What to do and what to visit at Porto in one day?
The most common answer you will have when asking such question to a “tripeiro” is: “you can’t”.
“tripeiro” - the natives of Porto are known in Portuguese as "tripeiros"
You will understand that the answer results from loving too much the city and when you will visit it you will easily get the reason why, it’s a gorgeous city, very photogenic in fact.
However sometimes the reality is that we only have one day so we will have to cook with the potatoes we have.
By reducing the time to just one day we will have to select only a few places to go in a wide variety of interesting sites.
My suggestion for you is: a morning walk, a lunch with products from a local market and a monument/museum visit during the afternoon.
Does it seems like a plan?
Yes, it will be a busy day.
Morning walk in Porto:
Please download a map that will guide you on a walk where you can visit some of the most iconic sites in Porto. Please print the map in a A3 format or use it in your smartphone as a pdf.
Is a 6,5Km (4mi) stroll, perfect for a sunny morning and it will leave you enough time to stop for pictures and a coffee on the way.
The suggested walk will take you to several spots where you can take panoramic photos from Porto.
In a future post I will describe what can you see during this walk by identifying the numbers you can see written on the map.
Lunch with products from a local market:
During your morning walk you can visit a market identified as number 3 on the map, is the Bulhão market.
There you will find fresh products like fruits and vegetables and around there you will also find some old traditional groceries shops. I’m sure you can get there plenty of items to arrange a snack for you.
Monument/museum visit:
During the afternoon I suggest you to visit one of the following monuments/museums:
Museu Soares dos Reis, Palácio da Bolsa, Torre dos Clérigos, Museum and Gardens of Jardins de Serralves or Casa da Música.
Enjoy your day and do not hesitate to send me an email you case you need to exchange some ideas.
David Monteiro
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