Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #3 in Porto, Portugal

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Number of sights 47 sights
Distance 12.4 km
Ascend 525 m
Descend 422 m

Experience Porto in Portugal in a whole new way with our free self-guided sightseeing tour. This site not only offers you practical information and insider tips, but also a rich variety of activities and sights you shouldn't miss. Whether you love art and culture, want to explore historical sites or simply want to experience the vibrant atmosphere of a lively city - you'll find everything you need for your personal adventure here.

Activities in PortoIndividual Sights in Porto

Sight 1: Alminhas da Ponte

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Alminhas da Ponte is a village located in Ribeira, in the city of Porto, Portugal.

Wikipedia: Alminhas da Ponte (PT), Heritage Website Sipa

326 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 2: 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

213 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 3: Monumento ao Infante Dom Henrique

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Monumento ao Infante Dom Henrique

Dom Henrique of Portugal, Duke of Viseu, better known as Prince Henry the Navigator, was a central figure in the early days of the Portuguese Empire and in the 15th-century European maritime discoveries and maritime expansion. Through his administrative direction, he is regarded as the main initiator of what would be known as the Age of Discovery. Henry was the fourth child of King John I of Portugal, who founded the House of Aviz.

Wikipedia: Prince Henry the Navigator (EN), Heritage Website Sipa

174 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 4: Igreja de São Nicolau

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Igreja de São Nicolau

The Church of São Nicolau is a church in the parish of the same name, in the city of Porto, Portugal.

Wikipedia: Igreja de São Nicolau (Porto) (PT), Heritage Website Sipa

161 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: 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

58 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 6: 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 and Vitória, in the city of Porto, Portugal.

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

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Sight 7: 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 Saint Francis, or Church of the Third Order of Saint Francis, is a church located between the Church of Saint Francis and the House of Dispatch of the Third Order of Saint Francis, in the current parish of Cedofeita, Santo Ildefonso, Sé, Miragaia, São Nicolau and Vitória, in the city of Porto, Portugal.

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

544 meters / 7 minutes

Sight 8: 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

132 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 9: Alfândega Nova do Porto

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Alfândega Nova is located on the right bank of the Douro River, in the parish of Miragaia, in the city and district of Porto, Portugal.

Wikipedia: Alfândega Nova (Porto) (PT), Heritage Website Sipa, Heritage Website

117 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 10: 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

210 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 11: Igreja de São Pedro de Miragaia

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The Church of São Pedro de Miragaia is located in the parish of Miragaia, in the city and district of Porto, in Portugal.

Wikipedia: Igreja de São Pedro de Miragaia (PT), Heritage Website Sipa

272 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), Heritag Website Sipa, Heritage Website Sipa, Heritage Website

251 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 13: 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

35 meters / 0 minutes

Sight 14: 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

171 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 15: 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, Heritage Website

50 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 16: Igreja de São João Novo

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The church of São João Novo is a Catholic temple 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 Center of Porto, Cultural Heritage of Humanity (UNESCO).

Wikipedia: Igreja de São João Novo (PT)

371 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 17: Igreja da Misericórdia

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The Church of Misericórdia do Porto is located in Rua das Flores, in the city of Porto, Portugal.

Wikipedia: Igreja da Misericórdia do Porto (PT)

451 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 18: 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

181 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 19: 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

217 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 20: Igreja dos Clérigos

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The Clérigos Church and Tower is a remarkable architectural complex located in the city of Porto, Portugal, and is considered the postcard of that city.

Wikipedia: Igreja e Torre dos Clérigos (PT), Website, Heritage Website Sipa, Heritage Website

264 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 21: Jardim de João Chagas

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Jardim de João Chagas

The João Chagas Garden — popularly known as the Cordoaria Garden — is located in Campo dos Mártires da Pátria, in the city of Porto, Portugal.

Wikipedia: Jardim de João Chagas (PT), Heritage Website Sipa

236 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 22: Fonte dos Leões

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The Fountain of the Lions, is a 19th-century fountain built by French company Compagnie Générale des Eaux pour l'Etranger, in the civil parish of Cedofeita, Santo Ildefonso, Sé, Miragaia, São Nicolau e Vitória in municipality of Porto. Cast by the Val d’Osne foundry in France, it is a copy, in most part, of the fountain in the Town Hall Square of Leicester, England

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

117 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 23: Igreja dos Carmelitas

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The Church of the Carmelites or Church of the Discalced Carmelites is located in the parish of Vitória, in the city of Porto, Portugal. It began to be built in 1616 and was completed in 1628. The interior decoration would only be ready in 1650. It was classified as a National Monument on May 3, 2013, together with the Church of Carmo, built later from 1752, and both churches are united by the so-called Casa Escondida do Porto, just over one meter wide.

