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Visit Lello’s bookshop. Back in time
Be early before busses with Chinese, Japanese and Koreans arrive (if they come in this covid time)
The tour at Sandeman's is worth taking part in as well. It's a big company and they put on quite a show; understated, but you see a lot!
O Porto is on the Camino Portugués. Across the Douro river at Vila Nova de Gaia are many winehouses which produce Port wine.
For various reasons I've always enjoyed Graham's Port; they did a great tasting visit.
When we were in Porto in September, the queue for Lello stretched right down the road!Visit Lello’s bookshop. Back in time
Be early before busses with Chinese, Japanese and Koreans arrive (if they come in this covid time)
Porto was a wonderful place…good choice! I have a suggestion that is good Camino practice too…Escadas das Verdades. This is unique and hidden street accessed from the street behind the Cathedral. The street is all stairs and stone walks that meanders down to the lower town. We stayed in an apartment on this street and enjoyed the walk (though I must admit that I never made it to the bottom). There were some small cafes along the route, odd intersections, decorative tile street names etc.Hello,
I’m headed to Porto for a week with friends. Looking for suggestions of what to see and do. Have been there for a day before and seen the train station, church and boat tour, - other ideas? I will walk from Matosinhos to Vila de Conde one day, it’s a favourite stretch. Many thanks.
Uau !Take the 500 bus from Aliados (sit up top in the very front in the huge window) and take it to Foz (the beach area) and eat at Tavi and then walk the beach. Take the wooden tram back to town. Eat a "Frenchie" sandwich at Cafe Santiago, drink Port wine at night at a touristic cafe right along Douro. Stare at the tile art inside Sao Bento train station. Visit the Porto Guitarra string shop and look at fantastic Portuguese made string instruments and ask Tico to demo some of them for you or if you are lucky some local folk might pop in and sit and play for a while. Eat nata and coffee in a completely traditional looking cafe and stand at the bar to eat and drink it. Go to Lado B and eat "the best chocolate cake in the world." Go to Foz and eat at Pizza Hut sitting on outside patio with a world class ocean view. Google the best piri piri chicken and go and eat it with locals. Visit the FC Porto soccer stadium and museum. Schedule a tour of Casa da Musica and experience what it is like playing some instruments they give you in that beautiful music hall. Eat french toast at Majestic Cafe. Visit Serralves Contemporary Museum and pay extra to walk in the "tree tops boardwalk. Then walk downhill and tour the Tram Museum. Walk around the campus of the University of Fernando Pessoa while reading his poemsTake a TukTuk tour and let someone show you the big picture of Porto etc etc etc Best city anywhere!
Have you been to Livraria Lello? Bookstore with amazing decor, occasional author conversations. If you love books it's worth a visit.Hello,
I’m headed to Porto for a week with friends. Looking for suggestions of what to see and do. Have been there for a day before and seen the train station, church and boat tour, - other ideas? I will walk from Matosinhos to Vila de Conde one day, it’s a favourite stretch. Many thanks.
X 2 A great museum and a beautiful park!Visit Serralves Contemporary Museum and pay extra to walk in the "tree tops boardwalk.
The line up at the Harry Potter bookstore was a 2 hour wait early in March.Here are a couple of articles I've written about things to do in Porto: one on its museums and another on the city's ties to Harry Potter, if that's of interest to you:
Harry Potter Porto: The JK Rowling Porto Portugal Connection
JK Rowling wrote the first three chapters of the first Harry Potter book in Porto, Portugal. Here's your guide to all the Harry Potter Porto sights.www.thenomadicvegan.com
Porto Museum Guide: The Best and Worst Museums in Porto, Portugal
In this Porto museum guide, you'll find out which museums are must-sees when you're in Porto, Portugal, and which ones are not worth your time.www.thenomadicvegan.com
Has it reopened? We were there in Oct 2021 and it was completely gutted with very little work going on.This has been either built or substantially renovated recently
The Bolhao market is still undergoing development (i was there 2 weeks ago) - i think it will be worth the wait!Has it reopened? We were there in Oct 2021 and it was completely gutted with very little work going on.
As for day trips, we took an early morning train up the Douro River and stopped for a winery tour, lunch, and a bit of hiking before heading back to Porto - truly a lovely trip away from the tourist crowds in Porto.
Also, Braga is nice, but I found the smaller town of Guimaraes even better! It’s on an old route of the Camino Portuguese and truly lovely for a day or overnight visit.
Different market. You're both talking about the Bolhao, which IS under renovation. The Bom Sucesso is further west, very close to the Casa da Musica. It's open and recent GoogleMap comments echo my impression from 2017, I think.The Bolhao market is still undergoing development (i was there 2 weeks ago) - i think it will be worth the wait!
Glad to see your recommendation of the walk from Espinho. I am walking the full Caminho Portuguese in September, my partner who walks only a few kilometers is joining me at this point and the board walk will make things easier.If you feel like a break from the city and the crowds, you could take the early morning train south to Espinho (about 20km or so) and walk back up the coast by the boardwalk and beaches (some good spots for swimming) by the mouth of the Douro to the lovely fishing village of Afurada for lunch, then back along the Gaia shoreline. It's a pleasant alternative to the Vila do Conde walk..
It's a lovely walk from Espinho up to Giai, I was recommending it as a day out, but it isn't actually part of the Camino Portuguese, the Camino is a little further inland and the approach through Gaia into Porto isn't very inspiring as I remember.Glad to see your recommendation of the walk from Espinho. I am walking the full Caminho Portuguese in September, my partner who walks only a few kilometers is joining me at this point and the board walk will make things easier.
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