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💡 The Short Version: Livraria Lello sells a €15.95 voucher to every visitor, even to buy a book, and the voucher is valid for up to 60 minutes after the time on it. The Torre dos Clérigos (€10) is a timed ticket and takes no bags. The Palácio da Bolsa (€14) can be seen only on a 30-minute guided tour, and the language depends on who arrives first. The Porto Card cannot be bought (unavailable since July 2026), and the Guindais funicular has been shut since 18 July 2026. The Soares dos Reis and the municipal museums close on Mondays, the Bolhão market and the Majestic Café on Sundays. Porto charges €3 a night in tourist tax, up to 7 nights. Or book a tour: the 3-hour guided walking tour of the old townad is from €22 (GetYourGuide), and the sight tickets are bought separately.
What to book before you go
Prices are the adult rate, from each sight’s own site. Searches for these sights return many sellers with the monument’s name in their web address that are not the sight. The genuine channels are the sight’s own ticket page and Porto e Norte’s official booking site, linked below.
| Sight | How you get in | Adult price | Book at | What decides the visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Livraria Lello | A voucher for a date and time, bought online, also on your phone in the queue; same-day sales stop 30 minutes before closing | €15.95 | tickets.livrarialello.pt | Non-refundable. The voucher is a credit towards a book. Closed 1 January, Easter Sunday, 1 May, 24 June and 25 December |
| Torre dos Clérigos | A timed slot, online or on site | €10 for the tower and museum | torredosclerigos.pt | Arrive 10 minutes early: 5 minutes’ tolerance, then entry is refused with no refund. No backpacks or bags. 225 steps |
| Palácio da Bolsa | A guided tour of 30 minutes, booked by date | €14 | Porto e Norte booking | Tours run in Portuguese, Spanish, French and English, and the language is allotted in order of arrival |
| Serralves | Online or at the gate | €24; park only €15 | serralves.pt | The free first Sunday is for residents of Portugal only |
| World of Wine | A Day Pass for the five museums, bought by date | €35 | Porto e Norte booking | The Art of Drinking opens Monday to Friday only for guided tours at 10:30 and 15:00 |
| Six Bridges cruise | A voucher exchanged at the pier; you pick the departure there | €18 from the Gaia pier, €20 from the Ribeira pier | cruzeiros-douro.pt | Departures every 30 minutes, 10:00 to 18:00 from April to September and to 16:00 from October to March |
| Port lodges in Gaia | Graham’s, Cockburn’s and Real Companhia Velha take visits by reservation only | From €16 | Each lodge’s own site | Taylor’s needs no booking |
- No booking needed: the Sé, the Gaia cable car (€7 one way, €10 return), the trams (tickets on board only) and the Bolhão market.
- Spiritus, a 30-minute sound-and-light show in the Clérigos church, is €12, or €19 with the tower. The Torre dos Clérigos guide has the session times.
- Combined tickets: Clérigos with Serralves is €27.20, and Casa da Música with Serralves is €28.80.
Where the official ticket is cheaper, and where a tour is
GetYourGuide prices are its lowest “from” prices. In Porto most of its ticket listings are the sights’ own, at the sights’ own price.
| What | Official | GetYourGuide | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| Torre dos Clérigos, tower and museum | €10 | €10, listed by the Brotherhood that owns the tower | Either |
| Spiritus show | €12 | €12, listed by the show’s producer | Either |
| Serralves, general ticket | €24 | €24, listed by the Serralves Foundation | Either |
| World of Wine Day Pass | €35 | €35, listed by World of Wine | Either |
| Six Bridges cruise | €18 from the Gaia pier | From €18 | Either |
| Livraria Lello | €15.95 voucher | No stand-alone ticket. Three walking tours that include the bookshop start at €36ad, €52ad and €55.79ad | Official, for the entry; a tour for the guide |
| Palácio da Bolsa | €14 | No stand-alone ticket | Official |
Closed days
- Monday: the Museu Nacional Soares dos Reis, World of Discoveries and the municipal Museu do Porto sites are closed, and the FC Porto museum opens only from 14:30. Livraria Lello, the Torre dos Clérigos, the Igreja de São Francisco, the Sé, Serralves, World of Wine and the Gaia cable car are open.
