Guidebook for Porto
Food Scene
The food is delicious, and the decor cool. You have to book in advance.
191 locals recommend
Cantina 32
32 R. das FloresThe food is delicious, and the decor cool. You have to book in advance.
The 19th-century, wrought-iron Mercado do Bolhão does a brisk trade in fresh produce, including cheeses, olives, smoked meats, sausages, breads and more.
770 locals recommend
Mercado do Bolhao
322 R. FormosaThe 19th-century, wrought-iron Mercado do Bolhão does a brisk trade in fresh produce, including cheeses, olives, smoked meats, sausages, breads and more.
Sightseeing
You will see the beautiful Luis I bridge, the river Douro, and the Porto wine cellars on the other side of the river.
453 locals recommend
Ribeira
You will see the beautiful Luis I bridge, the river Douro, and the Porto wine cellars on the other side of the river.
If you take a taxi across the bridge, you can have a drink in the terrace of the Yeatman hotel: the view of Porto is beautiful!
47 locals recommend
The Yeatman Hotel
Rua do ChoupeloIf you take a taxi across the bridge, you can have a drink in the terrace of the Yeatman hotel: the view of Porto is beautiful!
Arts & Culture
The Museum's park is beautiful.
897 locals recommend
Museu de Arte Contemporânea (Fundação de Serralves)
210 R. Dom João de CastroThe Museum's park is beautiful.
Casa da Música was designed by Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas, and holds music concerts of all types weekly. The concert hall acoustic is wonderful. They also do daily tours of the beautifully designed and tiled rooms.
605 locals recommend
Casa da Musica
604-610 Av. da BoavistaCasa da Música was designed by Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas, and holds music concerts of all types weekly. The concert hall acoustic is wonderful. They also do daily tours of the beautifully designed and tiled rooms.
This splendid neoclassical monument (built from 1842 to 1910) honours Porto’s past and present money merchants. Just past the entrance is the glass-domed Pátio das Nações (Hall of Nations), where the exchange once operated. But this pales in comparison with rooms deeper inside; to visit these, join one of the half-hour guided tours, which set off every 30 minutes.
The highlight is a stupendous ballroom known as the Salão Árabe (Arabian Hall), with stucco walls that have been teased into complex Moorish designs, then gilded with some 18kg of gold. (Source: Lonely Planet)
401 locals recommend
Palácio da Bolsa
This splendid neoclassical monument (built from 1842 to 1910) honours Porto’s past and present money merchants. Just past the entrance is the glass-domed Pátio das Nações (Hall of Nations), where the exchange once operated. But this pales in comparison with rooms deeper inside; to visit these, join one of the half-hour guided tours, which set off every 30 minutes.
The highlight is a stupendous ballroom known as the Salão Árabe (Arabian Hall), with stucco walls that have been teased into complex Moorish designs, then gilded with some 18kg of gold. (Source: Lonely Planet)
Essentials
You can find any essential item in this minimarket from fruit and vegetables to detergents, food and drinks.
108 locals recommend
Delba
46 Largo dos LóiosYou can find any essential item in this minimarket from fruit and vegetables to detergents, food and drinks.
Shopping
This shop sells, mainly products made in Portugal such as clothes, shoes, jewellery and cosmetics. It is very cool, and it has a nice coffee-shop upstairs.
16 locals recommend
The Feeting Room
86 Largo dos LóiosThis shop sells, mainly products made in Portugal such as clothes, shoes, jewellery and cosmetics. It is very cool, and it has a nice coffee-shop upstairs.
Parks & Nature
This beach has a lovely restaurant with the same name, and a beautiful view of the Atlantic Ocean.
56 locals recommend
Praia da Luz station
This beach has a lovely restaurant with the same name, and a beautiful view of the Atlantic Ocean.
Drinks & Nightlife
This road, and some nearby ones, has plenty of cool bars such as Plano B to choose from.
9 locals recommend
Rua de Cândido dos Reis
Rua de Cândido dos ReisThis road, and some nearby ones, has plenty of cool bars such as Plano B to choose from.