Northern Portugal Travel Guide

Places to see/things to do:

• Cais da Ribeira Riverside - city center, tons of restaurants and beautiful views of bridges

• Bairro da Ribeira cool little strip by the water, try to avoid the restaurants in the square by the water they generally aren’t the best quality. Very touristy type of spots.

• Walk across the Dom Luis Bridge

• Visit the port wine cellers on the Gaia side

• Gaia Cable Car Zipline Cable Car that gives you a birds eye view of Porto Link

• Grab a bottle of wine & watch the sunset at Jardim do Morro

• Igreja Capela Das Almas or Igreja do Carmo  - two of the oldest churches in Portugal, famous for their blue tiling

• Torre dos Clérigos  - the main attraction in Porto, also next to the ‘Porto’ sign

• Livaria Lello  - oldest book store in the world, Harry Potter was inspired there

• Bolhao Market  - farmers market

• Walk down the streets by the Clérigos Church + Clérigos Tower

• Visit Sao Benito Train Station, iconic station with over 20,000 blue tiles

• Visit the Jardins do Palacio de Cristal

• Visit one of the near by beaches & beach clubs - Praia de Matosinhos or Praia da Luz

• Day Trip to Douro via boat, vintage train or bus

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Places to eat:

• Brunch/Coffee/Snack - Google Maps

  • BAKE Coffee - Great for a fancy brunch date

  • Majestic Cafe - Cafe from 19020s, great for brunch

  • Nola Kitchen - great breakfast & healthy option

  • Do Norte Cafe - coffee 

  • 7g roaster - coffee

  • Camilia - brunch

  • O Diplomata - brunch spot

  • Garden Porto Cafe - brunch

  • Epoca Cafe - breakfast 

  • Casa Portuguesa do Pastel de Bacalhau  - traditional appetizer with a modern twist good quick snack if the line is short

  • Queijaria Do Almada - Charcuterie board spot

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• Lunch/Dinner​ - Google Maps

  • Mito - up and coming restaurant with traditional food with a contemporary twist 

  • Jangal Gastro Bar - Garden bar with modern traditional portuguese food

  • A Fábrica da Picaria - Great beer and quick sandwich spot (try the Cachorrinho)

  • Puro 450/Cantina 32  - great seafood, octopus is the best there

  • Riberia50 - Great tapas with views of the river and bridge

  • éLeBê Baixa - Get the Octopus & steak 

  • Esta-Se Bem  - has great portuguese food, is in one of the oldest neighborhoods in Porto

  • Capa na Baixa  - traditional portuguese food, known for their francesinha, garden terrace in the back

  • Lapa Lapa - On the beach, great traditional food

  • Santo restaurant - Portuguese meets Italian

  • Wine Quay Bar  - great wine bar with views of the river

  • Taberna Londrinha - great for lunch or dinner

  • Cúmplice - Modern steakhouse

  • Valentina's - Portuguese spin on Italian food

  • Adega São Nicolau - Authentic Portuguese cusine

  • Up-scale

    • Enoteca 17.56 - traditional Steak & fish dishes for the region, great views of the city

    • Terminal 4450 - Steakhouse 

    • Oficiana - Art-gallery turned restaurant 

    • Casa de Cha Boa Nova - 2 Michelin Stars sea to table resturant, set right on the water

    • O Paprico - Michelin Star with sharing menu, more contemporary style

    • Elemento - Michelin Star restaurant with wine pairing menu option

    • Antiqvvm - Michelin Star and is kind of hidden in a valley

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• Cocktails/Going Out - Google Maps​

  • Base Bar - Garden Bar in the middle of the city

  • R. da Galeria de Paris - Street filled with bars that you can hop to

  • Bosco - Garden Bar

  • Espaco 77  - on a side street that packs up with people dancing in the street, $0.50 beers 

  • Ponte de Terro - Terrace bar overlooking the bridge inside Vincci Hotel

  • Angel's Share - Wine bar

  • Flôr Bar Porto - Cocktail Bar with Terrace

  • Bierhaus - Brewery/Cocktail bar with outdoor seating

  • Torto - Cocktail Bar

  • Eskada - DJ garden bar

  • ​Bar Baixa - Cocktail Bar with DJ​

  • L'kodac - Beach bar with DJ

  • Lust - DJ/Concerts