Rodrigo Regal, autor em Porto Secreto

Storm Charles: What’s Closed and What’s Still Open Today in Porto

Storm Charles has reached the mainland, and the Porto district is under an orange warning for heavy and persistent rain between 9 a.m. and 9 p.m. The worst conditions are expected further south: the low-p...

Storm Charles: Schools Closed and Orange Alert in Porto This Wednesday

The worst of Depression Charles is expected to hit the Central and Southern regions, but Porto is not exempt from the measures. The government has declared a state of alert throughout the country for Wedn...

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Porto Marathon Breaks Record with 15,000 Runners and Closes More Than 100 Streets This Sunday: Road Closures and Detours

The 22nd EDP Porto Marathon hits the streets this Sunday, November 8, with approximately 15,000 participants from 104 countries—a record number for the event. The marathon, the EDP 10K, and the Mimosa APO...

Culture Secret Guides

In 1888, Porto built an iron market that was nearly turned into a museum; 138 years later, it is home to the Hard Club

In Praça do Infante D. Henrique, just a few steps from the Palácio da Bolsa, stands a 19th-century iron-and-glass building. It is the Ferreira Borges Market, one of the most important examples of iron arc...

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In 1855, Porto hastily opened the Agramonte Cemetery due to a cholera outbreak; 171 years later, it is there that Manoel de Oliveira and Guilhermina Suggia are buried

In the western part of Porto, there is a cemetery that the Porto City Council describes as “one of the most important romantic cemeteries in the country.” The Agramonte Cemetery opened in 1855, in the mid...

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In 1891, this building in Porto housed the steam engines of the Guindais Funicular; 135 years later, it opened with an immersive journey to the Amazon and a view of the Luís I Bridge

There’s a new cultural space on the Guindais hillside. Casa das Máquinas opened on October 29 in the building that, in the 19th century, housed the machinery of the Guindais Funicular. Dedicated to immers...

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It served as a military hospital during the Siege of Porto and housed one of the country’s most extensive museum collections; closed for 34 years, the São João Novo Palace will be reborn as the Porto Museum

In Largo de São João Novo, in Miragaia, there is a Baroque palace that has been closed to the public since 1992. It has been home to distinguished families, a military hospital, and a museum, and is now p...

Cinema Culture Secret Guides

On November 12, 1896, Porto saw the first films by a Portuguese director at the Teatro do Príncipe Real; 130 years later, the 786-seat theater—now the Teatro Sá da Bandeira—remains open to the public

On November 12, 1896, the audience at the Teatro do Príncipe Real in Porto witnessed something they had never seen before: films made by a Portuguese filmmaker. Aurélio da Paz dos Reis presented his “Kine...

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Camilo Castelo Branco spent a year imprisoned for love at the Cadeia da Relação; more than 160 years later, the cell where “Amor de Perdição” was born can be visited for free

In June 1860, Ana Plácido was arrested on charges of adultery: she was married—but not to Camilo Castelo Branco. On October 1, the writer, then 35 years old, turned himself in to the authorities and was s...

Christmas Things to do

The Christmas park, located half an hour from Porto, which welcomed nearly 100,000 visitors last year, now has its dates set: Perlim opens on November 28

Christmas is coming, and Perlim already has its dates set. The Christmas theme park in Santa Maria da Feira, about half an hour from Porto, returns to Quinta do Castelo on November 28 and runs through Dec...