43 Sights in Porto, Portugal (with Map and Images)

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Explore interesting sights in Porto, Portugal. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 43 sights are available in Porto, Portugal.

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1. FC Porto Museum

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FC Porto Museumjad99 from Graz, Austria / CC BY-SA 2.0

The FC Porto Museum, officially known as FC Porto Museum by BMG for sponsorship reasons, is a museum located in Porto, dedicated to the history of the Portuguese association football club FC Porto. It was inaugurated on 28 September 2013, on occasion of the club's 120th anniversary, and opened its doors to the general public on 26 October.

Wikipedia: FC Porto Museum (EN)

2. Igreja dos Clérigos

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The Clérigos Church is a Baroque church in the city of Porto, in Portugal. Its 75-meter-tall bell tower, the Torre dos Clérigos, can be seen from various points of the city and is one of its most characteristic symbols.

Wikipedia: Clérigos Church (EN), Website, Heritage Website Sipa, Heritage Website

3. Capela de São Crispim e São Crispiniano

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The Chapel of St. Crispin and St. Crispinian is located at the top of Rua de Santos Pousada, in Bonfim, in the city of Porto, belonging to the respective Confraternity. It is dedicated to St. Crispin and St. Crispinian, and was built in 1878 to replace the original chapel, as well as the annexed hospital and pilgrims' hostel that existed since the fourteenth century and that were located on Rua das Congostas (current Rua Mousinho da Silveira, demolished on the occasion to open that artery.

Wikipedia: Capela de São Crispim (PT)

4. Tabernáculo Baptista

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The Baptist Tabernacle is an evangelical temple located at Praça Mouzinho de Albuquerque, 193 - roundabout of Boavista, in the city of Porto, Portugal, headquarters of the First Baptist Church of Porto, the oldest in the country, officially organized on December 20, 1908, in a house located on Rua da Travagem. This temple was only built and inaugurated eight years later, on February 13, 1916, during the First World War. On February 13, 2016, it celebrated its first centenary.

Wikipedia: Tabernáculo Batista (PT)

5. Batalha Centro de Cinema

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The Cinema Batalha is a Portuguese cinema and concert venue in civil parish of Cedofeita, Santo Ildefonso, Sé, Miragaia, São Nicolau e Vitória, municipality of Porto. Originally known as the Salão High-Life, it was moved from Boavista by its owners to its current location, and rebuilt by architect Artur Andrade in the Art-Deco style, re-inaugurated on 3 June 1947. After many years of success, the building and the cinema began losing customers, and was closed in 2003.

Wikipedia: Cinema Batalha (Porto) (EN), Heritage Website Sipa

6. Igreja Paroquial do Carvalhido

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Igreja Paroquial do Carvalhido

The Parish Church of Carvalhido is located at Rua da Prelada, nº122, parish of Cedofeita, Carvalhido area, in the city of Porto, Portugal. It has an auditorium and at the entrance you can see an image with the Porto-Jerusalem road. It is a project by the architect Luís Cunha. The blessing of the foundation stone of this new temple took place on June 30, 1967 and two years later, on January 1, 1969, the first mass was celebrated in the crypt of the new temple.

Wikipedia: Igreja do Carvalhido (PT)

7. Igreja da Lapa

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The Church of Our Lady of Lapa is a Catholic church in the city of Porto in Portugal dedicated to Our Lady of Lapa. The church was built by the Brotherhood of Our Lady of Lapa, established in 1755, and is part of a building set up which includes the Lapa cemetery, the Primary School of the Brotherhood and the Lapa Brotherhood Hospital. In the chapel-mor is buried the heart of King Pedro IV of Portugal donated in a will to the sorority.

Wikipedia: Igreja da Lapa (Porto) (PT), Website, Heritage Website Sipa

8. Igreja da Serra do Pilar

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The Monastery of Serra do Pilar is a former monastery located in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal, on the opposite side of the Douro River from Porto. The monastery is situated on an outcrop overlooking the Dom Luís I Bridge and the historic centre of Porto. Together with these locations, the monastery was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996. The monastery is notable for its church and cloister, both of which are circular.

Wikipedia: Monastery of Serra do Pilar (EN)

9. Casa-Museu Fernando de Castro

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Visiting only by booking, the Casa Museu Fernando de Castro is a historical house, located in the city of Porto, Portugal, that belonged to Fernando de Castro, a Portuguese poet, caricaturist, merchant and collector. It contains several paintings from the 17th to the 20th century, sculptures and ceramic pieces. The museum is now under administration of the Soares dos Reis National Museum.

