48 Hours in Porto, Porto, Portugal
Back in November 2016, Mr Fletche and I spent our November wedding anniversary in slightly more southern climes than usual, exploring the city of Porto. You can read more about our day to day activities聽here but here鈥檚 A Brummie Home and Abroad鈥檚 itinerary for the perfect 48 hours in Porto.
Once you鈥檝e had a hearty breakfast 鈥� in our case champagne-fuelled at the聽Hotel Teatro聽鈥� it鈥檚 time to burn off some of those calories and create buns of steel by traversing some of Porto鈥檚 famous hills. Hopefully you鈥檒l be so in awe of the fantastic architecture that you won鈥檛 notice the stairmaster-like workout. If you haven鈥檛 had breakfast 鈥� champagne-fuelled or otherwise 鈥� you could start your morning at聽Majestic Cafe, a 1920s cafe regularly voted as one of the most beautiful in the world.
From Majestic Cafe, you are spoilt for choice for beautiful churches covered in amazing blue and white azulejo tilework. Exit and turn left to the 18th century Igreja de Santo Ildefonso at Batalha, or turn right to the stunning聽Capela das Almas whose facade depicts聽cheery scenes such as the death of St Francis of Assisi. From here it鈥檚 a stroll to C芒mara Municipal do Porto 鈥� Porto鈥檚 impressive City Hall 鈥� and to聽Avenida dos Aliados, a wide tree-lined boulevard which ends in聽Pra莽a da Liberdade (which is probably where you will convene for any walking or hop-on-hop-off tours). ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
Once you鈥檝e had a hearty breakfast 鈥� in our case champagne-fuelled at the聽Hotel Teatro聽鈥� it鈥檚 time to burn off some of those calories and create buns of steel by traversing some of Porto鈥檚 famous hills. Hopefully you鈥檒l be so in awe of the fantastic architecture that you won鈥檛 notice the stairmaster-like workout. If you haven鈥檛 had breakfast 鈥� champagne-fuelled or otherwise 鈥� you could start your morning at聽Majestic Cafe, a 1920s cafe regularly voted as one of the most beautiful in the world.
From Majestic Cafe, you are spoilt for choice for beautiful churches covered in amazing blue and white azulejo tilework. Exit and turn left to the 18th century Igreja de Santo Ildefonso at Batalha, or turn right to the stunning聽Capela das Almas whose facade depicts聽cheery scenes such as the death of St Francis of Assisi. From here it鈥檚 a stroll to C芒mara Municipal do Porto 鈥� Porto鈥檚 impressive City Hall 鈥� and to聽Avenida dos Aliados, a wide tree-lined boulevard which ends in聽Pra莽a da Liberdade (which is probably where you will convene for any walking or hop-on-hop-off tours). ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
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Guide Name: 48 Hours in Porto
Guide Location: Portugal » Porto
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Article (B))
Author: Emmalene Fletcher
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Guide Location: Portugal » Porto
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Article (B))
Author: Emmalene Fletcher
Read it on Author's Website:
Sight(s) Featured in This Guide:
- Hotel Teatro
- Majestic Cafe
- Igreja de Santo Ildefonso
- Capela das Almas
- C芒mara Municipal do Porto
- Avenida dos Aliados
- Pra莽a da Liberdade
- S茫o Bento railway station
- Rua do Miradouro
- Avenue Gustavo Eiffel
- Batalha
- Luis I Bridge
- Sandeman
- Telef茅rico de Gaia
- Praca da Ribeira
- Rua de Santa Catarina
- Livrario Lello
- Torre dos Cl茅rigos
- Miradouro da Vitoria
- Pal谩cio da Bolsa
- Rua Infante Don Henrique
- Castelo do Queijo
- Sandeman
- Casa Santo Antonio
- Chez Lapin
- BH Foz
- Bacalhau
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