The Casa do Infante owes its name to the fact of being the birthplace of Infante D. Henrique, the Navigator. It is a set of buildings built through time to settle the services of the Crown in Porto. Its history goes back to ...
The Guerra Junqueiro House museum was created in 1942 by Maria Isabel Guerra Junqueiro, in order to recreate the atmosphere of the private house of the Portuguese poet and politician born in 1850. Installed in a noble house ...
It is at Rua Dr. Barbosa de Castro, a few meters from the old Relationship Chain – today the Portuguese Center of Photography– where is located the house where João Baptista de Almeida Garrett was born on 4th February ...
This 1811 granite building majestically faces Porto’s Historical Centre and overlooks the River Douro. The House of Sandeman invites you for an experience full of mystery and sensuality in a traditional yet cosmopolitan ...
S. Bento Station is much more than just a place of arrivals and departures, of people rushing to catch the next train. It is something worthwhile to watch in detail, to visit. Many tourists look for it due to its beauty. Both ...
The Fortress S. João Baptista da Foz do Douro was built in the late sixteenth century to better protect the coast and the mouth of the Douro River. The monument is occupied today by the Regional Delegation of the Institute of ...
Located in the heart of the historic Porto Botanic Garden, the Galeria da Biodiversidade – Centro Ciência Viva (Hall of Biodiversity – Ciência Viva Centre) is the result of the first phase of the ambitious ...
The Monastery of Serra do Pilar, in Gaia has been a Cultural Heritage of Humanity site since 1996 and provides an unequalled view of the city of Porto. Its construction began in 1538 and it was completed in 1670. It housed ...
The Museum of Anatomy of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto was founded in 1825. It has a significant collection of hundreds of anatomic pieces – some of them are more than a hundred years old – ...
The MMIPO – Museu da Misericórdia do Porto is located right in the heart of Porto’s historic centre, in Rua das Flores, in the building that served as headquarters for this charitable institution from the mid-16th ...
The Porto Cathedral (Sé do Porto in Portuguese) is the most important religious edifice in the city and has been declared a National Monument. It is situated in the upper part of Porto.In four vaulted rooms and nine large ...
The Porto Puppets Museum is a space within the Porto Puppets Theatre and was opened in 2013, the year in which this company also celebrated 25 years existence. An old dream of the founder of the institution, João Paulo Seara ...
