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    Insight Guides Pocket Porto (Travel Guide eBook): (Travel Guide eBook)
    Insight Guides Pocket Porto (Travel Guide eBook): (Travel Guide eBook)
    Insight Guides Pocket Porto (Travel Guide eBook): (Travel Guide eBook)
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    Insight Guides Pocket Porto (Travel Guide eBook): (Travel Guide eBook)

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    Insight Pocket Guides: ideal itineraries and top travel tips in a pocket-sized package. 

    Plan your trip, plan perfect days and discover how to get around - this pocket-sized guide is a convenient, quick-reference companion to discovering what to do and see in Porto, from top attractions to hidden gems. 

    ·       Compact, concise, and packed with essential information about Where to Go and What Do, this is an ideal on-the-move companion when you're exploring Porto
    ·       Covers Top Ten Attractions and Perfect Day itinerary suggestions
    ·       Offers an insightful overview of landscape, history and culture
    ·       Contains an invaluable pull-out map, and essential practical information on everything from Eating Out to Getting Around
    ·       Inspirational colour photography throughout
    ·       Sharp design and colour-coded sections make for an engaging reading experience


    About Insight Guides: Insight Guides is a pioneer of full-colour guide books, with almost 50 years' experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides with user-friendly, modern design. We produce around 400 full-colour print guide books and maps, as well as phrase books, picture-packed eBooks and apps to meet different travellers' needs. Insight Guides' unique combination of beautiful travel photography and focus on history and culture create a unique visual reference and planning tool to inspire your next adventure.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherInsight Guides
    Release dateMar 1, 2019
    ISBN9781789193381
    Insight Guides Pocket Porto (Travel Guide eBook): (Travel Guide eBook)
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      Insight Guides Pocket Porto (Travel Guide eBook) - Insight Guides

      How To Use This E-Book

      Getting Around the e-Book

      This Pocket Guide e-book is designed to give you inspiration and planning advice for your visit to Porto, and is also the perfect on-the-ground companion for your trip.

      The guide begins with our selection of Top 10 Attractions, plus a Perfect Itinerary feature to help you plan unmissable experiences. The Introduction and History chapters paint a vivid cultural portrait of Porto, and the Where to Go chapter gives a complete guide to all the sights worth visiting. You will find ideas for activities in the What to Do section, while the Eating Out chapter describes the local cuisine and gives listings of the best restaurants. The Travel Tips offer practical information to help you plan your trip. Finally, there are carefully selected hotel listings.

      In the Table of Contents and throughout this e-book you will see hyperlinked references. Just tap a hyperlink once to skip to the section you would like to read. Practical information and listings are also hyperlinked, so as long as you have an external connection to the internet, you can tap a link to go directly to the website for more information.

      Maps

      All key attractions and sights in Porto are numbered and cross-referenced to high-quality maps. Wherever you see the reference [map], tap once to go straight to the related map. You can also double-tap any map for a zoom view.

      Images

      You’ll find lots of beautiful high-resolution images that capture the essence of Porto. Simply double-tap an image to see it in full-screen.

      About Insight Guides

      Insight Guides have more than 40 years’ experience of publishing high-quality, visual travel guides. We produce 400 full-colour titles, in both print and digital form, covering more than 200 destinations across the globe, in a variety of formats to meet your different needs.

      Insight Guides are written by local authors, whose expertise is evident in the extensive historical and cultural background features. Each destination is carefully researched by regional experts to ensure our guides provide the very latest information. All the reviews in Insight Guides are independent; we strive to maintain an impartial view. Our reviews are carefully selected to guide you to the best places to eat, go out and shop, so you can be confident that when we say a place is special, we really mean it.

      © 2019 Apa Digital (CH) AG and Apa Publications (UK) Ltd

      Table of Contents

      Porto’s Top 10 Attractions

      Top Attraction #1

      Top Attraction #2

      Top Attraction #3

      Top Attraction #4

      Top Attraction #5

      Top Attraction #6

      Top Attraction #7

      Top Attraction #8

      Top Attraction #9

      Top Attraction #10

      A Perfect Day in Porto

      Introduction

      Historic Porto

      Porto v Lisbon

      Porto’s renaissance

      Beyond the city

      A Brief History

      Early settlers

      Birth of a nation

      Henry the Navigator

      Napoleonic invasions

      Regeneration

      From republic to revolution

      Modern Porto

      Historical landmarks

      Where To Go

      Ribeira

      Cais da Ribeira

      Ponte Dom Luís I

      Casa do Infante

      Palácio da Bolsa

      Igreja de São Francisco

      The Sé and around

      The Sé

      Terreiro da Sé

      Paço Episcopal

      Casa-Museu Guerra Junqueiro

      Igreja de Santa Clara

      Baixa (Downtown)

