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Welcome to Porto!


This is the second largest city of Portugal and here you can find a great view nest to Douro River. This city is known for exporting one of the most popular Portuguese wine of named after the city of Porto. On Vila Nova de Gaia you can visit Adegas and have a pleasant day with the wine tasting.

Porto is a Portuguese city with a great history and cultural richness boasting with many places to visit and be entertained. You can start with the coast of the river Douro and see all the local crafts as well as taste some of the regional food like Tripas à Moda do Porto (Tripes Porto style), Bacalhau à Gomes de Sá or the most famous dish in the city the Francesinha. You can also take a boat and navigate the river and see the city from a different perceptive.

Porto - the city of art and culture

Porto homes many festivals such as Fantasporto where local bands like GNR play music all night. Another festival is São João that is the most popular event in this city and is held in the 23th -24th of June. People go to the streets with plastic hammers and hit on the head who passes. During the festival all streets are decorated with basil bushes with the small poems on them. Visitors usually eat sardines on top of bread. This is a tradition in the Porto city well known for bringing people from all over Portugal just to enjoy this great experience. Besides this festival there is also another very popular celebration called Queima das Fitas It is the academic party where newly graduates celebrate the end and all their academic experience. All these festivals represent the culture of the Porto city!

Porto also has many great museums such as the Museum of Contemporary Art, the Serralves Foundation, where you can see various exhibitions of paintings, sculptures and much more. You can also visit the Rivoli Theatre, the Batalha cinema, the National Theatre of St. John the Coliseum of the Porto, the most important Museum Soares dos Reis and also the Casa da Música. You do not want to miss the Cathedral of the Porto, the Gothic church of Sao Francisco, the Igreja da Misericórdia (Church of the Mercy) and Igreja dos Clérigos (Church of Clerics), the Palácio da Bolsa and also the Palácio de Cristal (crystal palace).

As you can imagine the Porto city has rich culture and gorgeous architecture. Sculptures, cathedrals and cobblestone streets give the city its elegance and beauty.

As you can see Porto has many places to visit so maybe you better save some of your vacation days to get to see all these museums and learn more about the regional culture. You are going to need some rest so choose one of the great Porto hotels. Portugal hotels are ready to provide their customers with greater comfort and fulfill their needs so you just have to choose one Porto hotel that meets your needs and have a pleasant stay.

So do not wait anymore and come to Porto as you will have fantastic time there perhaps one that will nerver forget!!!!