Arriving in Porto on a Sunday

[Clark]

Hello all,

I will be booking my flight for my Camino soon and I'm looking at landing in Porto on a Sunday around noon. My question is, given the day of the week and the time (siesta) will it be difficult to get from the airport to the city and will the Albergue or anything else be open when I get there?

Thank you!

 

[jsalt]

Hi Clark, the airport bus (Line 601 – Aeroporto to Cordoaria) runs every 50 minutes on Sundays.
Portugal does not have siestas – they live in a “normal” time zone .
Jill

 

[Clark]

Hi Clark, the airport bus (Line 601 – Aeroporto to Cordoaria) runs every 50 minutes on Sundays.
Portugal does not have siestas – they live in a “normal” time zone .
Jill

Thank you Jill!

 

[jsalt]

This link should take you to the current Sunday bus schedule, from the airport into the city centre:
http://www.stcp.pt/pt/viajar/linhas/?linha=601&sentido=1&t=horarios&td=3

Jill

 

[Deleted member 43780]

This may help:
Porto Airport has a station on the Metro do Porto light-rail/tram system. You can reach most of the city centre in about 30 minutes for €2.55*. Metro from the airport runs every 20 minutes for most of the day on weekdays, otherwise 30 minutes every day from about 06.00 until last train at 00.34 every night.Oct 18, 2017

Sorry, cannot say if A'burg will be open or not. Or other resources. If concerned about A'burg, possible contact them before hand to see what arrangements are for being open on a Sunday evening?

Having stayed in Porto many times, I would say many small stores may be closed then. But there are a few small stores that stay open longer hours on Sunday. Places to eat will surely be open. Pharmacy will be open. At least the "on duty one."

Major department store(s) may be closed.

Buses and Metro running. But on reduced schedule.

I stayed at Hotel Peninsular (darn good location in Porto) many times. Other walkers also stayed there.
Reasonable price. Clean, safe, secure, quite place to stay. Breakfast not bad. Location is the best.

 

[MarkN]

I would agree the metro is a good idea. Easy, simple, covers the city and navigateable even without having to know Portuguese.
For a few more euro try the passenger hostel right in the central train station. It's really great.

 

[Rainerbernd]

Choosing a hostel around Cordoaria like Porto Wine Hostel, Downtown Hostel, Pensão França , Pensão Duas Nações or others, Bus 601 is the best solution to it´s final stop Cordoaria. All the hostels and pensions around can be reached within 3 minutes walk. Btw, no need to speak Portuguese, Porto speaks English as well, especially bus and cab drivers .

Passenger Hostel is near São Bento Station. To get there you have to change metro at Trindade! Use the yellow line - Santo Ovídio.