Where a car takes you from Porto
These are the day trips from Porto on our own pages where a car earns its keep. Trains reach some of them; a car reaches all of them, on your own clock.
- Aveiro (ovos moles) Aveiro south of Porto is the Portuguese Venice, a lagoon town with painted moliceiro boats, the ovos moles wafer-and-egg-yolk sweet and a fresh ria fi
- Douro Valley (port quintas) The Douro Valley east of Porto is the original demarcated wine region from 1756, with tasting at quintas like Croft, Taylor's, Niepoort and Sandeman
- Braga (old kitchens) Braga north-east of Porto is the religious capital, with a cuisine of bacalhau a Braga at Brac, frigideiras at Cafe Frigideiras do Cantinho and the Bo
- Guimaraes (posta a Mirandesa) Guimaraes north-east of Porto is Portugal's birthplace city, with the posta a Mirandesa beef cut grilled over wood at Solar do Arco and the old town a
- Matosinhos (grilled fish) Matosinhos just north of Porto is the working fishing port, with a pavement grill street where every taberna runs a charcoal grill of sardines
- Amarante (papos de anjo) Amarante east of Porto is the Tamega river town with foguetes pastries, papos de anjo and the Confeitaria da Ponte facing the medieval Sao Goncalo bri
Booking a car in Porto
We compare through one partner rather than listing every broker. Desks sit at the airport and in town, and the headline rate below is theirs, not ours.
- From
- USD 2.56 a day
- Desks on site
- Alamo, Dollar, Enterprise, Firefly, Green Motion, Hertz, Keddy, Sixt
- Pick up at
- Porto Airport · Porto Downtown, Campanha Train Station
Rates are the partner's headline price at our last check (2026-10-02) and move with dates, car class and insurance. We earn a commission if you book, at no cost to you.