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city guide","hw_hub_city_hero_h1":"Things To Do In Porto","hw_hub_city_hero_intro":"Granite, tiles and port cellars stacked up both banks of a gorge. Smaller and steeper than Lisbon, and most people who do both end up preferring it.","hw_hub_city_hero_image":"1304400","hw_hub_city_hero_overlay":"light","hw_hub_city_hero_cta":"Where to stay | #areas\r\nWhat it costs | #money","hw_hub_city_live_stats":"1","hw_hub_city_stats":"6 | Bridges over the Douro\r\n1996 | The historic centre joins UNESCO\r\n1756 | The Douro demarcated, one of the oldest wine regions in the world to be regulated","hw_hub_city_intro_title":"A working city that happens to be beautiful","hw_hub_city_intro_body":"Porto sits where the Douro meets the Atlantic, built up both sides of a gorge steep enough that the bridges cross at roof level. The centre is granite and azulejo tiles, half of it beautifully restored and half of it still falling down, which is the character of the place.\r\n\r\nThe port houses are all on the other bank, in Vila Nova de Gaia, which is technically a different city. The wine comes down from the Douro valley, sixty miles inland, where the terraced vineyards are the oldest demarcated wine region in the world.\r\n\r\nTwo or three days does the city. Add a day for the Douro valley, which is the best thing in northern Portugal and which most people skip because they have not left enough time.","hw_hub_city_facts":"Getting in from the airport | Metro line E, 30 minutes, about \u20ac2.60. Uber \u20ac15\u201320\r\nGetting around | Andante card, \u20ac0.60 once. Most of the centre is walkable and steep\r\nLanguage | Portuguese. English is widely spoken in the centre\r\nTipping | Round up. Not expected\r\nTap water | Safe to drink\r\nPort tasting | Most Gaia cellars charge \u20ac15\u201325 for a tour and three glasses","hw_hub_city_areas_title":"Where to stay","hw_hub_city_areas_intro":"The centre is small and vertical. Staying near the river means climbing home.","hw_hub_city_areas_map":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_zoom":"14","hw_hub_city_hostels_pins":"1","hw_hub_city_areas_live":"","hw_hub_city_areas":"Baixa | First-timers | The centre around Aliados and S\u00e3o Bento: everything walkable, most of the hostels, and flat by Porto standards. | 41.1470 | -8.6110 |  | \nRibeira | The view | The riverfront arcades under the bridge. Postcard-pretty, packed by day, and a climb back up to everything else. | 41.1405 | -8.6130 |  | \nCedofeita | Independent Porto | Galleries, record shops and Rua Miguel Bombarda, ten minutes uphill from the centre and much quieter. | 41.1510 | -8.6180 |  | \nVila Nova de Gaia | Port cellars | Across the bridge: every port house, a cable car, and the best view back at Porto. | 41.1380 | -8.6110 |  | \nBoavista | Quiet and cheap | West of the centre around the Casa da M\u00fasica, residential, well connected and noticeably cheaper. | 41.1580 | -8.6300 |  | \nFoz do Douro | Sea air | Where the river meets the Atlantic: a promenade, surf beaches and a tram that takes half an hour from the centre. | 41.1490 | -8.6790 |  | ","hw_hub_city_itin_title":"How long have you got?","hw_hub_city_itin_intro":"The routes we would walk, in the order we would walk them.","hw_hub_city_itin":"","hw_hub_city_do_title":"Things to do in Porto","hw_hub_city_do_body":"Cross the Dom Lu\u00eds I bridge on the top deck, on foot, at sunset. It is free, it is the best view in the city, and the metro runs beside you.\r\n\r\nLivraria Lello charges for entry and refunds it against a book, and the queue is long because of a Harry Potter link that J.K. Rowling has said is not true. Go at opening or skip it \u2014 the Igreja do Carmo tiles and S\u00e3o Bento station's 20,000 azulejos are free and more impressive.\r\n\r\nPort cellars are all in Gaia. Taylor's, Graham's and Sandeman do the polished tours at \u20ac18 to \u20ac25; the smaller houses charge less and pour more generously.