sunday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,500
- Website
- jetstar.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Cairns via Dubai, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,800
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Cairns via Abu Dhabi, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 15m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–1,900
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Cairns via Istanbul, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,400
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Townsville Airport via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,000
Flights from Seville Airport to Cairns via Istanbul, Ngurah Rai
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 15m
- When
- Sunday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,500
- Website
- singaporeair.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Cairns via Doha, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 35m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–2,300
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Cairns via Doha, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,600
Flights from Faro Airport to Cairns via Copenhagen, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–6,500
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Cairns via Athens, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 31h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–1,600
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Cairns via Istanbul, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,400
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Townsville Airport via Incheon, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,900
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Townsville Airport via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,000
Flights from Seville Airport to Cairns via Istanbul, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,400
- Website
- virginaustralia.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Cairns via Doha, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 35m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–2,300
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Cairns via Doha, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,600
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Cairns via Istanbul, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,400
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Townsville Airport via Incheon, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,900
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Townsville Airport via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,000
Flights from Seville Airport to Cairns via Istanbul, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,400
- Website
- qatarairways.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Cairns via Doha, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 55m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,800
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Townsville Airport via Doha, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 30h 40m
- When
- Tuesday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,700
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Townsville Airport via Incheon, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 45m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $900–2,900
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Townsville Airport via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 28h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,000
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Cairns via Doha, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,600
Flights from Faro Airport to Cairns via Munich, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,800
Flights from Francisco De Sá Carneiro Airport to Cairns via Istanbul, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 39h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,400
Flights from Seville Airport to Cairns via Munich, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 44h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,800
Flights from Seville Airport to Cairns via Istanbul, Singapore Changi
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 25m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $850–2,400
- Website
- hinterlandaviation.com.au
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Cooktown Airport via Istanbul, Ngurah Rai, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,800
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Cooktown Airport via Dubai, Ngurah Rai, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,900
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Cooktown Airport via Abu Dhabi, Ngurah Rai, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 15m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $700–2,000
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Cooktown Airport via Doha, Ngurah Rai, Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 38h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,600
- Website
- emirates.com
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Cairns via Dubai, Adelaide
- Ave. Duration
- 34h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,100
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Cairns via Doha, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 29h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- $1,000–2,800
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Townsville Airport via Dubai, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 35h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $1,100–3,000
- Website
- airniugini.com.pg
Flights from Lisbon-Portela Airport to Cairns via Doha, Brisbane
- Ave. Duration
- 32h 35m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- $1,100–2,300
Flights from Faro Airport to Cairns via Munich, Hong Kong, Port Moresby
- Ave. Duration
- 37h 37m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $950–2,800
- Phone
- +351 210 900 032
- Website
- cp.pt
Train from Lisboa Oriente to Faro
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $50–100
- Website
- https://www.cp.pt/en/
Train from Lisboa Oriente to Porto Campanha
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 39m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $55–110
- Website
- https://www.cp.pt/en/
Train from Lisboa Oriente to Faro
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- $50–100
- Website
- https://www.cp.pt/en/
- Phone
- 1800 872 467
- Website
- queenslandrailtravel.com.au
Train from Townsville to Cairns Central Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- $45–1,267
- Book at
- https://queenslandrailtravel-booking.opendestinations.com/BookingSite/rail/search
- Website
- https://www.queenslandrailtravel.com.au/
- Schedules at
- https://www.queenslandrailtravel.com.au/Pages/Timetable.aspx
- BQuick
- $45–70
- AChoice
- $60–80
- Gold Class
- $1,012
- Heritage Class
- $1,267
- Phone
- (07) 3036 2070
- Website
- transnorthbus.com.au
Bus from Cooktown to Cairns
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- $70–110
- Website
- https://www.transnorthbus.com.au/
- Book at
- https://www.tnbc.com.au/
- Phone
- +351 21 75 24 524
- Website
- rede-expressos.pt
Bus from Faro to Sevilla - Plaza de Armas
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- $24–55
- Website
- https://rede-expressos.pt/en
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Faro to Sevilla - Plaza de Armas
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- $29–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
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