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Visit Porto  Detailed interactive location map

A city unlike any other Porto is much more than a sum of streets, houses and people to simply describe and visit. It is a presence to experience and feel from day to day. In the inhabitants' own opinion this city, on a river near the ocean, often humid and hazy, has always been traditional in its opinions and tastes (notably culinary!). Less dramatic and cosmopolitan than Lisbon, it has an indefinable austerity and melancholy, reflected in its granite walls and narrow streets that descend the hill above the Douro river... Yet Porto is a fascinating and lively city that is both medieval and baroque, working-class and bourgeois, hardworking and laid back, which lends itself to wandering and daydreaming. To explore it, we propose not a pre-established tourist trail, but a gallery of images and places that seem to us to express its quintessence.

 33rd Base Announced at Porto (Northern Portugal) 09/07/2009
Ryanair, Europe's largest low fares airline, announced it would open its 33rd base at Porto (Northern Portugal) with two based aircraft and four new routes (16 in total). Ryanair will offer 50 weekly ...

 Pao de Acucar Bed & Breakfast 28/09/2008
Very well located in the centre of Oporto, next to the City Hall and besides Grand Plaza Aliados, this hotel is just 500 metres from Sao Bento railway station. From Pao de Acucar Bed & Breakfast, ...

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Most popular Hotels in Porto
Grande Hotel do PortoGrande Hotel do Porto  
The Grande Hotel do Porto is located downtown, right at the city centre, where it enables its guests to immediately taste Porto’s culture.
Monuments, churches, museums and theatres are all at walking distance. Charming and evocative of a long gone age, this is a carefully renovated relic of a hotel that is set on an all-pedestrian street with the densest collection of shops in central Porto.
The hotel has been radically renovated in 2002, and now it shows an appealing combination of the 1950s with Belle Époque accessories. It was originally built in 1880 in a five store "Grand Hotel" format, which is still visible in its late Victorian facade and the elaborate exterior details.
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Eating and Drinking  Porto

Churrascão do Mar - Rua João Grave 134 P - 4150-427 Porto
In an old manor, where they offer good fish and seafood cooked in the traditional style. Lovely furniture and a charming English décor, classic and elegant.

Portucale - Rua da Alegria 598-13 P - 4000-037 Porto
On the top floor of the Albergaria Miradouro hotel, with spectacular views of the city and nearby areas. Nice classic décor, carpeted floors and good cooking.

D. Tonho - Cais da Ribeira 13-15 P - 4050-509 Porto
Facing the river. Stone walls in a somewhat undefined classic-avant-garde setting, functional and adequately set up. Surprising cuisine with a variety of flavors.

Churrascão Gaúcho - Av. da Boavista 313 P - 4050-115 Porto
A good, rustic-elegant restaurant with wooden ceilings and stone walls. Split-level dining area where they serve traditional cuisine and a couple of Brazilian dishes.

Toscano - Rua Dr. Carlos Cal Brandão 22 P - 4050-160 Porto
Small, busy restaurant on the ground floor of a centrally located building. Features small but well-utilised spaces, with a contemporary décor and avant-garde touches.

Mendi - Av. da Boavista 1430-loja 1 P - 4100-114 Porto
Exotic premises with a festive, young atmosphere known for its Indian food, prepared by natives. Authentic cuisine and a large menu.

Sports & Activities Porto

Oporto G.C.
Oporto G.C. is an authentic links established in 1890, and is one of the oldest golf courses in Continental Europe. This makes it a club proud of its hallowed traditions.

Estela
Built on a three kilometre long stretch of sand dunes on the beautiful Costa Verde, this is one of the Portuguese golf links that secured a high reputation for itself when it was selected to host two events in the European Professionals' Circuit.

Porto Weather & Climate

Porto lies just to the north of a coastal Mediterranean climate zone that encompasses most of central and southern Portugal. As a result, its climate shares many characteristics with the coastal south: temperate dry summers, and mild rainy winters. Unlike the south, however, cool and rainy interludes can interrupt the summer dry season and the season's average length is considerably shorter. Also, the city's more northern position and coastal location off the Atlantic often results in notably cooler weather in Porto than to its south, especially during summer.
There's the possibility of some light rain even in the summer months of June and July with average rainfall in July in the region of 20mm.

 
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