Wikipedia: Casa Museu Fernando de Castro (EN)

10. Igreja de São Martinho de Cedofeita

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The Church of Cedofeita is a medieval church in the civil parish of Cedofeita, municipality of Porto, in the northern Grande Porto Subregion of Portugal. The Church is a rare architectural example of a single-nave vaulted-ceiling temple, and the only one in the traditional Entre-Douro-e-Minho Province region of Portugal. It is classified as a National Monument.

Wikipedia: Church of São Martinho de Cedofeita (EN), Heritage Website Sipa

11. Farolim de Felgueiras

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Farolim de Felgueiras

The Felgueiras Lighthouse , also known as the Farol de Felgueiras, Farolim do Molhe de Felgueiras, or Farolim Cabeça de Molhe, is a lighthouse on the Portuguese Atlantic coast, situated on a jetty or mole on the right bank of the Douro River, at the point where the river meets the ocean. It is situated in the parish of Foz do Douro, in the Porto municipality.

Wikipedia: Felgueiras Lighthouse (EN)

12. Coliseu do Porto

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The Coliseum of Porto is a Portuguese theatre and concert venue in the municipality of Porto, in northern Portugal, with a capacity for a standing audience of 4000. A leading venue for music and cultural events in Porto, together with Batalha Cinema, the Coliseu is an example of Portuguese Streamline Moderne and Art Deco styles in the city of Porto.

Wikipedia: Coliseu do Porto (EN), Heritage Website Sipa, Website

13. She Changes

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She Changes Enrique Diaz, Studio Echelman / CC BY-SA 4.0

She Changes, known locally as anémona, is a sculpture designed by artist Janet Echelman for the cities of Porto and Matosinhos, Northern Portugal. The installation consists of three steel poles, cables, a 20-ton steel ring and a net structure of varying densities and colors. The sculpture is Echelman's first permanent public art installation.

Wikipedia: She Changes (EN)

14. Rabelo boats

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The rabelo boat is a traditional Portuguese wooden cargo boat that was used for centuries to transport people and goods along the Douro River. It is flat-bottomed, with a shallow draught, which was necessary to navigate the often shallow fast-flowing waters of the upper Douro prior to the construction of dams and locks from 1968 onwards.

Wikipedia: Rabelo boat (EN)

15. Igreja dos Terceiros Franciscanos

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Igreja dos Terceiros FranciscanosRay Swi-hymn from Sijhih-Taipei, Taiwan / CC BY-SA 2.0

The Church of the Venerable Third Order of San Francisco, or Church of the third parties of San Francisco, is a church between the Church of San Francisco and the house of the third order of San Francisco, in the current parish of Cedofeita, Santo Ildefonso, See , Miragaia, São Nicholas and Vitória, in the city of Porto, Portugal.

Wikipedia: Igreja da Venerável Ordem Terceira de São Francisco (PT), Heritage Website Sipa

16. Mercado do Bom Sucesso

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The Bom Sucesso Market is a building in Porto. It was inaugurated in 1952 as a fresh market, with a project by ARS Arquitectos. In 2011 it was classified as a monument of public interest. In the same year it was closed for renovations, having been reopened in 2013 as a shopping arcade, with catering shops, offices and a hotel.

Wikipedia: Mercado do Bom Sucesso (PT), Website

17. Igreja de São João Novo

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The church of São João Novo is a Roman Catholic church located in Largo de São João Novo, in the union of the parishes of Cedofeita, Santo Ildefonso, Sé, Miragaia, São Nicolau and Vitória, in the city of Porto. It is a monument inscribed in the ZEP of the Historic Centre of Porto, Cultural Heritage of Humanity (UNESCO).

Wikipedia: Igreja de São João Novo (PT)

18. Serralves Villa

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Serralves Villa / PD

Serralves is a cultural institution located in Porto, Portugal. It includes a contemporary art museum, a park, and a villa, with each one of these being an example of contemporary architecture, Modernism, and Art Deco architecture. The museum, designed by Álvaro Siza Vieira, is now the second most visited museum in Portugal.

Wikipedia: Casa de Serralves (EN), Website

19. Serralves Museum

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The Serralves Museum, located in the city of Porto, is considered one of the best museums in all of Europe dedicated to contemporary art, with works by some of the greatest contemporary artists, such as Andy Warhol, Keith Haring, Claes Oldenburg, Anselm Kiefer, Gerhard Richter, Cindy Sherman, Steve McQueen and Joan Miró.

