Places Casa da Música, Oporto’ Wine Cellars, Lello Bookstore, Majestic Coffee, Bolsa’ Palace, Taipas street Fountain, Botanical Garden, Bolhão Market, Luís I Bridge, Maria Pia Bridge, Pênsil Bridge, Riverside.
Museums and Monuments São Bento railway station, Serralves Foundation, San Francisco Church, Carmo Church, Clérigos Church and Tower, Foz Garden, Serralves Garden, Soares dos Reis National Museum, Oporto’s main Cathedral, Miguel Bombarda street Galeries.
Activities Activities at the Pousada - Outdoor pool, heated indoor pool, SPA (Turkish bath, massage rooms, sauna), gymnasium. Activities outside the Pousada - Boat rental, shopping, cruises on the Douro, rides (bicycle, electric cars), visits to museums, monuments and to the Oporto wine cellars.
Gastronomy Starters - Cornflour bread, Oporto style starters, sausage and cheese vol-au-vents, Sapateira style tuna paté. Soups - Portuguese green cabbage soup, chicken broth. Meat - Meat rice, traditional oven rice, roasted kid, Oporto style tripe and sausage speciality. Fish - Sardines and tomato rice, D. Tonho style codfish, Gomes Sá style codfish, Codfish carpaccio. Deserts - Teixeira biscuits, light sponge cake, egg paste pastry called “angel breasts, bread pudding. Drinks - Port Wine. Night life Bars - Casa da Música, Coliseu, Companhia dos Morfos, Labirinto, Loja dos Mercadores, Taverna do Zé. Discos - Indústria, Swing, Via Rápida, Act. Restaurants - Boavista, Fado, Foz, Francesinhas. Theatres - Teatro Rivoli, Teatro Sá da Bandeira. |