Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #7 in Porto, Portugal
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10.8 km
255 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 PortoSight 1: Igreja da Lapa
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
Sight 2: Igreja de São Martinho de Cedofeita
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
Sight 3: Casa-Museu Marta Ortigão Sampaio
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.
Sight 4: 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.
Sight 5: Casa da Música
The Casa da Música is a concert hall in Porto, Portugal. It was designed by architect Rem Koolhaas and opened in 2005.
Wikipedia: Casa da Música (EN), Website, Heritage Website Sipa, Website
Sight 6: Heróis da Guerra Peninsular
The Monument to the Heroes of the Peninsular War is located in Rotunda da Boavista, Porto, Portugal.
Wikipedia: Monumento aos Heróis da Guerra Peninsular (Porto) (PT), Heritage Website Sipa
Sight 7: Jardim da Praça de Mouzinho de Albuquerque
The Rotunda da Boavista Garden is located in Praça de Mouzinho de Albuquerque — popularly known as "Rotunda da Boavista" — in the city of Porto, Portugal.
Sight 8: Mercado do Bom Sucesso
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.
Sight 9: Tabernáculo Baptista
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.
Sight 10: Igreja do Santíssimo Sacramento
The Church of the Most Sacrament of Massarelos dates from the first half of the twentieth century and is the headquarters of the Parish of the Blessed Sacrament, Massarelos Parish, in the city of Porto.
Sight 11: Galeria da Biodiversidade
The Museum of Natural History and Science of the University of Porto (MHNC-UP) is a science museum located in the city of Porto.
Wikipedia: Museu de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade do Porto (PT), Website, Website
Sight 12: Jardim Botânico do Porto
The Porto Botanical Garden is a botanical garden located in the gardens of the Campo Alegre Estate or Andresen House, in Porto, Portugal.
Sight 13: Igreja de Lordelo do Ouro
The Church of São Martinho de Lordelo or Church of Lordelo do Ouro, is located in the parish of Lordelo do Ouro, in the city of Porto, Portugal.
Sight 14: Parque da Pasteleira
The Pasteleira Urban Park is a public park located in the parish of Lordelo do Ouro, in the city of Porto, Portugal.
Sight 15: Serralves Park
Serralves Park is a green space, which extends over 18 hectares and surrounds the Museum of Contemporary Art, a building designed by the architect Siza Vieira in the city of Porto, Portugal.
Wikipedia: Parque de Serralves (PT), Website, Heritage Website
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