It depends: 6 out of 10. The 24 hour ticket is €28 against €5.35 for an Andante 24, about 5.2 times the price, and buses come every 25 minutes on the Red Line and every 30 on the Blue.
The numbers behind the verdict
In its favour, Porto is steep, nine of our ten sights are within a 7 minute walk of a stop, and the Blue Line loop takes only 1 hour.
You want Serralves, the seafront at Castelo do Queijo and the Ribeira in one day without working out STCP buses.
The climb from the river to Batalha or up to the Serra do Pilar is more than your knees will take.
You will use the extras: the 15:00 guided walk and one port tasting are included in the €28 ticket.
You are staying two days. The 48 hour ticket is €30, only €2 more, and adds a night tour and a second walk.
Skip it if
You are staying in the old centre. The cathedral, Clérigos, Lello, São Bento and Bolhão all sit inside 1.3 km.
You have one day and want to go inside places. A full Red Line loop takes 2 hours of it.
You mainly want Gaia and the bridge. Metro line D crosses the top deck from São Bento to Jardim do Morro for €1.40.
You dislike waiting. A missed Blue Line bus means 30 minutes at the stop.
Porto sightseeing bus: the fact sheet
Routes and timetable
Route
Stops
Frequency
Full loop
First / last bus
Red Line
12
25 min
120 min
09:30 / 17:30
Blue Line
7
30 min
60 min
09:45 / 17:15
Red Line
The long loop: 12 stops and 2 hours without getting off, from Batalha past Clérigos, Palácio de Cristal, Casa da Música and Serralves to the sea at Castelo do Queijo, then back along the Douro through Foz to the Ribeira.
The winter timetable (October to April) on City Sightseeing's Porto page gives departures from 09:30 to 17:30 every 25 minutes, and May to September 09:30 to 18:30 every 20 minutes.
The same page's summary box shows 18:00 as the end time, so plan around 17:30.
Stop 7 (Parque da Cidade) is closed for roadworks and stop 9 (Foz) has been skipped on Saturdays and Sundays since 18 September 2026.
Blue Line
The Gaia loop: 7 stops and 1 hour, sharing only Batalha with the Red Line.
It crosses to Jardim do Morro, the Yeatman and WOW, Quinta da Boeira, El Corte Inglés, the Serra do Pilar monastery and Real Companhia Velha.
Buses leave every 30 minutes all year.
The winter timetable runs 09:45 to 17:15, though the summary box on the same page shows 17:45, so treat 17:15 as the last departure.
Audio guide in 15 languages.
Ticket prices
Ticket
Adult
Child
24 hoursHop-On Hop-Off Porto (24 hours)
€28
€14
48 hoursPorto Supreme Experience (48 hours)
€30
€15
72 hours
not sold
The 24 hour ticket costs €28 for adults and €14 for children aged 4 to 12, booked online with City Sightseeing.
It covers both lines, the 15:00 Porto and Gaia guided walk from stop 1 and one port tasting at Espaço Porto Cruz, Quinta da Boeira or Museu 1º Demarcação.
The 48 hour Supreme Experience costs €30 (child €15) and adds a second walk at 12:00 from stop 2 and a night bus tour, which leaves at 19:00 in October.
The 48 hour ticket with the 50 minute Six Bridges boat trip costs €48 (child €24).
There is no 72 hour ticket.
Civitatis also sells a second operator, the Porto Gray Line Sightseeing Bus, from €28 with a 12 stop Blue Line and a 7 stop Orange Line.
Child fare: ages 4 to 12.
The same day by public transport
Metro do Porto / STCP (Andante)
Adult
Single ride
€1.40
One day, unlimited rides
€5.35
The day cost is the Andante 24 for two zones, €5.35 in the fare table in force since 1 January 2026.
It gives 24 hours of metro, STCP buses and suburban trains from the first validation.
A two zone ticket started in central Porto also covers Gaia, Foz, Serralves and Matosinhos.
A single two zone ride is €1.40 and lasts one hour, and the rechargeable Andante card costs €0.60 extra.
The Andante Tour 1 covers every zone for 24 hours and costs €7.75.
The fare table lists no child price for these tickets, and a ticket bought from an STCP driver costs €2.50.
Do the sum for your trip
Change the numbers to match your group. Fares are adult fares from the tables above.
Sightseeing bus–
Public transport–
Public transport is charged per ride up to the daily maximum. Multi-day passes can be cheaper still.
24, 48 or 72 hours
24 hours€28 Hop-On Hop-Off Porto (24 hours) · €28 per day · 5.2 times public transport for the same days
48 hoursLowest cost per day€30 Porto Supreme Experience (48 hours) · €15 per day · 2.8 times public transport for the same days
Buy the 48 hour ticket if you will ride on a second day at all. It costs €30 for adults and €15 for children, against €28 and €14 for 24 hours.
The extra €2 also buys a night bus tour and a second guided walk. Both tickets run from first validation, so a 24 hour ticket started at 14:00 is good until 14:00 the next day.
City Sightseeing Porto sells no 72 hour ticket. The 48 hour ticket with the Six Bridges boat trip is €48, which prices the 50 minute boat at €18.