Wikipedia: Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Serralves (PT), Website

20. Convento de Corpus Christi

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Convento de Corpus Christi

The convent of Corpus Christi, also referred to as a monastery of São Domingos das Donas of Vila Nova de Gaia and Instituto do Bom Pastor, is located next to Cais de Gaia, in the current parish of Santa Marinha and São Pedro da Afurada, in Vila Nova de Gaia, in the district of Porto, Portugal.

Wikipedia: Convento de Corpus Christi (PT)

21. Parque de São Roque

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The Parque de São Roque or Quinta da Lameira has an area of more than 4 hectares and was acquired by the Porto City Council in 1979 from the Cálem family. The area that currently corresponds to the Park was once Quinta da Lameira, which originated in the division of Quinta da Bela-Vista.

Wikipedia: Parque de São Roque (PT), Website

22. Chapel of Souls

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Chapel of SoulsNelson Rocha from Portugal / CC BY 2.0

The Chapel of Santa Catarina, also known as the Chapel of Souls, is a chapel located on the shopping street of Rua de Santa Catarina, in the former parish of Santo Ildefonso, in the city of Porto, in Portugal. It is particularly noted for the blue azulejo tiles on its exterior walls.

Wikipedia: Chapel of Santa Catarina (EN), Heritage Website Sipa

23. Parque das Águas

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Parque das Águas

Being the old garden of a farm, once owned by the Wright family, it overlooks the Douro River, and has a magnificent view over Areinho beach in Gaia. The farm was acquired by the Porto City Council in 1932, to fulfill its current function of housing the services of the SMAS of Porto.

Wikipedia: Parque de Nova Sintra (PT), Website

24. Igreja de Santa Maria de Campanhã

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The Church of Santa Maria de Campanhã, also referred to as the Parish Church of Campanhã, is located in Rua do Falcão, in the parish of Campanhã, city, county and district of Porto, in Portugal. It is located in the vicinity of Praça da Corujeira and Estrada da Circunvalação.

Wikipedia: Igreja de Campanhã (PT)

25. Igreja Matriz de Paranhos

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Paranhos is another of the most recent parishes in Porto. It was an area of fields until very recently. The Mother Church of Paranhos dates from at least 1123, if not older, because 1123 is only the first documentary reference, nothing makes a more remote existence impossible.

Wikipedia: Igreja Matriz de Paranhos (PT)

26. Casa do Despacho da Ordem Terceira de São Francisco

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The Casa do Despacho da Ordem Terceira de São Francisco, which was also the Cemetery of the Third Order, is an eighteenth-century building located in the current parish of Cedofeita, Santo Ildefonso, Sé, Miragaia, São Nicolau e Vitória, in the city of Porto, Portugal.

Wikipedia: Casa do Despacho da Ordem Terceira de São Francisco (PT), Heritage Website Sipa

27. Casa-Museu Guerra Junqueiro

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The Museum-Residence of Guerra Junqueiro is a former-residence and museum located in the civil parish of Cedofeita, Santo Ildefonso, Sé, Miragaia, São Nicolau e Vitória, in the Portuguese north, municipality of Porto, classified as a Imóvel de Interesse Público.

Wikipedia: Casa-Museu Guerra Junqueiro (EN), Website

28. Igreja do Corpo Santo de Massarelos

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Igreja do Corpo Santo de Massarelosjad99 from Graz, Austria / CC BY-SA 2.0

The construction of the Church of the Confraria of Souls of the Holy Body of Massarelos began in 1776. It only became the Parish Church of Massarelos when the Church of Santa Maria da Boa Viagem, the former headquarters of the parish until it fell in ruins.

Wikipedia: Igreja Matriz de Massarelos (PT)

29. Clube Inglês do Porto

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The English Club of Porto, is the name referring to the building along Rua das Virtudes, a 14th-century manorhouse situated in the Portugueses civil parish of Cedofeita, Santo Ildefonso, Sé, Miragaia, São Nicolau e Vitória, municipality of Porto.

Wikipedia: English Club of Porto (EN), Heritage Website Sipa

30. Church of São Francisco

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The Church of Saint Francis is the most prominent Gothic monument in Porto, Portugal, being also noted for its outstanding Baroque inner decoration. It is located in the historic centre of the city, declared World Heritage Site by UNESCO.

