{"id":21849,"date":"2025-08-10T10:41:12","date_gmt":"2025-08-10T10:41:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/38.242.230.232\/~portoalities\/?p=21849"},"modified":"2026-04-02T22:51:30","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T22:51:30","slug":"guide-to-the-best-day-trips-from-porto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/portoalities.com\/en\/guide-to-the-best-day-trips-from-porto\/","title":{"rendered":"Ultimate guide to the best day trips from Porto"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you have planned to stay in the city for more than 2 \/ 3 days, then I highly recommend you to take a few day trips from Porto. Don’t get me wrong – our city is spectacular but there is SO MUCH more to explore in Northern Portugal and Porto is a fantastic base point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

No time to read a long article? Here’s a summary:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
City<\/td>Distance to Porto<\/td>Tours<\/td><\/tr>
Guimar\u00e3es<\/td>1h<\/td>Group tour to Braga<\/strong> and Guimar\u00e3es<\/strong><\/a> or book a PRIVATE tour of the two Northern cities<\/a>. <\/td><\/tr>
Braga <\/td>1h<\/td>Group tour to Braga<\/strong> and Guimar\u00e3es<\/strong><\/a> or book a PRIVATE tour of the two Northern cities<\/a>. <\/td><\/tr>
F\u00e1tima <\/td>2h<\/td>Group tour to F\u00e1tima<\/strong> and Guimar\u00e3es<\/strong><\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Aveiro<\/td>1h<\/td>Half day group tour of Aveiro<\/a> or Book a Private Aveiro & Coimbra tour<\/a>, which is not much more expensive.<\/td><\/tr>
Amarante<\/td>1h<\/td>NA<\/td><\/tr>
Ger\u00eas<\/td>1h30<\/td> 4×4 Tour with Lunch included<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Ponte de Lima<\/td>1h<\/td>Private Minho region tour<\/a><\/td><\/tr>
Douro Valley<\/td>1h30<\/td>Private wine tour in the Douro valley<\/a> with me \ud83d\ude42 or check the best GROUP Douro valley tours<\/a><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

For some of these day trips, you will definitely need to rent a car in Portugal<\/a> and I recommend you to do so as soon as possible because we get more than 30 million visitors per year. True story!<\/p>\n\n\n\n