- Sunday: the Mercado do Bolhão and the Majestic Café are closed. The municipal Museu do Porto sites are free, and Spiritus has three sessions instead of six.
- Holidays: Livraria Lello is closed on 1 January, Easter Sunday (28 March 2027), 1 May, 24 June (São João) and 25 December. The Soares dos Reis is closed on the same days. The Torre dos Clérigos is open 365 days a year, from 11:00 on 25 December and 1 January and until 14:00 on 24 and 31 December.
- Last entry is 30 minutes before closing at the Clérigos, and at the Soares dos Reis at 17:30.
- The Guindais funicular has carried no passengers since 18 July 2026. STCP calls the closure temporary, for maintenance, and on 8 September 2026 the mayor said it will not reopen before the end of the year (JPN). Tram 22, between Carmo and Batalha, returned on 1 August 2026. Porto’s historic trams has the lines and fares.
- Works at São Bento: roadworks around the station and Praça da Liberdade continue until the Pink Line (Linha Rosa, from São Bento to Casa da Música) opens. Test running began in early October 2026, and the metro company is aiming for the end of March 2027 (ECO).
- São João, 23 and 24 June: Livraria Lello and the Soares dos Reis are closed on the 24th; see the São João festival.
What is free, and for whom
Free things to do in Porto has the full list. The rules that catch visitors:
- Always free: both decks of the Dom Luís I bridge, the hall of São Bento station, the Palácio de Cristal gardens and the viewpoints at Vitória and the Jardim do Morro. See the Dom Luís I bridge and Porto’s viewpoints.
- Sundays: the municipal Museu do Porto sites are free, and otherwise €4 each. See Porto’s museums.
- Not free for visitors from abroad: the Soares dos Reis’s free entries (52 a year) are for Portuguese citizens and residents, and so is Serralves’ free first Sunday.
The Porto Card
The Porto Card has been unavailable since the start of July 2026. Porto e Norte’s official booking page says it is temporarily unavailable for purchase while the product is restructured, and gives no date for its return. Sites with “Porto Card” in their address that still take orders are not the official seller. What a visitor can use instead:
- Transport: the Andante Tour 1 ticket is €7.75 for 24 hours and the Tour 3 ticket €16.55 for 72 hours. Neither is valid on the historic trams.
- Museums: the Sunday-free municipal museums, and the combined tickets above.
- Trams: STCP sells its own tickets on board, from €6.
Porto tourist tax
Hotels and other accommodation charge €3 per person per night for up to 7 nights, so €21 at most, for guests aged 13 and over, and show it as a separate line on the bill. The rate has been €3 since 30 November 2024 (Câmara Municipal do Porto).
- Vila Nova de Gaia, where the port lodges and the river quay are, charges €3 a night (since 22 August 2026), for up to 7 nights, to guests aged 16 and over (Público).
- Matosinhos, for the seafood restaurants and the beaches, charges €2 a night (Observador).
The side of the river a hotel stands on decides which tax applies. A 14-year-old pays in Porto and not in Gaia.
Entry rules
Portugal is in the Schengen area, so one set of entry rules covers it and 28 other European countries. The EU’s Your Europe pages set the passport rules below; the EU’s ETIAS page lists UK, US, Canadian and Australian citizens as visa-free.
| Citizens of | Visa | Passport | On arrival |
|---|---|---|---|
| UK, US, Canada or Australia | None for up to 90 days in any 180, counted across all Schengen countries | Issued within the last 10 years and valid for at least 3 months after you leave | Photo and fingerprints taken at your first entry for the Entry/Exit System, which has replaced passport stamps; it is free |
| EU countries, including Ireland | None | A valid passport or national ID card | None; the Entry/Exit System covers non-EU citizens only |
ETIAS, the EU’s online travel authorisation for visa-free visitors, is not yet required: applications are not open and the EU has not announced a start date. It says it will give several months’ notice on its ETIAS site. The Entry/Exit System has been fully operational at every external border crossing since 10 April 2026 (EU Entry/Exit System FAQ), so allow extra time at the border when you leave as well as when you arrive.
