Kittyonions Posted September 4, 2022 #1 Share Posted September 4, 2022 Hi Everyone, We are visiting Porto on our Ventura cruise in October. Can anyone advise if P and O provide a shuttle bus from the port to Porto City centre. Also, if anyone can give advise on booking a short Douro river cruise independently, that would be much appreciated. We have booked Select fare, so hoping to get free transportation! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrsgoggins Posted September 5, 2022 #2 Share Posted September 5, 2022 Hello and yes, shuttle transport is provided. On our Ventura cruise a few months ago the bus took us right to the bustling riverside area, which was fabulous. On a previous P&O cruise years ago, we were dropped off in the city centre itself and as it was raining heavily, didn’t make the walk down to the river, so I’m very happy to have seen it in lovely weather too. Sorry, I know nothing of booking an independent river cruises on the Duoro Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kittyonions Posted September 6, 2022 Author #3 Share Posted September 6, 2022 Mrsgoggins, many thanks for that information, it will be a help in planning our day 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fionboard Posted September 6, 2022 #4 Share Posted September 6, 2022 In April I did the excursion that included city panoramic tour by coach, river cruise and wine cellars visit. Do not usually do tours but found this one very good value. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scriv Posted September 22, 2022 #5 Share Posted September 22, 2022 On 9/6/2022 at 3:56 PM, Fionboard said: In April I did the excursion that included city panoramic tour by coach, river cruise and wine cellars visit. Do not usually do tours but found this one very good value. We did that too and agree with you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pmd98052 Posted September 22, 2022 #6 Share Posted September 22, 2022 (edited) Is the P&O bus into Porto free or is there a charge? We are on saver fare. Edited September 22, 2022 by pmd98052 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Methuselah55 Posted September 25, 2022 #7 Share Posted September 25, 2022 On 9/4/2022 at 7:16 PM, Kittyonions said: Hi Everyone, We are visiting Porto on our Ventura cruise in October. Can anyone advise if P and O provide a shuttle bus from the port to Porto City centre. Also, if anyone can give advise on booking a short Douro river cruise independently, that would be much appreciated. We have booked Select fare, so hoping to get free transportation! Hi. We took the hop on/off bus into Porto but would use the shuttle next time. There were no Hop on staff or kiosks at the terminal gates, just a bus stop sign. If you do want to try; turn right at the port gates and wait at the beach end of Rua de Tomaz Ribeiro (coincidentally there's a bus stopped there on Google maps at the moment!). I think it was 40 minutes into town, and we got off at the river trip area anyway. We took the same route back as well. We booked the Douro River cruise independently which was fine. We didn't take to option of wine tasting etc. This was done through Porto: River Douro 6 Bridges Cruise | GetYourGuide Have a great cruise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanCruise Posted September 25, 2022 #8 Share Posted September 25, 2022 2 weeks ago on Ventura there was a shuttle bus from the ship to the centre of Porto. Free to all passengers. It was described as going to Caves Ferreira - this is the Port Wine area on the south side of the river and about 15 mins walk to the old town. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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