Area Description: The Ribeira Square lies at one of the oldest quarters in Oporto and as night falls turns into a busy place thanks to a lot of restaurants, night clubs and open air cafés that can be found around. Less than a 5 minutes walk there are some of the most emblematic places of the city: the Palacio da Bolsa, the Ribeira, the Customs Building (Alfândega), the Church of S. Francisco and the Tower of Clerics, among many others. Although the surroundings you can visit the Port wine cellars or take a cruise on the Douro River. On the left side of Douro, just in front of Oporto after the bright “D. Luis” at Vila Nova de Gaia, it is worth to pay a visit to the wine cellars where the famous Port wine is elaborated and ripened and where it is possible to taste its different varieties as many important travellers have done since two centuries ago. A cruise trip on the river is another interesting possibility. The genuine cit ... [Read More]

Area Description: The Ribeira Square lies at one of the oldest quarters in Oporto and as night falls turns into a busy place thanks to a lot of restaurants, night clubs and open air cafés that can be found around. Less than a 5 minutes walk there are some of the most emblematic places of the city: the Palacio da Bolsa, the Ribeira, the Customs Building (Alfândega), the Church of S. Francisco and the Tower of Clerics, among many others. Although the surroundings you can visit the Port wine cellars or take a cruise on the Douro River. On the left side of Douro, just in front of Oporto after the bright “D. Luis” at Vila Nova de Gaia, it is worth to pay a visit to the wine cellars where the famous Port wine is elaborated and ripened and where it is possible to taste its different varieties as many important travellers have done since two centuries ago. A cruise trip on the river is another interesting possibility. The genuine city can be seen in the quarter of Ribeira, on the riverside. Mercadores Street leads you to the Cathedral square, where you can discover monuments such as the Renaissance style Church of Santa Clara, or to the typical Barredo quarter which still looks like in medieval times. Narrow and winding streets, shady arches, typical houses with coloured front preserve the charme and contrast of sites marked by history and have been recently restored to include fancy restaurants and bars now. The cultural life of Oporto is far from being reduced to its historical and monumental buildings or institutions: Teatro São João, Casa de Serralves, the Romantic Museum, or Casa da Música, for example, with their permanent shows and exhibitions, are among the places that constantly propose cultural events to locals and visitors.