Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #6 in Porto, Portugal

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Number of sights 20 sights
Distance 14 km
Ascend 323 m
Descend 462 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: Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Conceição

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The Parochial Church of the Lady of Conception, better known as the Church of Marques, is located in Pombal Marques Plaza in Pombal City.

Wikipedia: Igreja da Senhora da Conceição (PT), Website, Facebook , Heritage Website Sipa

865 meters / 10 minutes

Sight 2: 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)

1370 meters / 16 minutes

Sight 3: 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

721 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 4: 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

208 meters / 2 minutes

Sight 5: Igreja da Santíssima Trindade

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The Trindade Church is a church in the city of Porto, Portugal, located in the Trindade Square behind the Porto City Hall building

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

458 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 6: 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

526 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 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

435 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 8: Jardim de Teófilo Braga

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Jardim de Teófilo Braga

The Teófilo Braga Garden — also known as the Praça da República Garden — is located in the center of Praça da República, in the parish of Cedofeita in the city of Porto, Portugal.

Wikipedia: Jardim de Teófilo Braga (Porto) (PT), Website

493 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 9: Igreja Evangélica Metodista do Mirante

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The Mirante church is a church in the heart of the city of Porto, existing since 1877. It proposes to be an open church, for those who seek to know the Christian faith in the twenty-first century.

Wikipedia: Igreja do Mirante (PT), Website, Facebook, Heritage Website Sipa

972 meters / 12 minutes

Sight 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

712 meters / 9 minutes

Sight 11: Casa-Museu Marta Ortigão Sampaio

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The Casa-Museu Marta Ortigão Sampaio is a small museum located in the city of Porto, Portugal. Marta was born in Porto into an upper-class family in end of 19th century, her father being a prominent intellectual, Vasco Ortigão Sampaio. She never actually lived in this house; her husband died prematurely during the construction of the house. Instead, she remained in the neighboring city of Matosinhos and became a collector of art in the vibrant bourgeois environment of Porto of the 19th century. The house exhibits impressive pieces of furniture as well as jewelry, painting and other art objects, including works of the Portuguese painters Silva Porto, Aurélia de Souza, Sofia Martins de Sousa and Marques de Oliveira.

Wikipedia: Casa-Museu Marta Ortigão Sampaio (EN), Website

679 meters / 8 minutes

Sight 12: 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

1127 meters / 14 minutes

Sight 13: Capela do Senhor Jesus da Boa Nova

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336 meters / 4 minutes

Sight 14: 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

427 meters / 5 minutes

Sight 15: Casa Tait

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Casa TaitFrancisco Restivo from Porto, Portugal / CC BY 2.0

The Tait House is a former 18th century residence in the civil parish of Lordelo do Ouro e Massarelos, in the municipality of Porto, in northern Portugal. Today it is a Museum of Numismatics.

Wikipedia: Casa Tait (EN)

109 meters / 1 minutes

Sight 16: Museu do Romântico

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

Wikipedia: Museu Romântico da Quinta da Macieirinha (PT), Website

468 meters / 6 minutes

Sight 17: 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)

907 meters / 11 minutes

Sight 18: Jardim da Pena

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Jardim da Pena is a garden located in the parish of Massarelos, in the city of Porto, Portugal.

Wikipedia: Jardim da Pena (PT)

1461 meters / 18 minutes

Sight 19: Jardim Botânico do Porto

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The Porto Botanical Garden is a botanical garden located in the gardens of the Campo Alegre Estate or Andresen House, in Porto, Portugal.

Wikipedia: Jardim Botânico do Porto (EN), Website

1774 meters / 21 minutes

Sight 20: Capela do Senhor e Senhora da Ajuda

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The Chapel of Senhor e Senhora da Ajuda is a chapel located in the parish of Lordelo do Ouro in Rua da Senhora da Ajuda, in the city of Porto, Portugal.

Wikipedia: Capela do Senhor e Senhora da Ajuda (PT)

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