#8

Pretty worried about the footballl fans too though…they will be in every pub…every food place…including Dutch and English fans, renowned bellends when travelling for football. Plus even from Amsterdam (where I live currently) the flights are over 400 quid each.

#9

Go to Barcelona instead!

#10

I wish. Working unfortunately…oil rig so can not get out of it.

#11

:cry: hope you find some not too pricey flights soon.
Porto itself is lovely and pretty cheap.

#12

It’s more the principle of it putting me off…if they were usually that price I wouldnt be bothered. The place being rammed with football fans is putting me off more at this point however.

#13

This is now worrying me

#14

Considering the festival itself would be largely unaffected, doubt i’d be that bothered…However, since i’ve never been to Portugal I would have been looking forward to going out to pubs and all that in the city. The football pish would put a dampener on that for me personaly.

#15

Has everyone tried flying into Lisbon instead? The trains are only 2-3 hours, cheap and its a nice ride.
Manchester to Lisbon is only £80 return if you leave on Sunday, for example

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#16

Aye, did have a look. It’s worth considering.

#17

It might be okay. The England v Netherlands game is being held in Guimares… Touch wood Porto will only be awash with Swiss football fans…

#18

Yeah! You’re right. Thought it was all around Porto. That could be far enough away to curb annoyance.

#19

Guimares is a really nice place me and my wife went there after the first Porto Primavera in 2012. I wouldn’t have thought the Football Ground there is very big.

Also do they not do the gigs at Hard Club anymore Kindness was particularly excellent when we went?

#20

Get the train all the way from London! Highly recommended - stop in Paris for breakfast, dinner on the Spanish/French border and then drink wine in the dining car before falling asleep and waking up in Lisbon. Lovely day there doing some exploring before a two hour train up to Porto.

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#21

I’m definitely going to do this sometime.

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#22

I did this when I went a few years back. Would recommend it.

#23

Yes!

#24

For people who have been before, what are the transport links like from the festival to the city centre at night/early morning? Looking at accommodation…

#25

There’s a tram stop about 10 min walk from the festival site and local buses go there too but if there’s a few of you then a cab from the centre is only about €12. On the way back there’s a night bus but again plenty of cabs.

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#26

Ta, is the tram all night at weekends?

#27

the trams don’t run all night, but they lay on loads of extra buses going back into town throughout the night on the festival dates. Cabs are cheap and friendly too (most of Porto is. It’s the absolute best).

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