AVIS Car Rental at Porto Airport

Porto Airport offers passengers several car hire options in the arrivals area of the terminal. Among them is Avis car rental, whose service desk is open from 7.00 am to 0.00 am every day. The service station is shared with Budget car rental and Payless. Rent A Car. Customers can contact the Avis and Budget teams to arrange drop offs and pick up times on tel +351 229 436 900.

Avis is just one of many car rental companies at Porto Airport.

The city of Porto is less than 20 km distance from Porto Airport and has many tourist attractions to offer. One of them is Clégerigos Tower in the Baixa district. The 75-meter tall bell tower opened in 1763 and its ornate decoration is down to designer Nicolau Nasoni, an Italian with an eye for beauty. He created an iconic building that allows those who stand on its viewing platform a stunning 360 degree panoramic view across the city and coast.

Porto's historic Vila Nova de Gaia district is the home of many port wine producers and their wine cellars. One of them is Cockburn's, a company founded in 1815 by Scotsman Robert Cockburn. He was a soldier in the Peninsula War, serving during that time in Portugal. The lodge is today owned by the Symington Family Estates and only open to the public by appointment, but well worth seeing. Cockburn's historic lodge is located in Rua Serpa Pinto at number 346 (351 913 007 950). The last visit is one hour before closing. From April to October the lodge is open from 9.30 am to 6.00 pm every day. From November to March from 9.30 am to 5.30 pm.

Within an hour's drive or less Porto offers many cultural attractions and historic towns and cities that are breathtaking in their beauty. One of these historic cities is Guimarães, a 55-km distance from Porto, about 40 minutes' drive via the A3 and A7 motorways. A UNESCO World Heritage Site, the historic center of the walled city is home to an impressive number of mansions, arches linking narrow cobbled streets and churches and their spires. But the most imposing of all is the castle, where Afonso Henriques, the first king of Portugal was reputedly born. Start your walking tour at Largo da Oliveira, where the Collegiate Church of Nossa Senhora da Oliveira is located. It is home to the Alberto Sampai Museum. Also in this part of Porto's historic center, you'll find the City Hall, medieval pilgrim destination Praça de Santiago and Mota Prego House.

To get a first glimpse of the entire city, take a cable car up to Monte da Penha, which is worth visiting alone for the lovely Shrine of Our Lady of Penha. The views across the old city are worth alone the car rental fee.

Walking up the Avenida Alberto Sampaio, you'll come across remnants of the old walled fortifications and see the Palace of the Dukes of Bragança and the castle, which is at the top of a hill and has been watching over Porto since the 10th century.