By tourist on June 25, 2013
Don´t Miss, Food & Drink, Oporto Hot Spots
Splendor of the “Belle Époque” On the 17th December 1921, an establishment called Elite café opened for business in Porto. It was located in Santa Catarina street, a pedestrian walkway for shopping and for the finest members of society, then and now. The café enlightened the street with its Art Nouveau decoration, by architect João Queiroz. Inside, the scent of […]
By tourist on June 25, 2013
Casa da Musica, House of Music, Oporto
Arts and Culture, Don´t Miss, Oporto Hot Spots
It is the major concert hall space in OPorto. It houses the cultural institution with the same name and its three orchestras :Orquestra Nacional do Porto, Orquestra Barroca and Remix Ensemble. It was designed by the Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas with the Office for Metropolitan Architecture and the Arup-AFA. Built as part of Oporto’s project for European Culture Capital in 2001 was only finished in the […]
By tourist on June 25, 2013
Don´t Miss, Heritage, Oporto, Oporto Hot Spots
FOZ DO Douro (Portuguese pronunciation: [fɔʃ du dowɾu], meaning “Mouth of the Douro”) is a Portuguese parish of the city and municipality of Oporto. It has 12,235 inhabitants and is 3.00 km ² in area. It Became a parish in 1836. It is located in the western part of Oporto, next to the mouth of […]
By tourist on June 25, 2013
Arts and Culture, Don´t Miss, Oporto Hot Spots
LIVRARIA LELLO & IRMÃO, also known as LIVRARIA CHARDRON or simply LIVRARIA LELLO (LELLO BOOKSTORE) is a bookstore located in central Porto, Portugal. Along with Bertrand in Lisbon, it is one of the oldest bookstores in Portugal. In 2011, the travel publishing company Lonely Planet classified Livraria Lello as the third best bookstore in the world. Because of its unique historical and artistic value, […]
By tourist on June 20, 2013
Saint John Porto, São João
Don´t Miss, Events, Night Life, Oporto Hot Spots
A night when the city stops to celebrate this beloved popular saint, try to go through the most emblematic places of Oporto, where only the locals go, discovering the origins and traditions of this very special day. Eat sardines, watch the fireworks at midnight. And after it is time to visit the city, jumping […]