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All direct flights to Porto from the UK & Ireland

Flight Summary

Ryanair started cheap flights to Porto from London early in 2005, and now also offer Porto flights from Liverpool and Dublin. Connecting flights to Porto are available through a limited range of other European cities.

Destination Summary

They say that while Lisbon parties, poor old Porto works. Well, the nightlife in Porto easily matches that of the capital and the city's dramatic setting (straddling cliffs either side of the Douro river as meets the Atlantic) is equally impressive.

Quick Facts

Airport Code: OPO
Alternative Name: Oporto | Velho Belmonte
Miles From London: 1311

Your Comments (3)

Tac1988

06 January 2012 at 17:28 | #

I'd like to visit Porto and the surrounding area, but there aren't any direct flights from Birmingham. I live in Nuneaton, so I can get the train to either Liverpool or Stansted, but I'd prefer to use Birmingham airport, as my flatmate will give me a lift there. If I fly to Lisbon, I can use bmibaby, who I prefer to Ryanair any day of the week.

Should I get a hire car to visit Porto, or take the train up?

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- James Avery
  
  06 January 2012 at 18:16 | #
  
  Many people in this situation would say '6 of one, half a dozen of the other', but I agree with your plan to go via Lisbon. Your reason is to avoid Ryanair, which is fair enough, but I would always take a surface journey in a different country over one at home, because you are always going to see things you wouldn't see here.
  
  I take it you have been to Lisbon before, as I think the Portuguese capital has plenty to offer, and I would visit it before Porto, although I confess I haven't yet been to either.
  
  Car hire in Portugal is usually extremely cheap, but if you are travelling on your own, the train is usually a much more sociable option, and still cheaper than the car once you've factored in petrol costs and parking etc.
  
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Simon Winter

07 January 2012 at 00:52 | #

If you are going to fly into Lisbon to reach Porto, take the train. Car hire may be cheap, but Portuguese drivers are a crazy bunch, and you really don't want to be clogged in the Lisbon mess. Look how central the airport is in Lisbon - do you want to sit fuming in traffic, or do you want to take a short transfer to the fantastic (although not quite as pristine as it was for Euro 2004) Oriente Station?

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