\r\n\r\nCl\u00e9rigos tower is 225 steps for the best rooftop view, and the Serralves museum and its park are worth the tram ride west.","hw_hub_city_do_points":"Dom Lu\u00eds I bridge | Walk the top deck at sunset. Free and unbeatable\r\nS\u00e3o Bento station | Twenty thousand tiles, and it costs nothing\r\nPort cellars | All across the river in Gaia. \u20ac15\u201325 for a tour and tastings\r\nLivraria Lello | Ticketed and queued. Go at opening or not at all","hw_hub_city_do_tag":"things-to-do","hw_hub_city_do_more":"All things to do in Porto","hw_hub_city_free_title":"Free things to do in Porto","hw_hub_city_free_body":"The best of Porto costs nothing. Walking the top deck of the bridge, S\u00e3o Bento's tile hall, the Igreja do Carmo facade, and the whole Ribeira waterfront are all free.\r\n\r\nThe Jardins do Pal\u00e1cio de Cristal are free and give you the river view without the Ribeira crowds. The Serralves park is free on the first Sunday of the month, until one.\r\n\r\nMercado do Bolh\u00e3o reopened after a long restoration and costs nothing to wander. And the beach at Matosinhos is at the end of a metro line, with the best grilled fish in the city along one street behind it.","hw_hub_city_free_points":"Crystal Palace gardens | Free, with the river view and peacocks\r\nS\u00e3o Bento | The tile hall in a working station\r\nSerralves park | Free on Sunday mornings until 13:00\r\nMatosinhos beach | End of the metro line, and the fish restaurants behind it","hw_hub_city_free_tag":"free-things-to-do","hw_hub_city_free_more":"All free things to do in Porto","hw_hub_city_food_title":"Eating and drinking in Porto","hw_hub_city_food_body":"The francesinha is Porto's own: a sandwich of steak, sausage and ham under melted cheese, drowned in a beer and tomato sauce, usually with chips in the bowl. It costs \u20ac9 to \u20ac14 and it is a commitment rather than a lunch.\r\n\r\nEveryday eating is better value here than in Lisbon. A prato do dia runs \u20ac7 to \u20ac11, and the tascas around Bolh\u00e3o and Cedofeita serve it to people on lunch breaks rather than tourists.\r\n\r\nTripas \u00e0 moda do Porto is the historic dish and the reason locals are called tripeiros. Grilled sardines and bacalhau are everywhere, and Matosinhos is where to eat fish properly, at the end of the metro line.\r\n\r\nPort comes in white, tawny and vintage, and white port with tonic is what people actually drink on a summer evening.","hw_hub_city_food_points":"Francesinha | \u20ac9\u201314. Share one before ordering two\r\nPrato do dia | \u20ac7\u201311, and cheaper than Lisbon\r\nMatosinhos | Metro to the end of the line for grilled fish\r\nWhite port and tonic | What locals drink, not vintage in a snifter","hw_hub_city_food_tag":"food","hw_hub_city_food_more":"All food guides for Porto","hw_hub_city_nightlife_title":"Going out in Porto","hw_hub_city_nightlife_body":"Galerias de Paris is the centre of it: a couple of streets of bars where everyone drinks outside, cheaper and smaller-scale than Bairro Alto in Lisbon and busier on a Thursday than most cities are on a Saturday.\r\n\r\nRibeira is where tourists drink and Gaia is where the sunset crowd goes, both with a premium for the view.\r\n\r\nA beer is \u20ac1.50 to \u20ac3, and Super Bock is the local one \u2014 ordering a Sagres here is a mild insult and everyone will let you know.\r\n\r\nThings start late but not as late as Lisbon: bars fill around eleven and clubs from one.","hw_hub_city_nightlife_points":"Galerias de Paris | The bar street. Drinking happens outside\r\nSuper Bock | The local beer. Do not order Sagres\r\nPrices | A beer \u20ac1.50\u20133, cheaper than Lisbon\r\nTiming | Bars from 23:00, clubs from 01:00","hw_hub_city_nightlife_tag":"nightlife","hw_hub_city_nightlife_more":"All nightlife guides for Porto","hw_hub_city_transport_title":"Getting around Porto","hw_hub_city_transport_body":"The centre is walkable and the hills are the reason people still use the metro for two stops. An Andante card costs \u20ac0.60 and journeys are about \u20ac1.60 by zone, with a day pass at \u20ac4.80.\r\n\r\nThe metro reaches the airport in 30 minutes and Matosinhos beach at the other end of the same system.\r\n\r\nTram 1 runs along the river to Foz for \u20ac4 and is a genuine old tram rather than a tourist one. The Gaia cable car costs \u20ac7 and saves the climb from the bridge to the upper deck.