- At Portuguese border control you may be asked for an onward or return ticket and proof that you have enough money for the visit (GOV.UK).
- Children aged 17 and under travelling alone, or with an adult who is not their parent or guardian, need a signed and notarised letter of authorisation from a parent or guardian (GOV.UK).
Each government’s own advice for Portugal: UK, US, Canada and Australia.
Getting in from the airport
Porto airport to the city centre compares the options.
- Metro line E (violet): from Aeroporto to Trindade, with trains every 20 to 30 minutes (ANA). A single is €2.30 (zone 4), plus €0.60 once for the paper Andante Azul card, so €2.90 for a first ride (Andante). At Trindade, change for the rest of the network.
- Bus: STCP 601 and 602 run from Cordoaria, in the centre, to the airport, about every 25 minutes. A ticket bought on board is €2.50, for one journey (STCP).
- Night bus 3M: from Avenida dos Aliados to the airport, hourly from 0:30 to 5:30.
- Taxi or Uber: the taxi runs on the meter and the ride-hailing apps show their fare before you book.
Getting around
The old town is walkable and steep. Porto public transport has the rest.
| Ticket | Price |
|---|---|
| Single, 2 zones | €1.40, on an Andante Azul card (€0.60) |
| Andante Tour 1, 24 hours | €7.75 |
| Andante Tour 3, 72 hours | €16.55 |
| STCP bus, bought on board | €2.50 |
| Historic tram, bought on board | €6 one trip, €8 two trips on the same day, €12 for two days |
The Andante Tour tickets cover the Metro, the buses and the CP trains inside the Andante zones, and are not valid on the trams or the funicular. A bank card or phone can pay at validators marked with the contactless logo at some stations, including São Bento, Aliados, Bolhão, Campanhã and Trindade, as a pilot: a zone 4 single at €2.30, capped at €7.75 a day (Andante).
Seeing the city
- On foot: Porto walking tours sets the free, paid, tuk-tuk, bike and bus tours side by side.
- Tiles: azulejos in Porto lists the tiled churches, the Sé cloister and the São Bento hall, with what is free.
- Museums: Porto’s museums gives the price and closed day of each.
- Views: Porto’s viewpoints separates the free terraces from the paid ones.
- Churches: the Igreja de São Francisco stands next to the Palácio da Bolsa.
- Out of town: Serralves is the contemporary art museum and park, and World of Wine is the museum district in Gaia.
- Itinerary: Porto in 2 days plans the visit around the bookings.
The Ribeira waterfront below the Sé hill, seen across the Douro from the Gaia bank. Photo: René Hourdry, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Day trips
Day trips from Porto compares every trip by train, bus and tour. The train times are CP’s.
- Guimarães: about 1 hour 15 minutes by CP urban train from São Bento or Campanhã.
- Braga and Bom Jesus: about 1 hour 10 minutes by urban train.
- Aveiro: about 1 hour 5 minutes from Campanhã. The northern line is under works, so check cp.pt for the day.
- Coimbra: about 1 hour by Alfa Pendular to Coimbra-B.
- The Douro Valley: the train to Pinhão takes 2 hours 15 minutes each way until 2 November 2026 and again from 25 March 2027. From 3 November 2026 to 24 March 2027 there is no through train, because CP replaces the rail between Marco de Canaveses and Régua with buses, so a tour or a car is the practical way.
- Lisbon: the Alfa Pendular takes about 2 hours 43 minutes, and a night in Porto beats a day trip from the other end. For the capital, start at what to book in Lisbon.
Port, food and drink
- Port: port wine cellars in Gaia prices each lodge, and port wine tasting tours compares the tours.
- Boats: the Six Bridges cruise compares the operators, piers and times.
- Eating: where to eat in Porto ranks the restaurants by how many independent sources name each one. The francesinha, Matosinhos seafood, rooftop bars and food tours have their own guides.
Where to stay and when to go
- Where to stay: where to stay in Porto compares the areas, and hotels near the Ribeira lists the ones by the river.
- When to go: best time to visit Porto has the weather month by month.
- Dates that change a visit: the São João festival, Christmas in Porto and New Year’s Eve in Porto.
- Getting there: Porto airport to the city centre and Porto public transport.
Itineraries
Day-by-day plans for a first visit.
Which ticket to buy
The official ticket, the tours that include entry, and which sells out first.
Tickets
Livraria Lello Tickets: €15.95 Voucher, Hours
Every visitor to Livraria Lello buys a €15.95 ticket-voucher, even to buy a book, valid for 60 minutes after the time on it. The price, what the voucher is worth, the combined ticket, hours and closed days, the walking tours that include the shop, and what J.K. Rowling and Lello have each said about Harry Potter.
Tickets
Torre dos Clérigos Tickets: €10, Hours, 225 Steps
The Torre dos Clérigos is €10 for the tower and museum, booked for a date and time, with no bags allowed and 5 minutes' tolerance. Hours by season, the €5 evening ticket, the Spiritus show, combined tickets, the 225 steps and what you see from the top.
Tickets
Palácio da Bolsa Tickets: €14 Guided Tour, Hours
The Palácio da Bolsa can be seen only on a 30-minute guided tour, €14, booked by date, with the language set by order of arrival. Hours, discounts, the rooms on the route including the Arabian Room, the combined ticket and the walking tours nearby.
Tickets
Igreja de São Francisco Porto: Hours, Route, Catacombs
The Igreja de São Francisco is a Gothic church covered in gilded woodcarving, with a museum route through the Casa do Despacho and the catacombs. Opening hours by season, what is in each part, the order to go round, and the Palácio da Bolsa next door.
Tickets
Serralves Porto Tickets: €24, Park, Late Afternoon
Serralves is €24 for the Museum of Contemporary Art, the Art Deco villa, the park with its Treetop Walk and the House of Cinema. Park-only and Monday-to-Thursday late-afternoon tickets are €15. Hours, discounts, why the free first Sunday is not for visitors, and how to get there from the centre.
Tickets
World of Wine (WOW) Porto Tickets: Day Pass €35
WOW in Vila Nova de Gaia has five museums, and the Day Pass is €35 for all of them, with tastings of wine, rosé and chocolate. Single museums are €20 each. What each museum is, the guided-tour times that fix a weekday, opening hours and how to get there.
Tickets
Best Museums in Porto: Prices and Closed Days
Porto's museums compared: the Soares dos Reis at €10, the Museu do Porto sites at €4 and free on Sundays, Serralves at €24, World of Wine at €35, the FC Porto museum at €25 and the tram museum at €8. Hours, the Monday closures and which free days are for residents only.
Tickets
Port Wine Cellars in Gaia: Prices and Booking
The port lodges of Vila Nova de Gaia sell a standard visit and tasting for €16 to €25: Fonseca €16, Real Companhia Velha €20, Burmester €22, Sandeman and Ferreira €23, Taylor's, Poças and Churchill's €25. Which need a booking, which have a live guide, closed days and what to pour.
Tickets
Port Wine Tasting in Porto: Tours Compared
A port tasting in Porto without a single lodge: a €26 cheese pairing for up to 8 people, a €49 three-hour walking tour with nine tastings, a €51 four-hour tour with seven ports, a €45 river cruise with four, and fado evenings at Fonseca and Cálem. What each includes and which to pick.
