Uber or other Ride Share in Spain and Portugal

[donaldsc]

We are doing a Spain and Portugal cruise.  Not counting the really big cities such as Lisbon and Seville, we will also be in Bilboa, Santander, Gigon, La Coruna, Portimao for Porto and Leixões.   Does anyone know which of these towns have ride sharing services such as Uber.

 

DON

[alserrod]

11 hours ago, donaldsc said:

We are doing a Spain and Portugal cruise.  Not counting the really big cities such as Lisbon and Seville, we will also be in Bilboa, Santander, Gigon, La Coruna, Portimao for Porto and Leixões.   Does anyone know which of these towns have ride sharing services such as Uber.

 

DON

 

 

Hi Don

 

I do not know for Portugal, it is a different country, but in the case of Spanish cities:

Bilbao has uber service

La Coruña and Santander have Cabify service.

 

Be awared that having service means... at least some cars. For instance, Cabify has a big service in Barcelona but Uber has just some cars. Uber offer is not the biggest they could have.

 

And remember... Spaniards are used to.... move by taxi as the first option. So doesn't matter when and where, you will have enough taxis

[Milhouse]

The missus and her parents used Uber for her port day in Porto last November.  Felt it was a good experience.  

[JimmyTheSaint]

We've used Uber in Lisbon, works fine.

[edinburgher]

On 9/8/2024 at 9:00 PM, donaldsc said:

Bilboa, Santander, Gigon, La Coruna, Portimao for Porto and Leixões. 

In Bilboa, cruiselines will usually offer a ship shuttle service (for a fee) and it will drop off and pick up next to the Historic Centre.

 

Leixaos for Porto.  Although many  passengers will use the nearby metro station to get into the historic City and the waterfront port houses area at Vila Nova da Gaia, there will be a few who prefer a taxi.  This just to advise you that at this port call  there is the option of the Metro..

 

Portimao. A somewhat underwhelming town albeit with lovely beaches.   I would highly recommend you use your taxi to drive the short 15/20 minute drive from the docking area to visit pretty ALVOR. There are a few past threads which mention Alvor and Portimao and additional info and images can be found on the usual onlinetourist information  websites.

 

Alvor

 

https://boards.cruisecritic.com/search/?q=alvor&quick=1&type=forums_topic&nodes=465

 

 

Portimao

https://boards.cruisecritic.com/search/?q=portimao&quick=1&type=forums_topic&nodes=465

Edited September 13 by edinburgher

[cruisefan123]

We used Bolt on several occasions in both Portugal and Spain.  Highly recommend them. 

[nicaphile]

We used Bolt a lot in Portugal.  Very inexpensive and usually give you additional discounts for first few rides

[catspaw1]

On our 3 week tour of Portugal in 2019 we used Uber all the time with zero issues.