\r\n\r\nUber and Bolt are cheap, which matters at two in the morning when you are at the bottom of the gorge.","hw_hub_city_transport_points":"Andante card | \u20ac0.60 once, then about \u20ac1.60 a journey\r\nAirport | Metro line E, 30 minutes, no transfer\r\nTram 1 | Along the river to Foz for \u20ac4\r\nGaia cable car | \u20ac7 and it saves the climb up from the bridge","hw_hub_city_transport_tag":"transport","hw_hub_city_transport_more":"All transport guides for Porto","hw_hub_city_money_title":"What Porto costs","hw_hub_city_money_body":"Porto is cheaper than Lisbon across the board. Dorms are \u20ac15 to \u20ac30, a prato do dia is \u20ac7 to \u20ac11, a beer is \u20ac1.50 to \u20ac3, and most of the best things are free.\r\n\r\nA careful day is \u20ac40 to \u20ac55.\r\n\r\nWhat adds up is port tastings at \u20ac15 to \u20ac25 each, Douro valley tours at \u20ac60 to \u20ac110, and eating on the Ribeira waterfront, where you pay double for the view.","hw_hub_city_money_points":"Dorm bed | \u20ac15\u201330\r\nA day, all in | \u20ac40\u201355\r\nPort tastings | \u20ac15\u201325 a cellar. Two is plenty\r\nAvoid the Ribeira menus | Same food, double the price, for the river","hw_hub_city_money_tag":"budget","hw_hub_city_money_more":"All budget guides for Porto","hw_hub_city_safety_title":"Staying safe in Porto","hw_hub_city_safety_body":"Porto is a safe city and feels it, including late at night in the centre. Pickpocketing exists around S\u00e3o Bento, Ribeira and on busy metro trains, at a level well below Lisbon's.\r\n\r\nThe hills and the pavement are the real hazard: granite and cal\u00e7ada are slippery in the rain, and Porto gets a lot of rain between November and March.\r\n\r\nThe Douro has strong currents and people do drown swimming near the bridges. The beaches at Matosinhos and Foz are Atlantic, cold and have rip currents; swim where the flags are.\r\n\r\nEmergency number is 112.","hw_hub_city_safety_points":"Pickpockets | S\u00e3o Bento, Ribeira and crowded metros. Low level\r\nWet granite | Genuinely slippery, and it rains a lot in winter\r\nDo not swim in the river | Strong currents under the bridges\r\nEmergency | 112","hw_hub_city_safety_tag":"safety","hw_hub_city_safety_more":"All safety guides for Porto","hw_hub_city_trips_title":"Day trips from Porto","hw_hub_city_trips_intro":"The Douro valley is the one to make time for. Everything else is an hour by train.","hw_hub_city_trips":"Douro Valley | 2 hours | Train to Pinh\u00e3o from Campanh\u00e3, about \u20ac14 each way | Terraced vineyards down a river gorge, the oldest demarcated wine region in the world. The train line hugs the water for the last hour and is worth the trip on its own. |  | 1304386\nGuimar\u00e3es | 1 hour | Train from Campanh\u00e3, about \u20ac3.25 | Where Portugal was founded, with a castle, a palace and a medieval centre that is UNESCO-listed. |  | 1304387\nBraga | 1 hour | Train from Campanh\u00e3, about \u20ac3.25 | The religious capital, older than the country, with a baroque stairway climbing to a hilltop sanctuary. |  | 1304388\nAveiro | 1 hour | Train from Campanh\u00e3, about \u20ac4 | Canals, painted boats, art nouveau and a long beach at Costa Nova with striped houses. |  | 1304389\nMatosinhos | 30 minutes | Metro line A | Not really a day trip: a beach, a surf school and a street of grilled fish restaurants at the end of the line. |  | 1304391","hw_hub_city_trips_tag":"day-trips","hw_hub_city_trips_more":"All day trips from Porto","hw_hub_city_season_title":"When to go","hw_hub_city_season_intro":"Porto is wetter and cooler than Lisbon. May, June and September are the sweet spot.","hw_hub_city_season_note":"Average highs. Porto is noticeably cooler and considerably wetter than Lisbon, and the Atlantic keeps summer in the mid-twenties.","hw_hub_city_season_rows":"January | 14 | 1 | Wet and grey. Cheapest month, and the cellars are empty\r\nFebruary | 15 | 1 | Still wet. Good for museums and port\r\nMarch | 17 | 2 | Improving. Spring arrives in the second half\r\nApril | 18 | 3 | Showers and sun. Green and good value\r\nMay | 20 | 4 | Excellent. Warm, long evenings, not yet full\r\nJune | 23 | 5 | S\u00e3o Jo\u00e3o on the 23rd, the best night of the year\r\nJuly | 25 | 5 | Warm and busy. Book ahead\r\nAugust | 25 | 5 | Peak. Hot by Porto standards and full\r\nSeptember | 24 | 4 | The best month. Warm, the harvest is on in the Douro\r\nOctober | 21 | 3 | Excellent value. Rain returns late in the month\r\nNovember | 17 | 2 | Wet and quiet\r\nDecember | 15 | 2 | Cold, wet and cheap, with Christmas lights on Aliados","hw_hub_city_events_title":"What is on while you are