Insider Information about Porto
1. Must do list:
- Eat a Francesinha
- Watch the view from Cais de Gaia or Serra do Pilar
- Visit a Port Wine Cellar
- Visit a pastry shop (pastelaria) and eat at least one Pastel de Nata
- Walk up the Clérigos Tower
- Visit Casa da Música
- Visit Livraria Lello (world’s most beautiful bookshop)
- Take a Douro river boat tour (with excellent views to Ribeira – Unesco World Heritage)
- Visit Serralves (Modern Art Museum and Gardens)
2. What to visit in Porto:
- Sightseeing and walking tours
- Wine Cellar tours (e.g. Sandeman)
- Casa da Música
- Parque da Cidade (city park)
- Castelo do Queijo (by the sea)
- Serralves – Modern Art Museum and Gardens
- Ribeira do Porto
- Palácio da Bolsa
- Cadeia da Relação (Photography Museum)
- Livraria Lello (world’s most beautiful bookshop)
- São Bento Train Station (to see the 20,000 tiles that decorate its walls)
- Igreja do Carmo (Carmo Church with beautiful tilled facade)
3. Great places to eat:
Francesinha
Pastry (Pastelaria)
Petiscar – small food/snacks
- Badalhoca (Presunto Ham Sandwiches)
- Casa Guedes (Pernil/Gammon sandwich)
- Conga (pork sandwich with spicy sauce)
- Aduela (cheese and wine or some tasty toasts)
- Museu da Avó (sangria and portuguese tapas)
- 77 (to pick up and go)
- O Candelabro (drinks and snacks)
Portuguese traditional food
Portuguese Fine Dining
4. Great locations for a view or sunset
Porto
Gaia
5. General info:
Tourism Office (Recommended routes, Discover, Events, etc)
R. Clube dos Fenianos 25, 4000-407 Porto, + 351 223 326 751
Public transportation
Bus/Tram – STCP
Subway – Metro
Police Office
Rua Clube dos Fenianos, nº 19
Tel.: 222092006, prtetur@psp.pt
Taxi (Uber also available)
- Raditaxis: +351 22 507 39 00
- Taxis Invitcta: +351 225 076 400 / +351 912 301 251
- Taxis Porto: +351 22 099 7336
- Taxis do Porto:+351 911 907 533
Taxi App Porto
