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appleroseon Aug 3, 12 at 9:16am
We are very excited from all that have read about Portugal in the forum.Just a few suggestions from out there who loves Portugal!
As we will be docking in Lisbon and wishing to get to Porto,we thought jumping on the train and straight to Porto. Is it a good idea to hire a car in Porto or should our shoes do the walking to sight see. We will be driving back down to Lisbon and do the touristic things. We fly out to the UK from Lisbon. Any good hotels to stay from Porto to Lisbon airport.
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You have answers from the other time you asked a similar question.
http://www.fodors.com/community/europe/portugal-438562-2.cfm
You do not want a car in Porto proper, but get one to drive back to Lisbon and see the sights between the two cities.
If you have big family then I think Campervan is the best thing. I had personal experience of it.