Porto

Ryanair Flights to Porto

The world’s most famous low-cost airline offers cheap Ryanair flights to Porto’s Francisco de Sa Carneiro airport (OPO) from all over Europe.

Ryanair offers flights to Porto from the following cities: Barcelona, Bordeaux, Brussels (Charleroi airport), Chalons-en-Champagne, Eindhoven, Faro, Hahn, Karlsruhe-Baden-Baden, Lille, London (Stansted airport), Madrid, Marrakech, Marseille, Memmingen, Milan (Orio al Serio airport), Paris (Beauvais airport), Rome (Ciampino airport), Saint-Etienne, Tenerife (South airport), Tours, Valencia, and Weeze.

In addition to the flights listed above, Ryanair flights to Porto operate seasonally from the following cities: Bologna, Bremen, Carcassonne, Dublin, La Rochelle, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Liverpool, Maastricht, and Pisa.

A good tip for booking Ryanair flights to Porto is to purchase your tickets as far in advance as possible. This will ensure that you get the best prices. Ryanair often has great fare sales, too, so make sure to keep an eye out for deep discounts during sale periods. Another way to get cheap flights to Porto is to travel on less popular days like Tuesdays and Thursdays. Tickets are usually less expensive if you travel on these days.

Car Hire at Porto Airport

If you have booked a flight to Porto and plan to rent a car while you are visiting Portugal, you have a number of options for car hire at Porto airport.

A handful of both international and domestic car hire companies operate out of Porto airport. The larger companies include Avis, Budget, Europcar, Hertz, National, and Sixt Rent a Car. These enterprises all have car hire desks at the arrivals hall in Porto airport.

There are also local Portuguese companies that offer car hire at Porto airport. These companies often have very cheap car hire offers, but hidden fees can push up prices when you arrive. As such, make sure you read the T&Cs carefully when booking to make sure that you know what you will have to pay for and what you won’t.

If you decide not to hire a car at Porto airport, there are other modes of transport to get you from the airport to the city center, including airport taxis and the fast, efficient Porto metro.

Trains from Porto to Coimbra

Trains from Porto to Coimbra run daily from Porto’s Campanha train station to Coimbra-B train station in the famous Portuguese university town.

There are two types of trains that travel from Porto to Coimbra: Intercidade (IC) trains and Alfa Pendular (AP) trains.

There are two differences between the trains: time, because AP trains are faster, and price, because AP trains are more expensive.

IC Trains from Porto to Coimbra

There is an IC train to Coimbra on weekdays at 52 minutes past every even hour from 6:52 until 16:52, then another at 19:52 in the evening.

The train journey from Porto to the university town takes 1 hour and 5 minutes on IC trains. A first class train fare on IC trains from Porto to Coimbra costs 17 euros one-way. A second class fare costs 13 euros one-way.

AP Trains from Porto to Coimbra

There is an AP train from Porto on weekdays at 45 or 47 minutes past every odd hour from 5:47 until 15:47 (also at 6:47), then trains at 16:47, 17:45, 18:47, and 20:47.

The train travel time to Coimbra on AP trains is 58 minutes. A first class train ticket on AP trains from Porto to Coimbra costs 21.50 euros for a single. A second class ticket costs 16.50 euros for a single.