{"id":890,"date":"2011-11-28T17:03:11","date_gmt":"2011-11-28T17:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.visitingeu.com\/western-europe\/portugal\/?p=890"},"modified":"2016-05-18T09:18:05","modified_gmt":"2016-05-18T09:18:05","slug":"taxis-porto-airport-porto-city-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingeu.com\/western-europe\/portugal\/2011\/11\/taxis-porto-airport-porto-city-center.html","title":{"rendered":"Taxis from Porto Airport to the City"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px; margin-bottom: 5pxx;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: solid 2px #000000;\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/-PdhhY5fSdbY\/R-LpCtIMRAI\/AAAAAAAAAi4\/yAIP4pUFpHc\/s640\/IMG_1878.JPG\" alt=\"Buildings in Porto, Portugal\" width=\"240\" height=\"180\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 0.9em; margin-top: 0px;\">Porto, Portugal<\/span><\/div>\n<p>Taxis from Porto airport to the Porto city center are the fastest and most convenient way to get to your accommodation, meeting, or other destination in Porto or Vila Nova de Gaia. There is a taxi rank conveniently located just outside of the arrivals hall at the airport.<\/p>\n<p>A good alternative to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitingeu.com\/western-europe\/portugal\/2011\/11\/metro-porto-airport-porto-city-center.html\">Porto metro<\/a>, taxis are convenient for people traveling with heavy bags or who need to get to Porto quickly after their flight to Portugal lands at Francisco Sa Carneiro (OPO) airport. They are also a good choice for people that land late at night or early in the morning when other modes of transport are not operating.<\/p>\n<p>The airport is located just 15 kilometers north of the city center, so taxis from Porto airport to the Porto city center are quick and fares are relatively inexpensive. A taxi from the airport to the city costs 20 to 30 euros and all taxis are metered. The ultimate fare depends on where in the city you are going.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, on Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays, and evenings from 21:00 to 6:00, a 20% surcharge applies to all fares. This will be automatically calculated by the taxi meter.<\/p>\n<p>The amount of time it takes to travel by taxi from Porto airport to the Porto city center varies depending on traffic. On average it takes 20 to 30 minutes to reach destinations in the heart of the city. Destinations in Vila Nova de Gaia take slightly longer, as they are located south of Porto across the Douro River.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Porto, Portugal Taxis from Porto airport to the Porto city center are the fastest and most convenient way to get to your accommodation, meeting, or other destination in Porto or Vila Nova de Gaia. There is a taxi rank conveniently located just outside of the arrivals hall at the airport. A good alternative to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingeu.com\/western-europe\/portugal\/2011\/11\/taxis-porto-airport-porto-city-center.html\" class=\"post-read-more\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,4,29],"tags":[161,156,45,155,178],"class_list":["post-890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-airports","category-porto","category-taxis","tag-airports","tag-porto","tag-porto-airport","tag-portugal","tag-taxis"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingeu.com\/western-europe\/portugal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingeu.com\/western-europe\/portugal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingeu.com\/western-europe\/portugal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingeu.com\/western-europe\/portugal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingeu.com\/western-europe\/portugal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=890"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingeu.com\/western-europe\/portugal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1384,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingeu.com\/western-europe\/portugal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/890\/revisions\/1384"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingeu.com\/western-europe\/portugal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingeu.com\/western-europe\/portugal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingeu.com\/western-europe\/portugal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}