Sit on the Right side of the plane for the best views on flights from Lisbon to Amsterdam. The right side delivers the most dramatic single moment of the flight: the Lisbon departure with the 25 de Abril Bridge, the Tagus, and the city all visible together. The landing views on the left are interesting but the Dutch coast is subtle. Right side wins overall for the Lisbon departure spectacle.

During takeoff from Lisboa (LIS), sit on the Right side for the best views. Lisbon's main departure runway 21 sends aircraft southwest over the Tagus estuary before turning north. The right side captures the city of Lisbon itself, the 25 de Abril Bridge spanning the Tagus, and the Cristo Rei statue on the south bank. The left side faces inland toward flat terrain. Notable sights include: 25 de Abril Bridge over the Tagus, Cristo Rei statue on south bank, Lisbon's Baixa and Alfama districts, Tagus estuary widening toward the Atlantic.

When landing at Schiphol (AMS), sit on the Left side for the best views. Schiphol typically uses runway 18R or 18C for arrivals from the south, meaning the aircraft approaches from the south heading north. The left side faces west toward the North Sea coast, the Hook of Holland, and the distinctive straight Dutch coastline with its beaches and dune systems. The right side looks east over flat polder farmland. Notable sights include: North Sea coastline and dune belt, Hook of Holland, Rotterdam port infrastructure visible to the southeast, flat green polder fields of South Holland.

The flight from Lisboa (LIS) to Schiphol (AMS) takes Approximately 2 hours 30 minutes to 2 hours 45 minutes.

The route tracks north over the Spanish Meseta, crossing the flat plateau of Castile and León, then over the Cantabrian Mountains near the coast of northern Spain. Over the Bay of Biscay the aircraft crosses open water for roughly 20-25 minutes. Re-entering land over the Landes forest region of southwest France, the route continues north over the Loire Valley and the flat agricultural plains of northern France before crossing into Belgium and then the Netherlands.