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Porto

Porto is well connected to Portugal’s national motorway network. The city is linked to three motorways: A1 Lisbon, with a connection to the Algarve; A3 Valença (Minho), with a connection to Galicia, and A4 Amarante (Trás-os-Montes), with a connection to Bragança. It takes about two hours to drive from Porto to Galicia and about five hours to the Algarve. 

The national motoring association is Automóvel Club de Portugal (ACP) (tel: 808 502 502; website: www.acp.pt), and it can offer assistance to motorists belonging to an automobile club with whom the ACP has a reciprocal agreement.  

Emergency breakdown service: 
ACP (tel: 707 509 510). 

There are several bus companies operating in and from Porto. Rede Expressos (tel: 213 581 460; website: www.rede-expressos.pt) has a wide network of buses going to most cities in Portugal. Their buses depart from the Paragem Atlântico terminal, Rua Alexandre Herculano 370. Internorte, Praça da Galiza 96 (tel: 226 052 420; website: www.internorte.pt) and Eurolines, Terminal Rodoviário, Campo 24 de Agosto 215 (tel: 225 189 303; website: www.eurolinesportugal.com) operate coach services between Porto and several other cities across Europe.

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