Porto Travel and Tourism Information

Accommodation

In Portugal establishments are free to fix their own prices. Children under 8 years old are entitled to 50% discount on full meals and extra bed if sleeping in the same room as adults. Extra bed in a room is charged at the rate of 25% or 30% according to the category of the establishment. Besides the normal star rating that is granted to Hotels to internationally accepted standards there are certain other Portuguese categories which are helpful to be known when considering a tour of Portugal.

More accommodation information on www.visitportugal.com.

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Tours & Wine Touring Routes

Learn about wine touring routes in and around Porto at our Porto Wine Touring Routes.

Porto Tours - www.portotours.com
Porto Tours offers boat cruises on the River Douro, bus tours and personalised guided tours to world heritage areas, cultural walking tours or as an alternative, a helicopter ride over the Douro landscape.
Tour Information : English | Portugese

 
Transport

Air Travel

Airport:
Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport, 11kms from Porto.

International Carriers:

• TAP AIR PORTUGAL www.tap.pt Tel: 229 449751

• PORTUGALIA Tel: 229 411663

• AIR FRANCE Tel: 229 413131

• ALITALIA Tel: 229 416848

• TWA Tel: 213 539541

Shuttle transportation

Bus:
Aerobus shuttles to city hotels
Buses - 56,87

Railway Transportation

Station
Campanhã Station serves rail transport to Lisbon, the whole country and abroad

Information
Phone 225 364141

Major connections
Take Bus 35 to the city centre

Bus and Car Transportation

Car rental
Make your car rental reservation with companies like Thrifty , Dollar car rental, Alamo car rental, Budget , National car rental, Avis and other local car hire companies

Bus
A network of buses leave from the city centre.

Taxis
Taxis are painted mostly cream with a roof-light to identify them. However, there are still some taxis which keep the old colours, green and black. In towns they use taximeters, but once outside urban boundaries the service is charged by the kilometre, and includes the price of the driver’s return trip to his starting point. From 10 pm to 6 am the rate increases by 20%.  Luggage weighing more than 30 kg is charged according to a fixed rate.

Foreign Representation

In Lisbon:

 In Porto: