This is a good way to get a nice aerial view of the bustling Porto tourist area by the river. Keep…read morein mind this ride is VERY short - I'd say it will be 5-7 minutes max before you're already reach the other gondola station at the top of the hill but it's a great way to still take some nice photos and honestly save you a brutal walk up to the top area where the bridge is. There are also some nice little vendors at the top of the hill by the park where the gondola station is especially a great vendor who was serving some insane delicious lemon gelato from a street cart. You also are a short walk away up top from the bridge that you can take some awesome photos of the city and riverside area. Here's the deal, this will cost you a bunch of Euros so unless you're young and hardy and don't mind a long ass walk or aren't averse paying for a taxi to go up to the top, this is probably a good option if you want to save some energy or time or save any older people or kids in your party from a long walk.

Skip the hilly hike with a scenic cable car ride…read more Teleférico de Gaia is a gondola cable car route down along the hillside of Vila Nova de Gaia from the upper terrace by Dom Luis I Bridge. It features a colourful view of historic Porto across the Douro River. We paid €9 pp for a return ticket for efficiency rather than hiking between these viewpoints after landing & touring historic Porto and walking across the famous bridge. After a walk down a tunnel, the gondola ride-on system from the top is efficient like a ski lift. The ride itself is only around five minutes each way, but those five minutes gives you panoramic views of the Dom Luis I Bridge, the Douro River and Porto hillside neighbourhoods. At the bottom, we found a lively waterfront with music, wine patio, street vendors and Mercado Beira Rio. The ride back from the lower cable car station took much longer due to the lineup heading back in the late afternoon. As we ate dinner, we noticed a few cable cars still operating at sunset past the posted 6pm closing time for the perfect golden hour view across the Douro River. Skip it or hit it? It's worth the view & quick journey but be prepared to lineup at peak rush.

Trinidad is the busiest station on the whole of the Porto Metro; it acts as an important…read moreinterchange section as it is on all six lines of the Metro between A and F and is also served by bus routes. I used this station daily during my December 2024 trip to Porto across multiple routes. I did find the station a little difficult to navigate, and the platform layout wasn't as clear compared to other metro stations I've used worldwide. There were some overhead banners stating the lines and destinations, but the layout before reaching the platform was confusing. I also didn't like the departure time boards, which didn't display every line, including those serving the same platform. This left me in the dark about when my train would arrive. I ended up using this station during a strike, which was handled very poorly. There was no signage around the station, nor were there any audio announcements informing passengers about the strike or that trains were operating on a part route. I ended up purchasing a ticket to a zone I couldn't travel to. Why would the machines allow this? I then waited on the platform for a while again, none the wiser of the strike action. Clear guidance regarding the strike and information on how services were running would have been really helpful. The station is clean and tidy and reasonably modern, as a surface-level station, you can get in and out quickly for some platforms, and it is step-free, so friendly for those with large suitcases and heading to the Airport or those with specific access needs. 3* - The station is a central hub on the Porto Metro, so you just expect more, and it doesn't deliver. If using the station, make sure you plan and check everything and don't rely on inadequate station staffing and information for assistance.

Surface level station but inside a building, Trindade was built on the site of a former railway…read morestation. It's interesting to see as it is the only station in the Porto Metro system where the A, B, C, E and F lines intersect with the D line. It is the busiest station in the system, earning nearly 1/6th of all ticket validations. Transit between lines is well marked and signage is good. The station is completely handicapped accessible with elevators. There are automated ticket vending machines available and I saw a good number of reflective-jacket wearing helpers too. For the A, B, C, E, and F lines, Trindade is between Bolhão and Lapa. On the D line, it is between Aliados and Faria Guimarães. [Review 9908 overall, 1486 of 2018.]

This surface level station is located next to the Jardim do Morro and the Mosteiro da Serra do…read morePilar. It is an island platform, so the train doors will open on the left. The station has a few benches for sitting and a visible board with the time until the next train. There is an automated ticket vending machine. And while I did not see any ticket inspectors on board the train, I did see one on the platform. The station serves Linha D of the Metro do Porto, between São Bento (towards Hospital S. João) and General Torres (towards Santo Ovídio). This station is next to the Ponte de D. Luís bridge, which the metro does cross on the top deck. [Review 9904 overall, 1482 of 2018.]

The funicular is a great way to see the city of Porto, particularly on a warm, sunny day. After…read morewalking to the top to see the Monastery, we took the funicular back to the bottom before walking back across the bridge. We were thankfully able to take our dogs in a stroller and as you can see from the photo, they enjoyed the view quite a bit!

We stayed in town for five nights. We did stay on top near the Miradouro de Fontainhas. We walked…read moredown once to the river, but with our Bulldog and pet stroller it was pretty rough to walk up/down the steep streets. So we were happy to find this Funicular not far from our holiday rental. One way is 4 Euros, a two-way ticket is 6 Euros. Our pet stroller did fit perfectly. Our Bulldog was very welcome on the Funicular (one of the staff even was also a Bulldog-owner). Dogs ride for free even. On weekends the Funicalar is in service until late night even. It's steep and quick ride. And offers some nice views on the way. Even on weekends we only needed to wait a few minutes. Mostly no wait even. A very convenient way to travel to the top or bottom of lovely Porto. Prices are fair and the staff very friendly and helpful.

Terrible service. The driver Danilson Dias from Portugal Elite Drivers didn't wait for us to get…read moreout the luggage area, even thought the booking was confirmed and paid in advance. On top of everything when I called him he literally yelled at me and treated me very rude. Then he lied that he was there and waited for one hour when was actually the opposite . Worst experience ever. Never book with him.

Great metro system that Porto has, wish they would have this for all of CA in the states…read more Can be a bit confusing at first but after a couple trials you will get the hang of it. If you're visiting, get the Porto card & Andante Tour card which gives you unlimited use of the metro, buses, and some regional trains to get around the city. The Andante Cards are rechargeable travel cards which can be used on Porto's public transportation. The Metro is a lot more reliable & on time Vs the bus system in Porto. Highly recommended, very clean & fast public transportation.

The one star is for the tram's themselves. They work. Actually they work really well and run really…read moreregularly. And they are comfortable. The four stars are lost for what must be the world's worst ticketing system. A system utterly complex and confused. Imagine John Cleese portraying a lost Hungarian asking directions to his hotel using a Hungarian English translation book written by the same person who designed Porto's Metro system. However declaring I will not buy this record it is scratched to strangers in London is far more likely to result in you finding your destination than trying to purchase one of these tickets. For a start it's all divided into a huge number of zones that have both numbers and letters. You have to know which one you start in, which you go through, and which you will end up in. You can't just press the stations name and then the destination. Further, some cards are recharchable but only if they are going to the same place. Working this out results in you getting a discount. There is an English menu but the words don't seem to relate to concepts of transport. Asking the very helpful Portugese people is no use either, as they seemed just as baffled as the tourists. Must be an awful lot of very frustrated inadvertent foreign fare evaders.

At the airport Metro station, there is always a guy who will help you with the ticket ;-) And since…read morerecently, you can recharge all the tickets.