Photography Tour

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Stop At: Ponte da Arrabida, A1 Autoestrada do Norte, Porto 4150 Portugal

From downtown central through the river shore towards the sea.
This is the Arrabida Bridge, first Concrete Arch in Europe built in 1966.

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Promenade Foz do Douro, Rua do Passeio Alegre, Porto 4150-571 Portugal

Visit the glamorous Porto 1900's beach area, where the biggest mansions from the beginnings of the XX Century are.


Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Praia Azul, Avenida da Liberdade, Leca da Palmeira 4450-718 Portugal

The Boa Nova Chapel is located in the parish of Leça da Palmeira, Matosinhos Municipality, Porto District.

This chapel, invoked by St. John, was for many years linked to the Franciscan hermits, who settled in this place until 1475, where there was a small monastery. The Chapel of the Good News was always very linked also to the population of Leça da Palmeira, to the fishermen in particular, because there was celebrated the patron, with lively popular festivals.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Casa de Chá da Boa Nova, Rua da Boa Nova, 4450-705 Leça da Palmeira, Portugal

A great modern architecture example from 1952, it was delivered to Arch. Fernando Távora which then assigned Arch. Alvaro Siza Vieira to design it. So this is one of his first projects in Portugal.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Casa da Musica, Avenida da Boavista 604 610, Porto 4149-071 Portugal

Casa da Musica or House of Music has been Porto main city concert hall along with Super Bock Arena, opened in November 2019.
Casa da Musica is a project from 2005 designed by Dutch Architecture Office OMA/Rem Koollhass

Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Sao Bento Railway Station, Praca Almeida Garrett, Porto 4000-069 Portugal

20th-century railway station in the civil parish of Cedofeita, Santo Ildefonso, Sé, Miragaia, São Nicolau e Vitória, in the municipality of Porto, district of Porto. The English translation of São Bento is Saint Benedict. The station is located in the Historic Centre of Porto, which has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site and as a National Monument of Portugal.

This building was constructed over a number of years, starting in 1904, based on plans by architect José Marques da Silva. The large panels of azulejo tile were designed and painted by Jorge Colaç; they were completed in 1916 and the station was then inaugurated. The murals represent moments in the country's history and the multicoloured panels depict rural scenes showing the people of various regions.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Ponte de Dom Luis I, Pte. Luiz I, Porto Portugal

The Dom Luís I Bridge (Portuguese: Ponte de Dom Luís I), or Luís I Bridge, is a double-deck metal arch bridge that spans the River Douro between the cities of Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia in Portugal. At its construction, its 172 metres (564 ft) span was the longest of its type in the world. It has been confused with the nearby Maria Pia Bridge, a railway bridge that was built 9 years earlier (and located 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) to the east), that is similar in aspect to the Luís I bridge.
Designed by Gustav Teophile Seyrig, Gustav Eiffel partner in Eiffel Company

Duration: 40 minutes

Stop At: Pelourinho Se Catedral Porto, Terreiro Se 3, Porto 4050-573 Portugal

Unlike what's often written, the current Cathedral of Porto was not built under the patronage of Bishop Hugo since the pre-Romanesque church is still mentioned in the De Expugnatione Lyxbonensi as still extant in 1147. This means the present building was only started in the second half of the century and it would be constantly under works well until the 16th century (without counting later Baroque and 20th century interventions), but there is evidence that the city has been a bishopric seat since the Suevi domination in the 5th-6th centuries.

The cathedral is flanked by two square towers, each supported with two buttresses and crowned with a cupola. The façade lacks decoration and is rather architecturally heterogeneous. It shows a Baroque porch and a beautiful Romanesque rose window under a crenellated arch, giving the impression of a fortified church.

Altar area, Sé do Porto
The Romanesque nave is rather narrow and is covered by barrel vaulting. It is flanked by two aisles with a lower vault. The stone roof of the central aisle is supported by flying buttresses, making the building one of the first in Portugal to use this architectonic feature.

This first Romanesque building has suffered many alterations but the general aspect of the façade has remained romanesque.

Inner view of rose window and central aisle of Porto Cathedral.
Around 1333 the Gothic funerary chapel of João Gordo was added. João was a Knight Hospitaller who worked for King Dinis I. His tomb is decorated with his recumbent figure and reliefs of the Apostles. Also from the Gothic period is the elegant cloister, built between the 14th and the 15th centuries during the reign of King John I, who married English Princess Philippa of Lancaster in Porto Cathedral in 1387.

Square is free entrance, inside is 3 euros.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Serra do Pilar Viewpoint, Largo de Aviz Mosteiro da Serra do Pilar, Vila Nova de Gaia 4430-329 Portugal

The Monastery of Serra do Pilar is a former monastery located in Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal, on the opposite side of the Douro River from Porto. The monastery is situated on an outcrop overlooking the Dom Luís I Bridge and the historic centre of Porto. Together with these locations, the monastery was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996. The monastery is notable for its church and cloister, both of which are circular.

Main square and views are free, entrance is paid.

Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Graham's Port Lodge, Rua de Agro 141, Vila Nova de Gaia 4400-351 Portugal

" Graham's was one of the first Port companies to invest in its own vineyards in Portugal’s Douro Valley in 1890 and is now at the cutting edge of innovation in winemaking techniques. Today, five Symington cousins share responsibility for every aspect of the company and personally make the Graham’s wines. They too have been involved with Port and the Douro for many generations, with ancestry dating back to the mid-17th century."

Duration: 1 hour

Departure Point :

Avenida dos Aliados, Av. dos Aliados, 4000 Porto, Portugal
Traveler pickup is offered
I can pick you up where you are staying or we can meet in Avenida dos Aliados on the Intercontinental Hotel Entrance. Airports

• Porto Airport, Porto Portugal

Ports

• Leixões

Departure Time :

12/3/2020 - 12/20/2020

Tuesday - Friday:

12:00 AM - 07:00 PM

12/3/2021 - 12/20/2021

Tuesday - Friday:

12:00 AM - 07:00 PM

Return Detail :

Returns to original departure point

Hotel Pickup :

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