Tickets
Six Bridges Cruise Porto: €18-20, Times, Piers
The Six Bridges cruise in Porto is 50 minutes on a rabelo boat, €18 from the Vila Nova de Gaia pier and €20 from the Ribeira pier, with departures every 30 minutes from 10:00 to 18:00 in summer and 16:00 in winter. The operators compared, why the online voucher has no time on it, and the sunset and port wine boats.
Tickets
Porto Walking Tours: Free, Paid and Which to Pick
Porto's free walking tour leaves Praça da Liberdade at 9:30 and 10:45 and takes 2.5 to 3 hours, with a tip at the end and a reservation required. Paid walks start at €15, a tuk-tuk at €20, an e-bike tour at €29 and the hop-on hop-off bus at €28. Meeting points, group sizes and which to pick.
Day trips from Porto
Out and back in a day, with the tours compared against going on your own.
Day trip
Day Trips from Porto: Train, Bus or Tour
Guimarães, Braga and Aveiro are CP trains of about an hour for €3.60 to €7.20 each way, Coimbra is an hour by Alfa Pendular, the Douro Valley is a coach tour from €55 while buses replace the trains (3 November 2026 to 24 March 2027), and Santiago de Compostela and Peneda-Gerês are tour days. The day trips from Porto compared on time, fare and what to know.
Day trip
Guimarães Day Trip from Porto: Train, Palace, Castle
Guimarães is about 1 hour 15 from Porto São Bento by a €3.60 CP train. The Paço dos Duques is partly closed, so it costs €5, the castle is €5, and both are €8. Train times, hours, closed days, what to see in the order to go round, and the tours with Braga from €47.
Day trip
Braga and Bom Jesus Day Trip from Porto
Braga is about 1 hour 10 from Porto São Bento by a €3.60 CP train. The Bom Jesus funicular, powered by water counterweights since 1882, is €2.50 up or €4 return, the basilica is free and Braga Cathedral's routes are €3 each or €7 for all three. Train times, hours, closed days, the order to go round and the tours.
Day trip
Aveiro Day Trip from Porto: Train, Boats, Costa Nova
Aveiro is about 1 hour 5 from Porto Campanhã by CP train, €6.55 Regional or €7.20 InterRegional each way. The moliceiro boat is 45 minutes through four canals, Costa Nova is a 40-minute bus on BusWay line 36, and tours start at €35. Trains, the line works, the order to go round and the tours compared.
Day trip
Coimbra Day Trip from Porto: Train and the Library
Coimbra is about 1 hour from Porto Campanhã by Alfa Pendular, €19.70 in second class, or €11.85 on the slower InterRegional. The university's €16.50 ticket includes the Joanina Library at a timed entry, 50 people every 20 minutes. Trains, hours, closed days, the order to go round and the Fátima and Coimbra tour from €69.
Day trip
Douro Valley Day Trip from Porto: Train, Boat, Tour
A Douro Valley coach tour from Porto is from €55 with a boat, tastings and lunch. The CP train to Pinhão takes 2 hours 15 and is €12.35 each way until 2 November 2026, but from 3 November 2026 to 24 March 2027 buses replace it between Marco de Canaveses and Régua. Both timetables, quintas, river cruises and tours compared.
Where to stay
Areas and hotels, chosen for a visitor rather than a resident.
Where to stay
Where to Stay in Porto: Areas and Hotels
For a first visit, stay in Baixa and Aliados, within 0.5 km of São Bento station and the Clérigos tower. Nine Porto areas compared with hotels, addresses and rooms, the three tourist taxes, the closed funicular and the nights that close the centre.
Where to stay
Hotels Near Ribeira, Porto, by Distance
Hotels near Praça da Ribeira by straight-line distance: Pestana Vintage on the square, Exmo and The Editory House at about 100 m, then the Rua das Flores, Miragaia and Gaia hotels out to 800 m, with addresses, rooms, and the river views each hotel's own page states.
