My sister and I are going to be in Porto at the end of our Rick Steves tour of Portugal in September. We would like to fly, or take a train, or hire a driver to travel to San Sebastián when our Portugal tour ends. Does anyone have a recommendation for the best way to get to San Sebastián in Spain? My sister is not comfortable with me driving us in a rental car!
Posted by
Irving
2948 posts
Renting a car would be costly when picking it up in one country and dropping it off in another and could incur a $1,000+ drop off fee. I don’t know of any driver since it would take over 8h to get there. Your best bet is to fly from Porto to Madrid or Barcelona to San Sebastian that will take a full day. Personally, I would reconsider seeing San Sebastian since you're wasting a day trying to get there. Assume you'll return to Europe and visit San Sebastian then.
Posted by
Chicago
7837 posts
It is kind of out of the way but there are two short direct flights Porto to Bilbao then you could get the bus to San Sebastian.
Posted by
Paris
6893 posts
That Porto - Bilbao flight is the only viable option.
Have you considered visiting Galicia? It is not the same as the Basque Country of course, but it is at least equally lovely, and easier to get to from Porto.
Posted by
1226 posts
Seconding Balso's comments
Flight to Bilbao
Galicia is beautiful!