Porto Trip Overview
The city of Porto is beautiful!! The streets between the high and the “baixa”are very picturesque and full of traditionality!
Come and know the medieval city, its beauty, its history through THE MAIN VIEWPOINTS OF THE CITY!
In each stop “a slice” of the history, and time to take pictures with the best landscapes of the”Invicta” !!
I guarantee that after finishing our tour, you will love the city and want to know it even more!
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* Duration: 3 hours
* Starts: Porto, Portugal
* Trip Category: Walking & Biking Tours >> Walking Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Porto, Porto, Portugal
The city of Porto is beautiful!! The streets between the high and the “baixa”are very picturesque and full of traditionality!
Come and know the medieval city, its beauty, its history through THE MAIN VIEWPOINTS OF THE CITY!
In each stop “a slice” of the history, and time to take pictures with the best landscapes of the”Invicta” !!
I guarantee that after finishing our tour, you will love the city and want to know it even more!
Itinerary
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Stop At: Torre dos Clerigos, Rua Sao Filipe Neri, Porto 4050-546 Portugal
We will start the tour in the old Campo do Olival. In the 14th century it was the neighborhood that became the largest Jewish quarter in the city of Porto, where many Jewish families expelled from Spain at the time of the inquisition took refuge.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Miradouro da Vitoria, Rua Sao Bento da Vitoria 11, Porto 4050-543 Portugal
This place was one of the strategic points used by King D. Pedro IV to defend himself against his brother, in the “Siege of Porto” in 1832, a civil war that ended the monarchy in Portugal.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Passeio das Virtudes, NA, Porto 4050-629 Portugal
Old medieval Jewish cemetery where before the bodies were buried, they were purified in the waters that until this days we can still hear under the Fonte das Virtudes.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Miradouro Da Bandeirinha Da Saude, Rua da Bandeirinha 27, Porto 4050-088 Portugal
Located in the Jewish quarter of S.XIII, called Monchique.
At this point you will find the “Bandeirinha da Saúde”, the city limit for the boats that arrived in Porto in times of pandemic.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Rua Cais da Ribeira Praca Ribeira, Porto 4050-510 Portugal
We will arrive at the place where Greeks, Phoenicians, Romans, barbarians disembarked in the past …
The Infant D. Henrique also sailed from this place in times of Portuguese´s expansion.
In the current Ribeira, the old port of the city, vessels arrived with goods from all over the world, becoming the most important commercial center in Porto where wealthy Jewish families settled and opened their first shops.
It was and remains the place where liters and liters of nectar from the nectar, Port Wine, arrive to mature and reach thousands of tables from all over the world.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Elevador da Ribeira, Rua da Lada, Porto 4050-328 Portugal
Then, we will take the elevator (4 passengers at a time- mandatory distance covid-19), then we will go up the stairs of “Porta das Verdades” to D. Hugo St.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Rua de D. Hugo Residence, R. de Dom Hugo 5, 4050-305 Porto, Portugal
It was in Morro da Penaventosa that the city of Porto was born. Here are the ruins of the first Castro in Porto and the first medieval wall.
Duration: 15 minutes
Stop At: Terreiro da Se, Porto 4050-573 Portugal
This square was the focal point of social and religious life in medieval Porto.
The cathedral was built in the 13th century. Here was the wedding of the Portuguese king Joao I with Dona Filipa de Lancastre, as well as the baptism of one of his sons, of Infante D. Henrique.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Miradouro da Rua das Aldas, Rua das Aldas, Porto 4050-026 Portugal
At this point it is possible to perceive the height of Morro da Penaventosa and the impressive facade of St. Laurence church
Duration: 5 minutes
Stop At: Miradouro Sao Lourenco, Vila do Porto, Santa Maria Portugal
The Jesuit church of Sao Lourenço was also occupied by the troops of D. Pedro IV in the siege of Porto, to defend himself from his brother and guarantee the new Constitution of Portugal.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Largo da Pena Ventosa, 4000 Porto, Portugal
One of the last medieval strongholds in the city.
Duration: 10 minutes
Stop At: Ponte de Dom Luis I, Pte. Luiz I, Porto Portugal
Our tour ends at the most important bridge in the city of Porto.
The Louis I Bridge is an emblem of the city, built in iron in 1888 by the Belgian Théophile Seyrig.
From the pedestrian platform, it is possible to view the port where different civilizations arrived in the past; the ruins of the Fernandina Wall built in the 14th century that surrounded the city at that time; the port of Gaia where the casks of Port wine continue to arrive for their aging.
Duration: 5 minutes
