Porto/Viewpoint

7 Best Views in Porto

7 landmarks with verified facts and stories

Dom Luís I Bridge
~3 min

Dom Luís I Bridge

Ponte Luís I, Porto

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Dom Luís I Bridge is a double-decker iron arch that looks like it was designed by someone who really admired the Eiffel Tower — and that's because it was.

Foz do Douro
~3 min

Foz do Douro

Foz do Douro, Porto

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Foz is where the Douro River meets the Atlantic Ocean, and where Porto remembers that it's a coastal city, not just a river town.

Jardins do Palácio de Cristal
~3 min

Jardins do Palácio de Cristal

Rua de D Manuel II, Cidade da Maia, Maia, 4470-335, Portugal

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The Crystal Palace Gardens are Porto's finest public park and home to the best viewpoint in a city full of good viewpoints.

Ponte da Arrábida
~2 min

Ponte da Arrábida

Ponte da Arrábida, União das freguesias de Lordelo do Ouro e Massarelos, Porto, 4150-553, Portugal

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The Arrábida Bridge is a single concrete arch spanning 270 metres across the Douro, and when it was completed in 1963 it was the longest concrete arch bridge in the world.

Porto Cathedral (Sé do Porto)
~3 min

Porto Cathedral (Sé do Porto)

Terreiro da Sé, Porto

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Porto's cathedral looks like a fortress because it basically is one.

Torre dos Clérigos
~2 min

Torre dos Clérigos

Rua de São Filipe de Nery, Porto

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The Clérigos Tower is Porto's exclamation mark — a 76-metre Baroque bell tower that dominates the skyline and has been the city's most recognisable landmark since it was completed in 1763.

Virtudes Garden & Viewpoint
~2 min

Virtudes Garden & Viewpoint

Passeio das Virtudes, União das freguesias de Cedofeita, Santo Ildefonso, Sé, Miragaia, São Nicolau e Vitória, Porto, 4050-629, Portugal

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Passeio das Virtudes is Porto's best-kept sunset secret — a terraced garden clinging to the hillside west of the old town with views across the Douro that rival any paid miradouro in the city.

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