GoCar Tours

This item appears on page 81 of the September 2008 issue.

In Barcelona and Lisbon, travelers can rent a 2-seater GoCar with a built-in GPS linked to an audio program that describes sights in the area. 

The small, open-topped cars each have three wheels, lap belts and a roll cage and can go 30 to 35 mph.

There are recommended routes, but the car gives info on sights wherever one is in the city.

Rates in Barcelona are €35 (near $55) for the first hour, €25 ($39) for the second and €20 ($32) for each additional hour. After four hours there is no additional charge. All-day rental costs €99 ($156).

In Lisbon, the first hour costs €25; the second, €20, and each extra hour, €18, up to five hours. €89 all day.

Contact GoCar Tours (Freixures 23 bis bajos, 08003, Barcelona, Spain; phone 34 902 301 333, www.gocartours.es… or R. Douradores, 16 1100-540, Lisboa, Portugal; phone [00351] 210965030, www.gocartours.eu).