I need to travel from SDC to Porto in Portugal on a Sunday morning in July, I know that there are bu

Maryimelda · Feb 15, 2016

I need to get from SDC to O Porto on Sunday July 17. I'm not having much success online for various reasons. Can anyone tell me what is the best way of getting there or at least steer me to an easier site. I have tried Alsa and Renfe and Alsa tells me they don't go to Porto and Renfe tells me that I have to go via Madrid and the duration of the trip will be 16 hours or so. rome2rio tells me that I can get a bus, a train or a mixture of bus and train all of which will get me there in under five hours. I'm a bit confused.

whariwharangi · Feb 15, 2016

Santiago to Porto

This section describes transportation options from Santiago to Porto/Oporto

Trains

Renfe operates trains from Santiago to Vigo-Guixar and from Vigo-Guixar to Valenca.

CP (or Renfe) operates Celta trains from Vigo-Guixar to Porto Campanha. Information is available on Renfe site.

CP operates regional and national trains from Valenca to Porto Campanha.

Renfe
http://www.renfe.com/

Comboios de Portugal (CP) (urban, regional, national, and international train services)
http://www.cp.pt/cp/displayPage.do?vgnextoid=87cbd5abe2a74010VgnVCM1000007b01a8c0RCRD

3304 Buses

Note: there is no central bus station in Porto.

Monbus provides bus service from Santiago bus station to Vigo bus station.

Autna provides bus service from Vigo bus station to Porto.

Autna has bus stops in Porto at the following locations from South to North:

a. Campo Mártires da Patria, 37
The closest Metro is Estação Sao Bento line D

b. Avda. de los Aliados – McDonald’s
The closest Metro is Estação Sao Bento line D

c. Aeropuerto
Metro line E

Monbus
http://www.monbus.es/index2.htm

Autna
http://www.autna.com/es/

Porto Airport
http://www.ana.pt/en-US/Pages/Homepage.aspx

Metro do Porto
http://www.metrodoporto.pt/

ALSA does provide bus service from Santiago to Porto. ALSA calls it OPORTO.
https://www.alsa.es/en/home

Links checked March 2015

Maryimelda · Feb 15, 2016

@whariwharangi Thank you so much. Your answer is very much appreciated.

jburr3708 · Feb 15, 2016

I took the Alsa bus from Santiago to Porto on Sunday in September 2015. It took about 4 hours. As suggested by others, wait until the summer schedule is published. We booked easily on their website.

TaijiPilgrim · Feb 15, 2016

Maryimelda said:
I need to get from SDC to O Porto on Sunday July 17. I'm not having much success online for various reasons. Can anyone tell me what is the best way of getting there or at least steer me to an easier site. I have tried Alsa and Renfe and Alsa tells me they don't go to Porto and Renfe tells me that I have to go via Madrid and the duration of the trip will be 16 hours or so. rome2rio tells me that I can get a bus, a train or a mixture of bus and train all of which will get me there in under five hours. I'm a bit confused.

In June 2015 I took a long distance bus from Santiago to Porto. I think it was ALSA and operated once a day leaving around 9am. From where it dropped us off in Porto we took a taxi to our pension. I bought my ticket a day or so before at the booth at the Pilgrims Office. Now that the office has moved, I am not sure if the bus/train ticket booth is available at the new location.

Walli Walker · Feb 16, 2016

We just went to the bus station in S de C the day before we wanted to travel and bought tickets. The trip took 3 hours and was most enjoyable. Jacki.

Urban Trekker · Feb 16, 2016

Maryimelda said:
I need to get from SDC to O Porto on Sunday July 17. I'm not having much success online for various reasons. Can anyone tell me what is the best way of getting there or at least steer me to an easier site. I have tried Alsa and Renfe and Alsa tells me they don't go to Porto and Renfe tells me that I have to go via Madrid and the duration of the trip will be 16 hours or so. rome2rio tells me that I can get a bus, a train or a mixture of bus and train all of which will get me there in under five hours. I'm a bit confused.

Take the bus. We bought bus tickets at a bus station in Spain while walking our Portuguese camino. We caught the bus in Santiago and passed through Porto on our way to Lisbon. Train travel to Portugal required a train to the Spanish boarder and then walking across the boarder to catch a Portuguese train. Both systems were on incompatible schedules too. Porto like Lisbon is a rail and bus hub to the rest of Portugal. Our bus did stop in Porto to discharge and pick up passengers. I hope this helps. Buen Camino

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