The city of Porto now has a new, free-to-the-public cultural venue. Galeria do Cidade, located on the ground floor of Shopping Cidade do Porto, opened its doors with the photography exhibition “Rasgos de...
Far from dark theaters, Porto’s gardens, squares, and plazas serve as the backdrop for open-air movie screenings this summer . Following the “Oásis” initiative by Batalha Centro de Cinema, another cultur...
Across the Douro River, in the parish of Avintes, in Vila Nova de Gaia, there is a park that was the country’s first permanent environmental education center. It’s called the Gaia Biological Park; it has...
About 20 minutes from downtown Porto lies an area of nearly 6,000 hectares that serves as the green lung of Portugal’s second-largest urban area. It’s called the Serras do Porto Park, and it’s home to tra...
About 60 km from Porto, there is a strip of sand and pine forest squeezed between the Atlantic Ocean and the Ria de Aveiro that few know as well as it deserves. It is called the São Jacinto Dunes Nature R...
From July 22 to 26, Avenida Diogo Leite will host the 8th edition of the Italian Festival, the largest event dedicated to Italian culture in Portugal. With free admission, the festival transforms Gaia’s r...
The gardens of WOW, a cultural district located in the historic center of Vila Nova de Gaia, will host a “pocket” edition of Bossa Market this weekend, July 18 and 19—described as the largest market dedic...
MEO Marés 2026 will take place for the first time at Praia do Aterro in Leça da Palmeira (Matosinhos) from July 17 to 19. To facilitate access to the venue, STCP has organized a special transportation ope...
Forget about mentally preparing yourself before entering the water, or that sensation of thermal shock that makes your skin prickle. Less than an hour’s drive from Porto, there’s a saltwater spot with no...
Parque das Águas, in Porto, reopened to the public on July 6, with extended summer hours (from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m.), thanks to the positive findings of a technical assessment prompted by the adverse weather...