BROWNCOUNTYBOB
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So, it sounds like only a bus will do, as you seem to have ruled out other transit options!. I'd like to better understand the various transit options from the airport to downtown. I'm not keen on taking the metro, I don't do Uber or Lift, and want to avoid the high cost options, such as a taxi.
It's all part of the adventure!Thanks, all. I may challenge myself to take the Metro. Sounds easy and inexpensive. Cindi and I always took the metro from the airport to Puerto del Sol in downtown Madrid. Depending on time of day, it was sometimes jammed with passengers and making transfers could be confusing, but we never got lost! Bob
The metro into Porto is very efficient, there's one every 20 minutes and there's usually a guy there to help at the ticket machine if you're stuck. The last stop, Trinidade, is only a few minutes walk downhill to the centre of the city so you might not even need to transfer if you're staying close by. Even when it's busy at rush hour, it's not too crowded..Thanks, all. I may challenge myself to take the Metro. Sounds easy and inexpensive. Cindi and I always took the metro from the airport to Puerto del Sol in downtown Madrid. Depending on time of day, it was sometimes jammed with passengers and making transfers could be confusing, but we never got lost!
I agree. We found the metro to be very user-friendly from the airport to historic area. You can buy a day pass and we used that to hop on and off a few times during that first day to do some sightseeing.The metro into Porto is very efficient, there's one every 20 minutes and there's usually a guy there to help at the ticket machine if you're stuck. The last stop, Trinidade, is only a few minutes walk downhill to the centre of the city so you might not even need to transfer if you're staying close by. Even when it's busy at rush hour, it's not too crowded..
The lower bridge was under heavy construction when I was there in November. The upper bridge goes alongside the metro and has great views. If you are going back to Porto from the port lodges in Gaia, you will take the lower bridge from riverside to riverside, but getting up to the higher level is much more enjoyable. And from the Porto side, it leaves very close to the cathedral, so it is an easy hop skip and jump.Be sure to walk across Eiffel's bridge while in Porto. Buen Camino
Took the Metro last September from the airport to downtown. Give it a try. Found the ride easy, quick, clean and inexpensive. Took around 1700 so the cars were āfullā but not so crowded you couldnāt sit down. Part of the experience.Thanks, all. I may challenge myself to take the Metro. Sounds easy and inexpensive. Cindi and I always took the metro from the airport to Puerto del Sol in downtown Madrid. Depending on time of day, it was sometimes jammed with passengers and making transfers could be confusing, but we never got lost! Bob
Maybe best not to mention jump and bridge in the same sentence.And from the Porto side, it leaves very close to the cathedral, so it is an easy hop skip and jump.
We spent a week in Porto in November after our Camino. I found the Porto Metro system oneAfter hiking the camino frances four times, this fall I'm going to hike camino portuguese, starting in Porto. I already booked the flight and made private room reservations for each night. I learned that the Porto airport is approx. 10 miles from the historic downtown part of Porto. I'd like to better understand the various transit options from the airport to downtown. I'm not keen on taking the metro, I don't do Uber or Lift, and want to avoid the high cost options, such as a taxi. What do you recommend regarding a bus, or other options that are reasonably quick and affordable? Gracias ! Bob
Maybe best not to mention jump and bridge in the same sentence.
When I was there in 2019 there were boys earning money by getting people to pay to watch them jump from the bridge.Oh, but people do jump from the bridge in Porto! (pictures taken in 2016)
Hi there is a hostel in walking distance from the airport, and close to the route. Very friendlyAfter hiking the camino frances four times, this fall I'm going to hike camino portuguese, starting in Porto. I already booked the flight and made private room reservations for each night. I learned that the Porto airport is approx. 10 miles from the historic downtown part of Porto. I'd like to better understand the various transit options from the airport to downtown. I'm not keen on taking the metro, I don't do Uber or Lift, and want to avoid the high cost options, such as a taxi. What do you recommend regarding a bus, or other options that are reasonably quick and affordable? Gracias ! Bob
I can appreciate that, @BROWNCOUNTYBOB. The tram also goes across on the top, in the middle, with people walking on the side. You can take it from the train station over to the first stop on the other side. I donāt know if that would be uncomfortable for you or not. The other obvious option is to walk up from the river level to the Parque do morro, where there are 5 star views. You wouldnāt have to get too close to any ledge or drop-off and it is really spectacular, no matter what time of day. On my last trip to Porto, this past November, I think I crossed over five or six times just to see the light at different times of day (and to get some steps!).but I have a tremendous fear of heights.
That really is a shame, the views from the bridge, especially those looking down over the Ribeira are truly spectacular, it's a fantastic vantage point. If it's any consolation, the balcony thing, whatever you call it, is at about chest height so you are looking across rather than down. If you can't manage it that way, you might consider taking the metro D line which runs across the top of the bridge both ways..No doubt the views from the top of Eiffel's bridge are fantastic, but I have a tremendous fear of heights. It took all the courage I could muster to walk the bridge into Portomarin. Gracias ! Bob
I walked from the airport to Senhora da Hora where I was staying for four nights. I walked into town every day from there to do different activities.After hiking the camino frances four times, this fall I'm going to hike camino portuguese, starting in Porto. I already booked the flight and made private room reservations for each night. I learned that the Porto airport is approx. 10 miles from the historic downtown part of Porto. I'd like to better understand the various transit options from the airport to downtown. I'm not keen on taking the metro, I don't do Uber or Lift, and want to avoid the high cost options, such as a taxi. What do you recommend regarding a bus, or other options that are reasonably quick and affordable? Gracias ! Bob
discovered partway through that the metro machines have an English button at the bottom , which made it easier
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