Discover The Best Kept Secrets
If you are ready and packed for a perfect Portugal vacation just head
online and before you go book your car hire in Portugal for a complete
holiday enjoyment.
Portugal can definitely be put in top 10
European coastal beauties and exploring inside the country will not
leave you indifferent.
Even this country is best-kept secret of
Iberian Peninsula there are still number of tourists going around so if
you would like to escape crowds start exploring charming villages and
abbeys in the countryside.
Just thirty minutes of driving north
from Lisbon (35 kilometers) you will find the charming city of Sintra,
the city which Lord Byron's described as "glorious Eden". A road to
Sintra is very busy and if first timer on portuguese roads you should
consider hiring a navigation system. Taxis are alternative to car hire
and cost one hundred USD per ride without tip.
This place is for
sure one of the loveliest places in Portugal and with amazing
architecture and castles of royal families of Portugal there is plenty
to see and do. Car hire Portugal can take you more north (Peso da
Régua is seventy miles out of Porto) to try some of the finest Porto
vine in Peso da Régua and have a peek into the charming fisherman
village of Nazare.
This village doesn't have stunning sightseeing
places it just has unique atmosphere and excellent sea food. Colorful
finishing boats are scattered all around white beach and some of them
have an eye painted on them, the legend says it should spot a storm and
shoals. Guimaraes is just 30 minutes of driving to the east from Oporto
when you have a rented car.
There are a lot of freeways connected
to Guimaraes. Either from Felgueiras, Porto, Braga or even from
Chaves.The Portuguese freeways are excellently connected,. Driving
straight exit in Porto -freeway number seven leads to Guimaraes. It's
very easy.
This is a birthplace of the first Portuguese King, Dom
Alfonso Henriques who proclaimed this city for the capital. You will
find beautiful Romanesque church Igreja da Nossa Senhora da Oliviera
which is standing on the ground of old monastery.
The old castle
still stands as on his first day and be sure to walk around the
magnificent dungeons deep under the ground. While in area drive forty
minutes to the north and visit the Portuguese Rome, the city of Braga.
Portugal
indeed offers a variety of possible road trips. Beside the rental costs
and fuel the only additional cost will be freeway tolls on A1 highway
from Lisbon to Porto (20 Eur), Vila Nova de Famalicao - Guimaraes - A1
(2 Eur) or 28/Braga(A3) - Guimaraes (A7) - A4 ( 0,80 Eur) depending from
which way you arrive.
