Travel Reference
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confirm times, answer questions, and sell tickets for the tours. Walking tours on different
topics can be reserved online through their website (tours start at €13/person).
ATC/Porto Tours can also help you arrange a private
local guide
(around €130/half-
day, higher rates on weekends). Maria Jose Aleixo is good; you can contact her directly
(€110/half-day, mobile 969-468-347,
aleixo19@sapo.pt
)
.
In this steep, tiring city, a
bustour
is worth considering. You have two options: a typ-
ical stay-mainly-on-the-bus tour (€32, half-day, live guide in 4 languages) and two hop-
on, hop-off versions—Red City Sightseeing and Yellow Bus (€13, 2-hour circuit with 9
stops, can hop off and catch a later bus, ticket good for 48 hours, 10 buses/day, daily
9:30-18:30).
A silly
tourist train
includes a stop at a port-wine lodge across the river (€7, 1.25
hours, 2/hour, leaves from in front of cathedral daily on the hour, 10:00-17:00 in high sea-
son, less frequently off-season, tel. 800-203-983).
Taxi tours
of the town and side-trips to the Douro Valley and even Santiago are also
available (details at ATC/Porto Tours,
www.rentacab.pt
).
