Hi,
We will be staying in Porto for 3 nights with a car to park. After reading Rick's book we are torn about where to stay while there. It seems like City Center is a NO with a car. Anyone know if it would be better to stay in Vila Nova de Gaia? We love to walk! We only plan on using the car while in Porto to drive to the Douro Valley.
Thank in advance for your input.
Ann
We stayed around the corner from Batalha Parque (Rua Alexandre Herculano n. 385) where we parked our car. It was in and out privileges parking for around 7 euros a day. There are many places to park in Porto. Check on a map where you will be staying for a nearby garage or lot.
Parque da Estação de São Bento: on the right side of the train station São Bento, in the city center, 10 euros a day.
https://www.empark.com/uk/pt/aparcamento/porto/parque-estacao-ferroviaria-de-sao-bento/
Parque da Alfândega: at the River edge, near the old customs'house, 20 euros for 72 hours (in/out when you want) (no link, sorry)
These are the best, for what I know.
Up hill at Clérigos area, there is "Irmãos Rocha", between 12 and 16 euros a day, Rua Miguel Bombarda.
Or you can just leave car at the airport and take the metro to the city. There, parks are around 4/5 euros per day.
There are places inside the city where parking isfree, even at the city center, but car with a foreign plate or with something saying they are from a rent-a-car, are, for sure, robbed. You would be facing, at least, a broken glass.
In the fall of 2019 when we were in Porto with a rental car we stayed at an Airbnb. The apartment had secure underground parking and was within walking distance for us. We too love to walk and if I remember correctly we walked everywhere except for a tram ride along the waterfront. There were several restaurants within walking distance of the apartment and the plus was the Airbnb had a washer and dryer. I just searched on Airbnb for apartments with parking and checked how far away they were from the area we wanted to explore.
Thank you everyone for the input. Found a few places, now I just need to pick one!
