Getting around by metro Portugal

The Porto metro has 6 lines (A to F). Convenient for São Bento station, Avenida dos Aliados, Casa da Musica and crossing the Luis I bridge. It's clean, new and quite pleasant. For stations in the city center, there's a metro every 5 minutes during the day and every 12 minutes from 10pm onwards. For other destinations, allow an average of 15-20 minutes during the day and 30 minutes in the evening. The 6 lines converge at Trindade station in the city center. Line E runs to the airport.

The metro operates from 6:30 am to 1 am. There are several formulas: zapping for a journey by metro or bus and formulas to take on a journey by metro and bus (the Carris/Metro ticket). Its oldest infrastructure dates back to 1959. Its decoration is different in each station, which allows you to walk through a kind of art gallery. When you leave the Picoas station, it is indeed a beautiful Parisian vault by Guimard that tops the stairs, but, no doubt, you are still in Lisbon!

This funicular connects the Ribeira at the bottom of the historic centre, near the quays, to the Praça da Batalha, at the very top of the city, near the bridge and the cathedral of Sé. It is a very practical means of transport when you are in a hurry or tired. Above all, it offers a splendid view of the Dom Luis Bridge, the medieval walls of Porto and the different wineries of Vila Nova de Gaia. It was inaugurated in 1891 and renovated a hundred years later, in 1994. To be done at least once for the unique experience and its obvious practicality.