Activities in Porto

Day 1

Picture of PIXEL ready for the fly

Day 2

It's time to lunch with our GOAT Etienne

Day 3

The Mercado do Bolhão

Our surveys :

The German one

What are you doing in Porto ?

I am in Porto as a stop in my trip all around Portugal with my girlfriend.

What is your nationality ?

We live in germany.

Where are you sleeping for your stop in Porto ?

We are in a hostel in the center of Porto and it's like that for all the cities we stop by.

What do you think about France and their habitants in general?

I think France is a nice country with an interesting culture, that why I'm learning french on my own.

The Toulousains

What are you doing in Porto ?

We came to take a break before going to the Chapel of Angels. We came to this mercado because we heard good things about it.

What is your nationality ?

We come from Toulouse in France.

Where are you sleeping for your stop in Porto ?

We have an accommodation on Gaia's side of Porto.

For how long are you in Porto ?

We'll stay a week to visit the city during our holidays.

For now, what was your favorite activity during your trip ?

The best activities we did for now were a bus tour in the city and a cruise on the Douro river.

The Brazilian couple from Belgium

What is your nationality ?

We are Brazilians, we were born in São Paulo but we live in Belgium.

Where did you stop during your trip ?

We were in Lisbon and went to Porto for a few days to visit the city before coming back to Lisbon.

What do you think about France and their habitants in general ?

I think that France is a beautiful country with a lot of interesting cultural topics like food, architecture and so on.

Should we go to Brazil ? And if we go, where should we go first ?

If you go to Brazil and especially in São Paulo, you can go to the Municipal Market, it's a beautiful place to visit.

The Portuan

What are you doing in Porto ?

I am working here and I think that this Mercado is one of the most beautiful place of Porto.

What is your nationality, where do you live and for how long have you been here ?

I am Portuguese, I'm living 15 minutes away from Porto and I live here since I was young.

What is your favorite place in Porto ?

I love this city, everything is beautiful especially the Praça do Bolão and the Dragon Stadium.

What do you think about France and their habitants in general ?

I think that France is a wonderful country with an important history and an interesting culture with the Eiffel Tower, the multiculturalism, sports and so on.

Day 4

Let's go to the restaurant for Etienne

Day 5

Group photo before the cruise

Our cruise on the Douro

Dom-Luís bridge

The Dom-Luís bridge is one of bridges located on the Douro in portugal, it connects Porto to Vila Nova de Gaia. It was built between 1881 and 1886 by the engineer Théophile Seyrig, disciple of Gustave Eiffel, it kind of looks like the Maria-Pia Bridge, located further upstream, but has an additional lower deck for road traffic. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Infante Dom Henrique bridge

The Ponte Infante Dom Henrique, also known as Ponte do Infante, is a road bridge that connects Vila Nova de Gaia to Porto, over the Douro River, in Portugal. It was named in honor of Infante D. Henrique, born in Porto. It is the most recent bridge that connects Porto and Gaia. It was built to replace the upper deck of the Luís I Bridge, which is now used by the "Yellow Line" (Hospital de São João/Santo Ovídio) of the Porto metro.

Maria Pia bridge

Maria Pia Bridge is a large railway viaduct which crosses the Douro. This metal arch bridge was the first railway bridge to join the two banks of the Douro, it was designed by Gustave Eiffel and his associate Théophile Seyrig within the construction company Eiffel et Cie. Opened in November 1877, it was decommissioned in 1991 and replaced by a modern structure, the Ponte de São João. It is named in honor of Maria Pia of Savoy (1847-1911) who became queen consort of Portugal.

São João bridge

São João Bridge is a railway infrastructure that transports the Northern Line over the Douro River, close to the city of Porto, in Portugal. It was built to replace the already century-old D. Maria Pia Bridge, it was first opened to public on June 24, 1991.

Freixo bridge

There are actually two bridges built side by side and spaced just 10 cm apart. Each deck has 4 traffic lanes and is made up of 8 spans, the longest one is 150 meters long.

Arrábida bridge

The Arrábida Bridge is an arched bridge over the Douro River that connects Porto to Vila Nova de Gaia, in Portugal. Since the 1930s, it has been necessary to create alternative connections to the old bridges in order to respond to the growing flow of road traffic. During its construction in 1963, the bridge had the largest reinforced concrete arch of any bridge in the world.