The 19th-century, wrought-iron Mercado do Bolhão reopened its doors in the fall of 2022 after a major restoration project. The newly renovated market sells fresh produce, meat, fish, flowers, cheese and coffee, and there are even a few restaurants where you can sit down for a bite to eat.
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Igreja de São Francisco looks from the outside to be an austerely Gothic church, but inside it hides one of Portugal’s most dazzling displays of baroque…
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Museu Nacional Soares dos Reis
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Jardins do Palácio de Cristal
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At once minimalist, iconic and daringly imaginative, the Casa da Música is the beating heart of Porto's cultural scene and the home of the Porto National…
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One of the world's most beautiful train stations, beaux arts São Bento wings you back to a more graceful age of rail travel. Completed in 1903, it seems…
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Nicolau Nasoni designed the Igreja dos Clérigos, with its theatrical facade and unÂusual, oval-shaped nave, resembling a Fabergé egg due to its dusky pink…
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