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S. João is almost there! It is the city’s festival, already known throughout the world and experienced by more and more tourists and visitors each year. The city gets dressed up and the streets are filled with colour, tradition and joy. Particu ...

​The city of Porto goes now much beyond the wine that made it famous – Port Wine. In Portugal’s second largest city you can visit its prestigious past, but also try some of its bustling, rich and attractive present, featuring entertainment, arch ...

​The origins of Porto are linked to the Morro da Sé (Cathedral Hill), overlooking the river Douro, where traces of an ancient settlement have been identified. The Romans brought a great boom to a city, which was elevated to diocese status during ...

​Baroque is reflected in Porto in innumerable expressive buildings of civil and religious architecture.  Architects such as António Pereira and Nicolau Nasoni gave the city some of the most representative examples of this style, calling forth a ...

​Porto’s Centre lies at the heart of the city, surrounds its historic centre and is where businesses and services were traditionally concentrated. Although some services have moved out to more modern areas and some shops to the big shopping cent ...