Wikipedia: Igreja dos Carmelitas (PT), Heritage Website Sipa

264 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 24: Museu Municipal de Numismática

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The Numismatics Office is one of the museums of the Museum of the City of Porto, in Portugal.

Wikipedia: Gabinete de Numismática (PT), Website

767 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 25: 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

275 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 26: Igreja de Santo António dos Congregados

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The Church of the Congregados is located in Praça de Almeida Garrett, in the city of Porto, Portugal.

Wikipedia: Igreja dos Congregados (PT), Website, Heritage Website Sipa, Website

238 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 27: Estação de São Bento

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São Bento railway station is a 20th-century railway terminal in the civil parish of Cedofeita, Santo Ildefonso, Sé, Miragaia, São Nicolau e Vitória, in the municipality of Porto, district of Porto. The English translation of São Bento is Saint Benedict. The station is located in the Historic Centre of Porto, which has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site and as a National Monument of Portugal.

Wikipedia: São Bento railway station (EN), Website, Heritage Website Sipa, Heritage Website

424 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 28: 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)

281 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 29: 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 because it houses the image of the Virgin that topped the Door of Truths, one of the doors of the Primitive Wall of Porto, torn down in the nineteenth century.

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

139 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 30: 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, Heritage Website Sipa, Heritage Website

142 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 31: 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

286 meters / 3 minutes

Sight 32: Igreja de Santa Clara

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Igreja de Santa Clara is a Catholic church located in the parish of Sé in Porto, Portugal.

Wikipedia: Igreja de Santa Clara (Porto) (EN), Website, Heritage Website Sipa

494 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 33: 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 and Vitória, in the city of Porto, Portugal.

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

715 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 34: Igreja do Terço

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The church of the Order of the Rosary is located in Rua de Cimo de Vila, Porto, Portugal.

Wikipedia: Igreja da Ordem do Terço (PT), Website, Heritage Website Sipa

361 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 35: 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, Heritage Website

140 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 36: Igreja Paroquial de Santo Ildefonso

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The Igreja de Santo Ildefonso is an eighteenth-century church in Porto, Portugal. The church is located near Batalha Square.

Wikipedia: Church of Saint Ildefonso (EN), Heritagewebsitesipa , Heritage Website

336 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 37: Grande Hotel do Porto

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The Grande Hotel do Porto is a hotel located on Rua de Santa Catarina, in the city of Porto, Portugal.

Wikipedia: Grande Hotel do Porto (PT), Heritage Website Sipa, Heritage Website

306 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 38: 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 39: 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

93 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 40: 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 , Heritage Website

362 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 41: Jardim de São Lázaro

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The São Lázaro Garden, officially the Marques de Oliveira garden, is the oldest municipal garden in the city of Porto, Portugal.

Wikipedia: Jardim de São Lázaro (PT), Heritage Website Sipa, Website

136 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 42: 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, in Portugal.

Wikipedia: Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Esperança (PT)

178 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 43: Faculdade de Belas-Artes da Universidade do Porto

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Faculdade de Belas-Artes da Universidade do Porto Universidade do Porto / Conteúdo restrito

The Faculty of Fine Arts of the University of Porto (FBAUP) is a Higher Education establishment of the University of Porto dedicated to the teaching of Fine Arts.

Wikipedia: Faculdade de Belas-Artes da Universidade do Porto (PT), Website, Heritage Website Sipa, Heritage Website

178 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 44: Biblioteca Pública Municipal do Porto

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The Municipal Library of Porto is a library located in the civil parish of Bonfim, municipality of Porto in the Portuguese district of the same name.

Wikipedia: Municipal Library of Porto (EN)

494 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 45: Arca de Mijavelhas

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The Mijavelhas Water Well or Ark is a water reservoir built in the sixteenth century, located in the then Campo de Mijavelhas, now Campo 24 de Agosto, in the city of Porto, Portugal.

Wikipedia: Arca de Água de Mijavelhas (PT)

407 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 46: Escola Secundária Alexandre Herculano

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Liceu Alexandre Herculano is a secondary school located in the city of Porto, Portugal.

Wikipedia: Liceu Alexandre Herculano (PT), Heritage Website Sipa, Website, Heritage Website

459 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 47: Igreja do Senhor do Bonfim

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The Mother Church of Bonfim is located in the parish of Bonfim, in the city of Porto, Portugal.

Wikipedia: Igreja Matriz do Bonfim (PT)

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