GUERIN Car Rental at Porto Airport

Guerin car rental at Porto Airport is located in a special car rental area not far from the terminal building. A shuttle bus, running every 15 minutes, takes customers to the car rental offices and returns them to the terminal after drop-off of their vehicles, too. The Porto Airport car rental station is open from 6.00 am to 1.00 am every day. The Guerin car rental team can be contacted on +351 210 100 200 and +351 229 415 938. Reservations can be made using the form above. The company fleet includes cars like the Seat Ibiza, Volkswagen Golf or Renault Clio, small vehicles ideal for the narrow historic streets of northern Portugal.

Porto is a great base from which to explore the northwestern part of Portugal. Within a short drive of Porto there are many historic cities and tourist attractions worth hiring a car at Porto Airport for. But within Porto itself there are many districts well worth exploring with a car. Most people start with a walking tour of the historic city though, where Porto Cathedral is one of the most impressive monuments to visit. The Sé of Porto was built in the 12th and 13th centuries, and still shows many of the original design and decorations from its earliest period. Watch out for the medieval portrait of Our Lady of Vandoma, who is the city's patron saint.

Not that far away from Porto is the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the Côa Valley Archaeological Park, where some of Europe's most important rock art can be seen. Dating some 25,000 years back into human history, the rock "panels" chart life as it was then, but over the thousands of years that have passed, many other people have added their engravings to the rocks that line the river banks, people who came after the initial settlers in the River Côa valley. The river is a tributary of the Douro River.

Parque Arqueológico do Vale do Côa's panels can be seen during guided tours, which must be booked in advance. There are three parts of the river bank that can be visited under guidance of an expert, the Canada do Inferno site, which was the very first part of the river where these panels were found, and Ribeira de Piscos near Muxagata, and Penascosa, which lies near the village of Castelo Melhor.

At the center of the park lies a visitor information station, the Quinta Ervamoira museum, which conducts such tours (tel +351 279 768 260/1 or mueu@arte-coa.pt. ). The museum is at Rua do Museu, 5150-610 Vila Nova de Foz Côa.

Famous for its beautiful sandy beaches and seafood restaurants, the port and fishing town of Matoshinhos lies close enough to Porto for a visit. If you visit during mornings, the fish market is a great place to see the catch of the day served up later at Matoshinhos restaurants. It takes only 15 minutes or so via the A28 to reach Matsohinhos from Porto with car rental from Guerin.