Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #1 in Porto, Portugal

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Number of sights 20 sights
Distance 6.3 km
Ascend 229 m
Descend 254 m

Explore Porto in Portugal with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.

Activities in PortoIndividual Sights in Porto

Sight 1: Capela de Fradelos

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Capela de Fradelosjad99 from Graz, Austria / CC BY-SA 2.0

The Chapel of Our Lady of Good Hour of Fradelos, which could be unequivocally called a church, is a temple located in the Parish of Santo Ildefonso in the center of the undefeated city of Porto.

Wikipedia: Capela de Nª Sª da Boa Hora Porto (PT), Heritage Website Sipa

409 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 2: 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

380 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 3: Café Majestic

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Café Majestic

Café Majestic is an historic café, located at Rua de Santa Catarina, in Porto, Portugal.

Wikipedia: Café Majestic (EN), Website

219 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 4: 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

493 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 5: Teatro Municipal Rivoli

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Teatro Municipal Rivoli

Rivoli Theatre is a municipal theatre in Porto, Portugal.

Wikipedia: Rivoli Theatre (Portugal) (EN), Heritage Website Sipa, Website

627 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 6: 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

217 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 7: 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

181 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 8: Igreja de São Bento da Vitória

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Igreja de São Bento da Vitória is a church in Portugal. It is classified as a National Monument.

Wikipedia: Igreja de São Bento da Vitória (EN), Heritage Website Sipa

373 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 9: 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

174 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 10: Fonte das Taipas

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The Fountain of Rua das Taipas is a fountain in the civil parish of Cedofeita, Santo Ildefonso, Sé, Miragaia, São Nicolau e Vitória, in the municipality of Porto, Portugal.

Wikipedia: Fountain of Rua das Taipas (EN), Heritage Website Sipa

28 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 11: 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

219 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 12: Fonte das Virtudes

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The Fountain of the Virtues is a fountain in the civil parish of Cedofeita, Santo Ildefonso, Sé, Miragaia, São Nicolau e Vitória, in the municipality of Porto.

Wikipedia: Fountain of the Virtues (EN), Heritage Website Sipa

317 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 13: Fonte da Colher

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The Fountain of Colher, is a fountain in the civil parish of Miragaia, in the municipality of Porto, under the level of the Rua Nova da Alfândega.

Wikipedia: Chafariz da Colher (EN), Heritage Website Sipa

229 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 14: 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

532 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 15: Torre da Reboleira

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Torre da Reboleira

Casa da Rua da Reboleira, n.º 59 is a medieval tower house located in the city of Porto, Portugal.

Wikipedia: Casa da Rua da Reboleira, n.º 59 (PT), Heritage Website Sipa

334 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 16: 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

620 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 17: 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

225 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 18: 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

100 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 19: Oratory of the Chapel of São Sebastião

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The Chapel of Senhor dos Passos or Oratory of the Chapel of São Sebastião is a chapel located in Rua de São Sebastião, parish of Sé, in the city of Porto, Portugal.

Wikipedia: Capela do Senhor dos Passos (Porto) (PT)

620 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 20: Capela dos Alfaiates

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The Chapel of the Tailors or Chapel of Our Lady of August is a chapel located in the parish of Cedofeita, Santo Ildefonso, Sé, Miragaia, São Nicolau e Vitória, in the city of Porto, Portugal.

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

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