      Avenida dos Aliados

      Estação de São Bento

      Praça da Batalha

      Rua de Santa Catarina

      Mercado do Bolhão

      The Clérigos Complex

      Livraria Lello

      Centro Português de Fotografia

      Rua das Flores

      Miragaia and Massarelos

      Riverside Miragaia

      Museu Nacional de Soares dos Reis

      The Arts Block

      Jardim do Palácio de Cristal

      Along the waterfront

      Boavista and Serralves

      Casa da Música

      Market, cemetery and synagogue

      Fundação Serralves

      Vila Nova de Gaia

      Port wine lodges

      The riverfront

      Mosteiro da Serra do Pilar

      Excursions

      Six Bridges cruise

      Foz do Douro and Matosinhos

      Afurada

      Douro Valley

      What To Do

      Entertainment

      Concerts, theatre, opera and cinema

      Nightlife

      Fado

      Shopping

      Handicrafts and souvenirs

      Cork and leather

      Art galleries

      Books

      Gastronomy

      Children’s Porto

      Sports/outdoor pursuits

      Football

      Swimming and surfing

      Birdwatching

      Golf

      Calendar of events

      Eating Out

      Where to eat

      Pre-starters and starters

      Fish and seafood

      Meat dishes

      Desserts and cheese

      Wine

      Port

      Other drinks

      Coffee

      Reading the Menu

      To help you order…

      menu reader

      Restaurants

      Ribeira

      Baixa

      Massarelos

      Vila Nova de Gaia

      Beyond Porto

      Leça da Palmeira

      Foz do Douro

      Matoshinos

      A–Z Travel Tips

      A

      Accommodation

      Airport

      B

      Bicycle hire

      Budgeting for your trip

      C

      Camping

      Car hire

      Climate

      Clothing

      Crime and safety

      D

      Disabled travellers

      Driving

      E

      Electricity

      Embassies and consulates

      Emergencies

      G

      Getting there

      Guides and tours

      H

      Health and medical care

      L

      Language

      LGBTQ travellers

      M

      Maps

      Media

      Money matters

      O

      Opening hours

      P

      Police

      Post offices

      Public holidays

      R

      Religion

      T

      Telephones

      Time zones

      Tipping

      Toilets

      Tourist information

      Transport

      V

      Visas and entry requirements

      W

      Websites and internet access

      Y

      Youth hostels

      Recommended Hotels

      Ribeira

      Baixa (Downtown)

      Miragaia and Massarelos

      Boavista

      Vila Nova de Gaia

      Foz do Douro

      Porto’s Top 10 Attractions

      Top Attraction #1

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      Torre dos Clérigos

      Porto’s lofty landmark, with a 225-step hike up the Baroque tower for the best city views.

      For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #2

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      Port wine cellars

      Tour the cellars in Vila Nova de Gaia and sample Porto’s most famous tipple. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #3

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      The Sé

      The city’s imposing hill-top cathedral offers a panorama of the city. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #4

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      Igreja de São Francisco

      The austere church facade belies a breathtaking interior of Baroque gilded woodcarving. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #5

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      Palácio da Bolsa

      Historic home of the Stock Exchange, with an opulent interior. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #6

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      Jardim do Palácio de Cristal

      Romantic gardens, with sensational river views. Perfect for a picnic or family outing. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #7

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      Estação de São Bento

      A feast of azulejos (tiles) depicting historical scenes adorns the entrance hall of the city’s central station. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #8

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      Lello

      One of the world’s most beautiful bookshops, with Harry Potter links.

      For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #9

      Porto Convention & Visitors Bureau

      Serralves

      A must for art lovers: contemporary art museum and Art Deco mansion in beautiful park surrounds. For more information, click here.

      Top Attraction #10

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      City of Bridges

      Leisurely one-hour river cruises under the bridges give superb views of the city. For more information, click here.

      A Perfect Day in Porto

      9.00am

      Breakfast

      Kick off the day with coffee, eggs and croissants at the lovely Mercador Café in Rua das Flores. Stroll along this appealing street with its grand mansions and enticing shops.

      10.00am

      Top of the tower

      Visit the nearby Clérigos Church and Tower (for more information, click here). Climb 225 steps up the tower for the best views of the city, then take a peek inside the beautiful Baroque church.

      11.00am

      A feast of azulejos

      Drop down Rua dos Clérigos for the Praça da Liberdade, civic heart of the city. The broad Avenida dos Aliados stretches grandly up to the Town Hall. Beyond the Praça you’ll find São Bento railway station, its entrance hall bedecked with 20,000 azulejos (tiles) illustrating scenes of Portuguese history and traditions.

      12.00pm

      Sé to Ribeira

      Walk down the main street for the Sé (Cathedral) and admire the sweeping city views from the esplanade. Take a brief look at the cathedral and cloisters before heading down the steps to the right of the Episcopal Palace. A stairway leads all the way to the Ribeira but if you run out of puff a free lift makes light work of the steepest section.

      1.30pm

      Quayside cafés

      From the Ribeira waterfront take the Dom Luís I bridge to Vila Nova de Gaia. Choose from the river-view cafés or grab a gourmet snack from the new Mercado Beira Rio just back from the waterfront.

      2.30pm

      Port galore

      Follow lunch with a tour and tasting in one or more of the many port wine cellars (for more information, click here).

      4.00pm

      Jardim do Morro

      Take the cable car up to the Jardim do Morro (gardens) for fabulous views of the river, Dom Luís I bridge and Porto, and even better ones if you climb up to the belvedere of the Serra do Pilar Monastery.

      5.30pm

      Aperitivo time

      Return to Porto and stroll along the scenic Ribeira quayside, and choose a pavement café for a porto tónico (white port and tonic on ice), looking across at the port lodges on the left bank.

      8.00pm

      Trusty tavern

      Try local specialities at Adega de São Nicolau (for more information, click here), a cosy cellar restaurant back from the waterfront at the western end of Cais da Ribeira.

      10.00pm

      Hit the galerias

      Party with the locals in the bar-packed streets in and around Rua da Galeria de Paris, then dance the night away at Café au Lait (No. 46) or Plano B (Rua Cândido dos Reis, 30).

      Introduction

      For centuries Portugal’s second city has been synonymous with port, but thanks to its recent renaissance, Porto offers far more than the famous ruby tipple. Once an industrial, workmanlike city,

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