José Marques da Silva

Best from stop 1 — the story is told in order. Tap Start here on any stop to begin there instead; the guide will catch you up.

1. 1

   Livraria Lello

   The 1906 bookshop on Rua das Carmelitas, built for the Lello brothers and rated among the finest in the world.

   • 4 min with the guide here
   • Closed now · opens 09:00 · Daily 9:00–19:30

   Start here
2. 180 m · 3 min walk
3. 2

   Museu dos Clérigos

   The museum at the foot of the Clérigos tower, Porto's great baroque landmark and its highest view.

   • 4 min with the guide here · add about 30 min if you go in
   • Closed now · opens 09:00 · Daily 9:00–23:00
   • Ticketed

   Start here
4. 360 m · 6 min walk
5. 3

   Monument to Pedro IV

   “Dom Pedro IV in Liberdade Square”

   The equestrian monument to King Pedro IV at the head of Liberdade Square, where the lower town opens out.

   • 4 min with the guide here
   • Seen from outside

   Start here
6. 180 m · 3 min walk
7. 4

   São Bento railway station

   Porto's Beaux-Arts central station, built on the site of a burnt Benedictine convent and lined with Jorge Colaço's azulejos.

   • 4 min with the guide here

   Start here
8. 230 m · 4 min walk
9. 5

   Companhia de Seguros Douro

   “The Insurance Tiles on Rua Chã”

   A tiled plaque on Rua Chã listing the old Porto insurance houses that owned the building.

   • 4 min with the guide here
   • Seen from outside

   Start here
10. 180 m · 3 min walk
11. 6

    Casa da Rua de D. Hugo

    “Arqueossítio da Rua de Dom Hugo”

    An excavated house site beneath the cathedral hill, showing layers of Porto beneath the street.

    • 4 min with the guide here
    • Tue–Sun 10:00–17:30 · closed public holidays

    Start here
12. 80 m · 1 min walk
13. 7

    Porto Cathedral

    The fortress-like Romanesque Sé, begun in the 12th century and altered for six hundred years afterwards.

    • 4 min with the guide here · add about 20 min if you go in
    • Closed now · opens 09:00 · Daily 9:00–18:30

    Start here
14. 480 m · 7 min walk
15. 8

    Dom Luís I Bridge

    The double-deck iron bridge of 1886, whose 172-metre span was then the longest of its type in the world.

    • 4 min with the guide here

    Start here
16. 1.2 km · 19 min walk
17. 9

    Vila Nova de Gaia

    The far bank of the Douro, its hillside packed with the cellars where port wine is aged.

    • 4 min with the guide here

    Start here

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  Fifteen Days in the RelaçãoCamilo Castelo Branco · 62 min · 2.2 km · 8 stops
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