We will not be renting a car. What is the best order to see these three places? We plan 2 days in Obidos, day trip or one night in Nazare and 2 -days in Porto. We are open to Uber, taxi, train, bus but would prefer not making a lot of transfers if possible.
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Óbidos - Nazaré - Porto is the most efficient order of travel.
It will be easier to overnight at each location rather than backtracking.
Transportation is the issue, it will require transfers and taxis.
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Any suggestions re transport- and Uber vs taxis- to/from those places.
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We used MyDayTrip.com successfully twice in Portugal, but there were two couples to split the cost.
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I did not visit Óbidos, but I was in Coimbra and day tripped to Nazare by bus. I wanted to use trains and could have, but they were not very convenient in this part of Portugal. The bus was just fine even though I don't like buses.
There are numerous daily direct buses from Nazare to Porto, so that's probably how I'd go.
Start here - this is the bus company I used:
FlixBus runs buses too but not as frequently as Rede above. FlixBus buses might be cheaper.
They will take you to the Porto Campanhã train station I believe. From there, it's a short subway or local commuter train ride to the center of Porto (São Bento train station is a little station in the center of town - even if you don't take a train there, the station itself is really cool, do go inside and look at the beautiful murals).
I don't know about Óbidos, but I am pretty sure you can get a local bus from there to Nazare.
I liked Nazare, wish I had spent more than a a few hours there.