Airport transfers
From the airport to the centre, every option priced and timed.
Getting around
Tickets, passes and the transport a visitor actually uses.
Getting around
Porto Public Transport: Andante, Metro, Bus, Trams
One Andante ticket covers Porto's Metro, STCP buses and CP urban trains by zones: €1.40 for Z2, €2.30 for Z4 and the airport, €7.75 for 24 hours and €16.55 for 72 hours with Tour tickets. The historic trams and the Guindais funicular are outside it, the Porto Card has been suspended since July 2026, and contactless is a pilot.
Getting around
Porto Tram Lines 1, 18 and 22: Tickets and Timetable
Porto's historic tram lines are €6 for one trip, €8 for two trips on the same day and €12 for two days, paid on board by card or MB WAY. Line 1 runs along the Douro to the Foz, line 18 from Carmo, and line 22 returned on 1 August 2026. Andante Tour tickets are not valid, and the Guindais funicular is closed.
What's on, month by month
Festivals, holidays and closures that change a visit.
Events
São João Festival Porto: Dates, Closures, Metro
Porto's São João festival is the night of Wednesday 23 to Thursday 24 June 2027, and 24 June is a Porto holiday. The fireworks, the plastic hammers and grilled sardines, and what closed in 2026: the Baixa, the Metro across the bridge, Livraria Lello and the buses to Foz.
Events
Christmas in Porto: Lights, Market, What Closes
Christmas in Porto: the lights on Avenida dos Aliados and 94 lit streets, the Cordoaria Christmas market and its hours in 2025, and what closes on 25 December, 1 January and 6 January: Livraria Lello, the Gaia cable car, Taylor's and the Torre dos Clérigos.
Events
New Year's Eve in Porto: Aliados, Réveillon, Hours
New Year's Eve in Porto: the free party on Avenida dos Aliados with a midnight show and fireworks, the ticketed Porto Réveillon at the Alfândega do Porto, the hotels beside the avenue, and what is open on 31 December and 1 January.
Events
Best Time to Visit Porto, Month by Month
Porto month by month from IPMA's 1991 to 2020 averages: highs of 22.7 to 24.8 °C from June to August with 17 to 34 mm of rain, and 166 mm in November. The public holidays that close Livraria Lello, the festivals of 2027, São João, and the winter flood of 2026.
Food and drink
Where to eat, what to order and when to book.
Food and drink
Where to Eat in Porto: What Sources Agree On
Where to eat in Porto: the places that 62 English and 30 Portuguese publishers name most, from the Mercado do Bolhão and Casa Guedes to Café Santiago, Gazela and Adega São Nicolau, with hours, what to order, the Michelin Guide Portugal 2026 and the food tours.
Food and drink
Best Francesinha in Porto: Where Lists Agree
The francesinha houses in Porto that English and Portuguese food lists name most: Café Santiago, Cervejaria Brasão, Lado B, Francesinha Café and Regaleira, with hours, days closed, the vegetarian versions and the cachorrinho at Gazela.
Food and drink
Matosinhos Seafood Restaurants: Where to Eat
Matosinhos seafood from Porto: the market where you choose the fish and a restaurant cooks it for €7.00 a person, the grill restaurants of Rua Heróis de França and Rua Roberto Ivens, O Gaveto, Metro line A and the €2 tourist tax.
Food and drink
Rooftop Bars in Porto: Views, Hours, Sunset Times
The rooftop bars in Porto that the lists name most: the 17º, Terrace Lounge 360º, Vinum, Sky Bar Kopke and Mirajazz, with hours, booking, free live music, the hotel roofs and sunset times by month, and the sunset cruises.
