How to buy Casa Pia tickets

Estádio Municipal de Rio Maior, Rio Maior. Primeira Liga. A weekend from London usually costs about £157 with flights, 2 nights and a ticket.

How hard
Usually available
Usual price
€10 to €35 (about £9 to £30)
Membership
Not needed
ID at the gate
Not usually checked

The club plays home games 80 km north of Lisbon at Rio Maior and sells mostly online. Prices for big clubs reach EUR 14 for the visitors' end; Sporting is a higher-demand game.

Buying a ticket, step by step

When tickets go on sale: Not confirmed. Past matches against Porto were announced as online only.

Membership: None needed for a public ticket (members pay less). It gets you in before general sale, but you don't need it.

  1. Open casapia.pt and find the latest match news post for the home game.
  2. Follow the link to the club's ticket sale, create an account with your name and email.
  3. Choose the home game, sector and ticket type, and pay by card.
  4. Save the e-ticket to your phone.
  5. Travel to Rio Maior early, since the town is small and buses are infrequent.
Official tickets on casapia.pt

Tips

Upcoming home games

Kick-off times are local. Leagues often move games for TV a few weeks before.

Flights from the UK

Fly into Humberto Delgado Airport, Lisbon. Typical return fares, and the whole trip with the cheapest usual ticket and 2 nights in a budget room (about £29 a night):

Flying fromReturn flightWhole trip
London£90 to £214£157
Manchester£130 to £253£197
Bristol£88 to £291£155
Edinburgh£140 to £250£207
Liverpool£117 to £206£184
Leeds Bradford£179 to £333£246
Cardiff£199 to £399£266
Bournemouth£185 to £315£252

Metro to Campo Grande, then Rede Expressos coach to Rio Maior, about 1h10 to 1h30, around EUR 10; a taxi costs about EUR 120.

Getting there

From the airport

To Estádio Municipal de Rio Maior

Rio Maior has no train service to the ground; the stadium is about 10 minutes by taxi or 25 minutes on foot from the town bus station.

The atmosphere

A low-key crowd; the main draw is the visiting fans.

Where this comes from

We put this guide together from the club's own pages and the sources below, and recheck it through the season. If something has changed, email betterlifeoa@gmail.com.