By public transport the same day costs €5.35 with an Andante 24 for two zones, plus €0.60 for the card. STCP bus 500 leaves Praça da Liberdade and follows the Douro through Massarelos and Foz to Castelo do Queijo and Matosinhos, the same riverside stretch as the Red Line.
Metro line D crosses the top deck of the Dom Luís I Bridge from São Bento to Jardim do Morro in one stop. Bus 203 runs from Casa da Música metro to Serralves.
You get no commentary and no guaranteed seat upstairs. Two adults save about €44 on the day compared with two 24 hour bus tickets.
Does it suit your trip?
With children
Child tickets cover ages 4 to 12 and cost €14 for 24 hours or €15 for 48 hours. City Sightseeing's adult fare starts at age 13.
Two adults and two children pay €84 for the 24 hour ticket. The Andante fare table has no child price for the Andante 24, so four people on public transport pay €21.40 plus four €0.60 cards.
The Blue Line is the better choice with small children because the loop takes 1 hour and crosses the bridge. Leave the 2 hour Red Line for a day when the beach at Castelo do Queijo is the goal.
Check the forecast before you validate, because the ticket's clock starts at first use. The vouchers are valid for 12 months, so you can wait for a dry day.
The buses are open-top double-deckers and City Sightseeing's Porto page does not say whether part of the top deck is covered. The Red Line runs along the Atlantic seafront between Castelo do Queijo and Foz, where the top deck is exposed to wind off the sea.
In winter the last departures are 17:30 on the Red Line and 17:15 on the Blue Line, so a wet morning leaves little time to catch up.
Ride the Red Line before midday in July and August. From May to September it runs every 20 minutes instead of 25, with departures from 09:30 to 18:30.
The top deck has no shade on the long Avenida da Boavista stretch between Casa da Música and the sea. The Blue Line stays at every 30 minutes all year, with summer departures from 09:45 to 18:15.
The night tour included in the 48 hour ticket leaves at 21:00 from May to August.
If you cannot walk far
Ask City Sightseeing before you book if you use a wheelchair. Its Porto pages carry no accessibility statement, although the Civitatis listing for the same bus says it is wheelchair accessible when you say so at booking.
The Gray Line bus is listed as not wheelchair accessible. For people who can manage steps but not hills, the bus removes the two worst climbs in the city: river to Batalha and river to Serra do Pilar.
Nine of the ten main sights are within a 7 minute walk of a stop, though the walk from Jardim do Morro down to the Gaia cellars is steep. Metro line D reaches Jardim do Morro from São Bento for €1.40.
Walk the centre downhill and let the metro do the climbs. Start at Bolhão Market, go down Rua de Santa Catarina to São Bento, then on to the cathedral and across the top deck of the Dom Luís I Bridge to Jardim do Morro, about 2 km in all.
Walk or take the Gaia cable car down to the cellars, cross back on the lower deck to the Ribeira and ride the Guindais funicular up to Batalha. For the sea, STCP bus 500 from Praça da Liberdade to Foz is covered by a €5.35 Andante 24.
The two lines meet only at Batalha (stop 1). Plan the change there, because no other stop is shared.
Stop 7, Parque da Cidade, is out of service during the Avenida da Boavista roadworks (checked 5 October 2026).
On Saturdays and Sundays the bus has skipped stop 9, Foz, since 18 September 2026. Stop 8 at Castelo do Queijo is about 2.6 km up the seafront, or take STCP bus 500.
Do the Blue Line first in winter. Its last departure from Batalha is 17:15 and the next bus is 30 minutes behind the one you miss.
The included guided walk leaves stop 1 at 15:00 every day. Take the port tasting at Quinta da Boeira, which has its own stop on the Blue Line, if you would rather not walk down to Espaço Porto Cruz on the riverfront.
Arriving by cruise ship at Leixões: the bus is not allowed to stop at the north terminal, so make your own way to a city stop.
Porto hop-on hop-off bus: quick answers
How much is the hop-on hop-off bus in Porto?
City Sightseeing Porto charges €28 for an adult and €14 for a child aged 4 to 12 for 24 hours, booked online (checked 5 October 2026). The 48 hour ticket is €30 and €15.
How long does the full loop take?
The Red Line takes 2 hours without getting off and has 12 stops. The Blue Line through Vila Nova de Gaia takes 1 hour and has 7 stops.
How often do the buses run?
In the October to April timetable the Red Line runs every 25 minutes from 09:30 to 17:30 and the Blue Line every 30 minutes from 09:45 to 17:15. From May to September the Red Line runs every 20 minutes until 18:30.
Does the bus go to the port wine cellars?
The Blue Line stops at Jardim do Morro, the Yeatman and WOW, Quinta da Boeira and Real Companhia Velha. The riverfront cellars such as Cálem and Sandeman are about a 7 minute walk downhill from Jardim do Morro.
Is a port tasting included?
Yes. Every ticket includes one tasting at Espaço Porto Cruz, Quinta da Boeira or Museu 1º Demarcação, plus 50% off the visit and tasting at Real Companhia Velha.
Is the sightseeing bus cheaper than the metro?
No. An Andante 24 for two zones costs €5.35 and covers the metro and STCP buses for 24 hours. The €28 bus ticket costs about 5.2 times as much.
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