✳️ what to SEE and DO in PORTO | 17 attractions in the city 🇵🇹 #135

Avenida dos Aliados is a prominent avenue and meeting point in the center of Porto, surrounded by marvelous 19th and 20th-century buildings, including a McDonald's in the former Cafe Imperial known for its beautiful architecture.

Casa da Música is a concert hall inaugurated in 2005, designed by a Dutch architect in a futuristic style, offering guided tours and located near the Bom Sucesso Market.

The Port wine cellars are caverns in Vila Nova de Gaia where port wine is aged, offering tours and tastings, with options like Porto Cálem and Porto Ferreira.

The Douro River is central to Porto, offering classic circular tourist boat trips that showcase the city's bridges and relationship with the river, departing from Vila Nova de Gaia.

São Bento railway station is known for its extraordinary collection of over 20,000 Portuguese tiles by artist Jorge Colaço, depicting moments in Portugal's history.

The Crystal Palace Gardens are a beautiful green area in Porto, designed in the 19th century, featuring viewpoints over the Douro River.

Lello library is a beautiful bookshop in Porto that has gained fame (though inaccurately) for its supposed connection to the Harry Potter series, now charging admission and often crowded.

The Bolhão market is a renovated 1914 building in the center of Porto, offering stalls selling Portuguese products, fresh food, and tourist items.

The Dom Luis I Bridge is an iconic bridge connecting Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia, offering pedestrian walkways on both upper and lower decks with magnificent views.

A Ribeira is a traditional and touristic neighborhood in Porto, known for its colorful houses, narrow streets, and many bars and restaurants along the river.

The Sé do Porto, the city's Cathedral, began construction in the 12th century and features Romanesque, Gothic, and Baroque styles, with a fee to visit the interior, cloister and towers.

The Clérigos tower is a 75-meter high granite tower, part of a baroque ensemble, offering splendid views from the top after a climb up a stone staircase.

Vila Nova de Gaia is a city across the Douro River from Porto, known for its views of Porto, port wine cellars, boat trips, and attractions like the Half Rabbit and WOW (World of Wine).

WOW (World of Wine) is a tourist complex in Vila Nova de Gaia with museums, shops, bars, and restaurants, including the Wine Experience museum.

Bom Sucesso Market is a gourmet market located near Casa da Música.

Porto Cálem is one of the Port wine cellars in Vila Nova de Gaia that offers wine tours.

Igreja dos Carmelitas is one of the churches that forms a monumental ensemble with Igreja do Carmo, separated by the tiny Casa Escondida.

Igreja do Carmo is one of the churches that forms a monumental ensemble with Igreja dos Carmelitas and features a tile panel on its side.

Casa Escondida is the tiny hidden house separating the Igreja dos Carmelitas and the Igreja do Carmo.

Igreja do Carmo is one of the churches that forms a monumental ensemble with Igreja dos Carmelitas and features a tile panel on its side.

The Church of San Ildefonso is an 18th-century reconstruction with a facade featuring tiles by the same artist as those at São Bento station.

The Chapel of Santa Catarina, also known as Capela das Almas, is known for the almost 16,000 tiles covering its exterior wall.

The Church of San Francisco is one of the most important temples in Porto, hiding incredible richness inside its facade, with a fee to visit.

The church of Santa Clara is located in the center, and for a small fee you will be amazed by its interior.

São João da Foz Fortress is a point of interest along the Line 500 bus route.

Farolim de Felgueiras is a lighthouse offering spectacular views of the Douro and the sea, accessible along the Line 500 bus route.

San Francisco Xavier Fort, also known as Castelo do Queijo, is a point of interest along the Line 500 bus route.

San Francisco Xavier Fort, also known as Castelo do Queijo, is a point of interest along the Line 500 bus route.

Rotunda da Anemone is a roundabout with an art installation in the center, located on the border between Porto and Matosinhos along the Line 500 bus route.

Miradouro da Rua das Aldas is a viewpoint next to the cathedral and overlooking the center.

Miradouro da Vitoria offers nice views of the center, allowing you to appreciate many details of the old town and also of Vila Nova de Gaia.

The Elevador da Ribera, officially called Elevador da Lada, is a lift tucked away in the Rivera district that provides a close-up view of the neighborhood.

Jardim do Morro is one of the best places to watch the sunset in Porto, offering splendid views of the city.

Miradouro da Serra do Pilar is next to the monastery of the same name and provides views of the Dom Luis I bridge and the city of Porto behind.

The Half Rabbit art installation is a highly instagrammable attraction located in Vila Nova de Gaia.

Beira Rio Market is a small gourmet market in Gaia where you can enjoy a tasting of Port wines with wonderful views.

The Palácio de Balsa do Porto is a place that the speakers would have loved to present in the video, but it was closed for renovations.