Port Airport is accessible by metro, bus and car rental. For detailed information on travelling around the city, see our guide to Porto.
Tram (metro)
From Porto, there is a direct metro line "E" or rather fast trams to the airport. It connects the airport with the city centre, the train and bus stations, as well as the main football stadium. The metro runs every 20-30 minutes and takes you to the city centre in half an hour.
For timetables and maps of the Porto metro, visit the official website: en.metrodoporto.pt
A ticket for 75 minutes costs 2,15 EUR. You must select the Z4 ticket for the journey through the 4 zones, before that you must buy an Andante card at the machine for 0,60 eur, which you can use to buy additional tickets at will.
Unfortunately, however, it is only possible to load the same type of ticket as the first time on one Andante card. For example, it is not possible to buy a single ticket card for 2 eur and then top up a 24-hour ticket in the city the next day.
An all-day ticket called Andante Tour 1 costs 7 eur. The ticket is valid for 4 zones for 24 hours from the time it is marked and can be used on the metro, buses and trains throughout Porto and the neighbouring town of Vila Nova de Gaia.
If you will only be travelling around Porto and the adjacent town of Vila Nova de Gaia and not going to the marina in Matosinhos, it is worth buying one ticket from the airport for 2,15 eur (+0,60 eur for the card) and then in town the Andante 24 Z2 ticket for 4,20 eur (+ 0,60 eur for the card).
Tickets can be purchased from a machine at the metro station, where you can pay with coins, cash and credit card.
- Travel time to Trindade: 33 minutes
- Price: 2,15 eur for 75 minutes (transfer ticket)
- Frequency: 17 minutes
- Last metro from the airport - 0:42
- First metro from Trindade - 5:58
Buses
Buses going to the city centre also stop at the airport. Both main routes terminate at the Cordaria stop right in the historic centre of Lisbon.
- Route 601 - goes to the centre via the Leça da Palmeira district once every 35 minutes
- Journey time: 36 minutes
- First connection from Cordaria - 6:00
- Last connection from the airport - 1:10
- Route 602 - goes directly to the centre, but with more stops along the way than the 601, frequency is 40 minutes (only every other service to the airport)
- Travel time: 50 minutes
- First connection from Cordaria - 6:05
- Last connection from the airport - 20:45
The ticket price for Z4 zones is the same as for the metro: 2,15 eur + 0,60 eur per card.
Line 604 only goes to the northern part of Porto and is not usable for travel to the centre.
Information about buses in Porto is available on the official website: stcp.pt/en
Night transport
At night, bus number 3M runs every 60 minutes from the centre (Av. Aliados). Departures from the centre are always on the hour from 1:00am to 5:00am, the journey to the airport takes 28 minutes according to the timetable, the fares are the same as on daytime bus routes.
Car rental
Porto is a popular destination for travelling not only around the city, but also around the famous Douro Valley wine region and the whole of northern Portugal. For these trips, the most convenient car rental option will be directly at the airport, where most of the large multinational companies and smaller local rental companies are based.
For example, you can compare all the car rental companies at a glance via the website Rentalcars.com, where you can also book a car directly. Prices range between 30 eur and 50 eur per day.
Taxi
Taxis to Porto airport are metered and the price to the city centre is around 25 eur.
Significantly cheaper, apps like Uber or Bolt can get you to the city centre from 15 eur.
