Car rental in Lisbon concentrates at Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS), where desks in the arrivals area cover the international majors and the big Portuguese players alike - Avis-Budget, Europcar, Hertz, Sixt, Guerin and Goldcar among them - with downtown offices as an alternative for renting after a few car-free city days. One rule matters more than any other in Portugal: take the electronic toll transponder. Several motorways, including stretches around Lisbon, are electronic-only with no cash booths, and rental companies fit Via Verde devices for a small daily fee capped per rental - confirm it is active at the desk. Skip the car for Lisbon's own hills and trams; collect it for Sintra's surroundings, the Alentejo coast or the run south to the Algarve.
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