Once when you see the bridge of Ponte 25 de Abril you will never think of any other thing. Neither the golden gate of San Francisco will appear magnificent in front of this bridge. Designer of the Golden Gate of San Francisco and the Ponte 25 de Abril are both the same. Ponte 25 de Abril Bridge is a suspension bridge that connects from Lisbon, capital of Portugal to Setubal Peninsula and the left bank of Tagus river. The bridge was inaugurated on august 6, 1966. Later in the year 1999, train platform was added to this bridge. In Portugal, this bridge is the must place which you must see and miss by any chance. Often this bridge is compared to the Golden Gate Bridge because of the similarities and the workmanship. It is also sometimes called as Golden Gate twin sister.

25 de Abril Bridge is the 20th largest suspension bridge in all over the world. The top most platform of the bridge has six car lanes and the lower platform has two tracks of train. The bridge was earlier known as Salazar Bridge after the name of dictator Salazar. But the name was later changed to 25 de Abril Bridge, after the 'Carnation Revolution' in April 25, 1974. The Carnation Revolution was a unique style of revolution. There were no bloodshed during this revolution, the Carnation Revolution is also known as the “bloodless revolution”. In this revolution the soldiers places carnation flower in the muzzles of their rifles and revolted.

From all the directions the sights are mind-blowing and spectacular. The foundation of this bridge holds a world record by going 262 ft underneath the riverbed. 25 de Abril Bridge is usually busy during the weekends. You have to take a different route to reach to your destination during the weekdays, because of the traffic jams. The traffic jams can be avoided if you take the Vasco da Gama Bridge or even leave you car on the parking lot and travel by train.

With the help of the car hire in Portugal, you can get the car of your choice and keep it for your use, till your last day of departure. You can visit the entire beautiful places of Portugal including 25 de Abril Bridge, by hiring a car. You can also carry on with your shopping without any problem and return back to your hotel comfortably, because of the car you hired. Hence, it is always better and recommendable to hire a car in order to enjoy the views of Portugal sitting in the comfort of a car.