At Porto Secreto we are passionate about our city but, of course, we love to travel around Portugal and more. That’s why we want to share with you a very special list of Condé Naste Traveler, which highlights the most beautiful streets in the world, including two in Portugal.
Before we take a look at part of this ranking, we’d like to point out that one of these destinations is not far from Porto. In 4th place are the streets of Águeda, a city in the district of Aveiro, which is located about an hour’s drive from Porto. The other Portuguese reference is further south, but we’ll get to that in a moment.
Águeda: colorful umbrellas
Out of a total of 71 destinations mentioned, Águeda’s streets come in 4th place among the most beautiful streets in the world. In fact, this is just the kind of getaway you could do, for example, on a weekend. But what’s so special about the roads in this city in the Aveiro district?
In its article, Condé Naste Traveller highlighted the Umbrella Sky project, which began in 2011 as part of the AgitÁgueda cultural event. Every year since then, the city’s narrow streets have been filled with colorful umbrellas and it has become a real tourist attraction.
Highlights of Lisbon’s historic street
Along with the streets of Águeda, there is another Portuguese mention on the list of the famous travel publication, namely the picturesque Rua da Bica, in Lisbon.
This corner of Lisbon comes in 26th place and is particularly well known for its historic elevator.
The most beautiful streets in the world
As we’ve already mentioned, Condé Naste Traveler’s list highlights more than 70 streets in cities around the world.
In this context, you can travel from the most enchanting places in Europe to the cinematic scenery of Kyoto in Japan.
And these are the streets that appear in the first 30 places:
- Historic center of Colmar, France
- Brunngasse, Brienz, Switzerland
- Setenil de las Bodegas, Spain
- Águeda’s streets
- Washington Street, Brookly, USA
- Rua do Bom Jesus, Recife, Brazil
- Rue de l’Abreuvoir, Paris, France
- Streets of Mykonos, Greece
- Streets of Pretoria, South Africa
- Rue du Petit Champlain, Quebec City, Canada
- Jinli Street, Chengdu, China
- Aldama Street in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
- Zrínyi Utca Street, Budapest, Hungary
- Tohid Tunnel, Tehran, Iran
- Streets of Bruges, Belgium
- Streets of Burano, Italy
- Tetsugaku no michi, Kyoto, Japan
- Gamla Stan, Stockholm, Sweden
- Shambles, York, England
- Calleja de Las Flores, Córdoba, Spain
- La Boca, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Lombard Street, San Francisco, USA
- Parque Central, Havana, Cuba
- Streets of Chefchaouen, Morocco
- Arashiyama Bamboo Forest, Kyoto, Japan
- Bica, Lisbon
- Historic Center of Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
- Cherry Avenue, Bonn, Germany
- Old Town Streets, Lijiang, China
- Ballymoney, Northern Ireland