there","hw_hub_city_events_intro":"One night in June involves the entire city hitting each other with plastic hammers.","hw_hub_city_events_source":"api","hw_hub_city_events_count":"8","hw_hub_city_events_cache":"24","hw_hub_city_events_cta_label":"All events in Porto","hw_hub_city_events_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/events\/europe\/portugal\/porto\/","hw_hub_city_events":"S\u00e3o Jo\u00e3o | 23\u201324 June | Citywide | Grilled sardines, bonfires, fireworks over the river at midnight, and everyone hitting strangers on the head with squeaky plastic hammers. The best night in Portugal. |  | \nDouro harvest | September | Douro Valley | Grape picking, treading and an excuse to be in the valley at its best. |  | \nPrimavera Sound Porto | June | Parque da Cidade | The Barcelona festival's Portuguese edition, in the city park by the sea. |  | \nQueima das Fitas | May | Citywide | The student festival, when the university takes over the city for a week. |  | \nParedes de Coura | July and August | Various | A much-loved indie festival on a riverbank in the Minho, about ninety minutes north. |  | ","hw_hub_city_budget_title":"What your trip will cost","hw_hub_city_budget_intro":"Pick how you travel. Per person per night, in euros.","hw_hub_city_budget_note":"Port tastings at \u20ac15\u201325 and a Douro valley day at \u20ac60\u2013110 sit outside these figures.","hw_hub_city_budget_rows":"Shoestring | 15 | 13 | 5 | 5\r\nMiddle of the road | 26 | 26 | 6 | 18\r\nComfortable | 48 | 48 | 12 | 35","hw_hub_city_budget_currency":"\u20ac","hw_hub_city_hostels_title":"Where to stay in Porto","hw_hub_city_hostels_intro":"Porto has an unusually good hostel scene for a city this size, and several of Europe's highest-rated. Live from Hostelworld.","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_label":"All hostels in Porto","hw_hub_city_hostels_cta_url":"https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/portugal\/porto\/","hw_hub_city_hostels_source":"api","hw_hub_city_hostels_count":"12","hw_hub_city_hostels_cache":"12","hw_hub_city_picks":"Best for solo travellers |  |  | \nBest for a party |  |  | \nQuietest |  |  | ","hw_hub_city_hostels":"","hw_hub_city_faq_title":"Porto travel questions","hw_hub_city_faq_note":"The ones we get asked most.","hw_hub_city_faqs":"Porto or Lisbon? | Lisbon is bigger, livelier and has more to do. Porto is smaller, cheaper, steeper and more concentrated, and a lot of people who see both prefer it. Two or three days here against four in Lisbon is the usual split.\r\nHow many days do you need in Porto? | Two or three for the city, plus a day for the Douro valley. The valley is the thing people most often run out of time for and most regret missing.\r\nDo I have to cross the river for port? | Yes \u2014 every port house is in Vila Nova de Gaia on the south bank, which is technically a separate city. It is a ten-minute walk across the bridge.\r\nIs Livraria Lello worth the ticket? | Only if you go at opening. It is a beautiful small bookshop with a long queue and an entry fee refunded against a book. S\u00e3o Bento station and the Igreja do Carmo are free and more impressive.\r\nWhat is a francesinha? | A sandwich of steak, sausage and ham under melted cheese in a beer and tomato sauce, usually with chips in the bowl. \u20ac9 to \u20ac14, and one between two is a reasonable first attempt.\r\nIs Porto cheaper than Lisbon? | Noticeably. Dorms \u20ac15 to \u20ac30 against \u20ac18 to \u20ac35, set lunches \u20ac7 to \u20ac11, and a day around \u20ac40 to \u20ac55.\r\nWhen should I go? | May, June or September. June has S\u00e3o Jo\u00e3o on the 23rd, which is the best night of the Portuguese year. Winter is wet \u2014 Porto gets considerably more rain than Lisbon.","hw_hub_city_cta_title":"Say yes to hostels, meet the world","hw_hub_city_cta_body":"Compare Porto hostels \u2014 live prices, real reviews and free cancellation on most bookings. Then meet the people already there in the app.","hw_hub_city_cta_buttons":"Find hostels in Porto | https:\/\/www.hostelworld.com\/hostels\/europe\/portugal\/porto\/\r\nGet the app | https:\/\/hostelworld.onelink.me\/IdiK\/f5a50nhd","hw_hub_city_newsletter_title":"Get the good stuff monthly","hw_hub_city_newsletter_body":"New city guides, deals and route ideas. 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