About Porto

ABOUT PORTO
 
Porto is the second-largest city in Portugal, one of the major urban areas of the Iberian Peninsula and home to a lively artistic scene. Among museums and institutions, the gallery circuit thrives and a diverse set of collectives and artist-led spaces keep Porto in close dialogue with contemporary artistic practices and debates across the world.
Elected Best European Destination 2017, Porto is history, architecture, culture, gastronomy, trade, encounters and discoveries.
Located along the Douro River, Porto is one of the oldest European cities, and its historical center was proclaimed a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, in 1996. The western part of its urban area extends to the coastline of the Atlantic Ocean.
Porto has all the charm of towns which happily cohabit with their river. You can stroll along the River Douro in the Ribeira, discover Porto’s architecture, its amazing landscapes and magnificent bridges by taking a cruise on the river.
 
Museums
→ Serralves Museum – contemporary art museum
→ Casa do Cinema Manoel de Oliveira - centre of excellence for the cinema and the moving image
→ Soares dos Reis National Museum– painting, sculpture: mainly focused on Portuguese art of the 19th and 20th centuries
→ Porto Municipal Gallery - Porto contemporary art scene
 
Also don’t miss:
→ Livraria Lello, one of the most beautiful bookshops in the world
→ Café Majestic, a Belle Epoque-era cafe with ornate interiors
→ Estação de São Bento, considered one of the most beautiful railway stations of the world
→ Rua das Flores, was one of Porto’s most important streets, with a line of palatial manor houses for the city’s elite
→ Bairro da Bouça, Porto School of Architecture, Casa de Chá da Boa Nova: some of the best works of the Pritzker Architecture Prize winner, Álvaro Siza Vieira
→ Casa da Música, a concert hall designed by Rem Koolhaas