Wikipedia: Church of São Francisco (Porto) (EN), Heritage Website Sipa, Heritage Website

31. Capela do Sagrado Coração

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The Chapel of the Eyelashes or Chapel of the Divine Heart of Jesus is a private chapel, of neo-Gothic style, located in the Union of Parishes of Cedofeita, Santo Ildefonso, Sé, Miragaia, São Nicolau and Vitória, in the city of Porto.

Wikipedia: Capela dos Pestanas (PT), Heritage Website Sipa, Heritage Website

32. Chafariz do Anjo

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The Fountain of São Miguel is a fountain located in the civil parish of Cedofeita, Santo Ildefonso, Sé, Miragaia, São Nicolau e Vitória, in the Portuguese north, municipality of Porto, classified as a Imóvel de Interesse Público.

Wikipedia: Fountain of São Miguel (EN), Heritage Website Sipa

33. Portuguese Photography Centre

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The Portuguese Centre of Photography was founded in 1997. The first exhibitions began in December of the same year on the ground floor of the building until 2000. The building was temporarily closed for renovation and reopened in 2001.

Wikipedia: Portuguese Centre of Photography (EN), Website

34. Feitoria Britânica

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The British Factory House, also known as the British Association House, is an 18th-century Neo-Palladian building located in the northern Portuguese centre of Porto, associated with the influence of Britain in the port wine industry.

Wikipedia: Factory House (EN), Heritage Website Sipa

35. Planetário do Porto

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The Porto Planetarium - Centro Ciência Viva is located in the city, county and district of Porto, Portugal. Located in Pole III of the University of Porto, it is a planetarium that is part of the Ciência Viva network of centres.

Wikipedia: Planetário do Porto - Centro Ciência Viva (PT), Website

36. Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Esperança

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The Church of Our Lady of Hope is located in Campo de São Francisco, in the parish of São José, city and municipality of Ponta Delgada, on the island of São Miguel, in the Autonomous Region of the Azores, Portugal.

Wikipedia: Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Esperança (PT)

37. Palácio de São João Novo

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The Palace of São João Novo is a palace/residence in the civil parish of Cedofeita, Santo Ildefonso, Sé, Miragaia, São Nicolau e Vitória, in the municipality of Porto, in the Portuguese district of the same name.

Wikipedia: Palace of São João Novo (EN), Heritage Website Sipa

38. Almeida Garrett

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The monument to Almeida Garrett, a remarkable personality of the nineteenth century born in Porto, is located in front of the Porto City Hall, in the General Humberto Delgado square at the top of Avenida dos Aliados.

Wikipedia: Monumento Almeida Garrett (PT), Heritage Website Sipa

39. Hard Club

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The Ferreira Borges Market is a historic building located in the city of Porto, Portugal, with access through Praça do Infante D. Henrique, Rua de Ferreira Borges, Rua de Sousa Viterbo and Rua Mouzinho da Silveira.

Wikipedia: Mercado Ferreira Borges (PT), Heritage Website Sipa

40. Espaldão Militar do Porto

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The Espaldão Militar do Porto, also referred to as Espaldão da Ervilha and Forte da Ervilha, is located in the place of Ervilha, in the parish of Aldoar, in the municipality and district of Porto, in Portugal.

Wikipedia: Espaldão Militar do Porto (PT)

41. Jardins do Palácio de Cristal

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Jardins do Palácio de Cristal

The Crystal Palace Gardens are a pleasant green space located in the parish of Massarelos, in the city of Porto, Portugal, from which you can enjoy stunning panoramic views of the Douro River and the sea.

Wikipedia: Jardins do Palácio de Cristal (PT), Website

42. Museu dos Transportes e Comunicações

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The Museum of Transport and Communication is a museum in Porto, northern Portugal, founded in 1992. The museum is located in the Alfandega Nova building, dating from 1860, located beside the Douro River.

Wikipedia: Museum of Transport and Communication (EN), Website

43. Capela de Nossa Senhora das Verdades

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Capela de Nossa Senhora das Verdades Divisão Municipal de Património Cultural / CC BY-SA 4.0

It is actually the Chapel of Our Lady of Truths as it houses the image of the Virgin that topped the Gate of Truths, one of the gates of the Primitive Wall of Porto, torn down in the nineteenth century.

Wikipedia: Capela das Verdades (PT), Heritage Website Sipa

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