Food and drink
Porto Food Tours Compared: Prices, Stops, Diets
Porto food tours compared on price, length, meeting point, stops and diets: the 3-hour food tour from €64, the food and wine walk from €74, the evening tavern crawls, the Gaia port and francesinha tour, the wine tastings and the market tapas class.
Food and drink
Pastel de Nata Class in Porto: Four Compared
Pastel de nata classes in Porto compared on price, length, location, drinks and whether you make the dough: the workshop with cocktails from €35, the grandma's recipe class from €30, the class with port wine from €33 and the class from scratch from €43.
More guides
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Azulejos in Porto: Where to See Tiles, What Is Free
Where to see Porto's blue-and-white tiles: the São Bento station hall, the Sé cloister, the façades of Santo Ildefonso and the Capela das Almas, and the Igreja do Carmo. Which are free, what the paid ones cost and when each opens, plus tile-painting workshops.
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Dom Luís I Bridge Porto: Both Decks, Cable Car, Views
Both decks of the Dom Luís I bridge are free to walk. The upper deck is shared with Metro line D, and the lower deck runs from the Ribeira to the Gaia quay. The Gaia cable car is €7 one way and €10 return, with hours for 2026, and where to look back at the bridge from.
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Best Viewpoints in Porto: Free and Paid Miradouros
Porto's viewpoints compared: free terraces at the Dom Luís I bridge, the Serra do Pilar, the Vitória, the Sé and the Palácio de Cristal gardens, against the Torre dos Clérigos at €10 and the Gaia cable car at €7. What each shows, what it costs and where to watch the sunset.
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Free Things to Do in Porto (and Free Museum Days)
What is free in Porto: both decks of the Dom Luís I bridge, the São Bento station tiles, the Palácio de Cristal gardens and the river viewpoints, plus the municipal museums on Sundays. Who the free days are for, and which tickets that sound free are for residents of Portugal only.
Plan your trip
The rules and costs that apply to every city on the site.
Common questions
What should I book in advance for Porto?
Livraria Lello, where every visitor buys a €15.95 voucher for a date and time; the Torre dos Clérigos (€10, a timed slot); and the Palácio da Bolsa (€14, a guided tour booked by date). Serralves (€24) sells online and at the gate, the World of Wine Day Pass (€35) by date, and a port lodge such as Graham's or Cockburn's takes visits by reservation only.
How much is a ticket to Livraria Lello?
€15.95, for everyone, including people who only want to buy a book. The ticket is a voucher worth that amount towards a book from Livraria Lello's own imprint, and it is valid for up to 60 minutes after the time printed on it. It is non-refundable, and the date and time can be changed once, up to 24 hours before.
Is the Guindais funicular running?
No. It has been closed since 18 July 2026, and Porto's mayor told the council on 8 September that it will not reopen before the end of the year. The historic tram 22 returned on 1 August 2026.
Can I still buy the Porto Card?
No. The official page says it has been unavailable for purchase since the start of July 2026 while the product is restructured. The alternatives are the Andante Tour tickets for transport (€7.75 for 24 hours, €16.55 for 72) and the museums' own tickets, several of which are free on Sundays.
How much is the tourist tax in Porto?
€3 per person per night for up to 7 nights, so at most €21, for guests aged 13 and over. Vila Nova de Gaia, across the river, charges €3 a night, since 22 August 2026, for guests aged 16 and over, and Matosinhos charges €2. Your accommodation adds the tax to the bill.
How do I get from Porto airport to the centre?
Metro line E (violet) runs from the airport to Trindade, every 20 to 30 minutes. A single is €2.30, plus €0.60 once for the Andante Azul card. STCP buses 601 and 602 cost €2.50 on board, and the night bus 3M runs hourly from 0:30 to 5:30.
Do I need a visa or ETIAS for Porto?
Not for up to 90 days in any 180 if you hold a UK, US, Canadian or Australian passport. The passport must have been issued within the last 10 years and be valid for at least 3 months after you leave. ETIAS is not yet required: applications are not open and the EU has not announced a start date.