CITY BREAKS NORTHERN PORTUGAL www.portoenorte.pt 4 Presentation 6 Map 8 Matosinhos 22 Porto 46 Vila Nova de Gaia 61 Tourist Information 2 | CITY BREAKS NORTHERN PORTUGAL 3 | CITY BREAKS NORTHERN PORTUGAL senses so they will want to come back and, if possible, tempting them to discover the many charms and delightful retreats of the remaining territory – this is an incredible journey full of pleasant and thrilling surprises. Porto and In Porto and Northern Portugal is proudly becoming a national number one Northern destination for City & Short Portugal, the Breaks, with air, railway, road and experiences are maritime great quality unique...! accessibility. The excellent standards of Francisco Sá Carneiro Airport and the Leixões Cruise Terminal, as well as a high degree of professionalism and the great diversity of infrastructures, In Porto and Northern Portugal, are the basis of its excellent staggering beauty, the hotel offer, you can experience magical reputation worldwide. 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Tourists will therefore be Therefore, Porto and Northern team effort carried out in able to experience city life, where Portugal invites you for a visit... collaboration with the modernity coexists and lives Municipalities and respective harmoniously alongside History Entities, whose main purpose is to and Tradition. The contemporary support tourists during their stay. architecture, the World Heritage Hopefully, this will awaken their Sites and the Historical Centres of 4 | CITY BREAKS NORTHERN PORTUGAL 5 | CITY BREAKS NORTHERN PORTUGAL Located on the right bank of The tourist side of the Douro river, Matosinhos is Matosinhos is inevitably one of the largest cities of the based on its cuisine, MATOSINHOS district of Porto. In the contemporary architecture municipality of Matosinhos, and a large coastline. the history of mankind has left behind the marks of a millennial civilizational journey, whose memory, rich in traditions, culture and civilizations, still endures in the form of a valuable heritage that combines the past with renovation and modernity. 8 | CITY BREAKS NORTHERN PORTUGAL 9 | CITY BREAKS NORTHERN PORTUGAL Surfing and water sports For the true water sports fans, Matosinhos gathers the perfect conditions for the pursuit of these sports, with blue flag award- winning beaches stretching across 15 km of sand. The beaches of Matosinhos offer the best waves for surfing and surfing beginners, something which is evidenced by the existence of several surf schools and acknowledged in news reports that put Matosinhos in the first place of the top ten best urban beaches. surrounded by thousands of candles Our waves are not only sought out that burn in honour of the fishermen by residents, but also by foreign lost at sea. surfers and national and SheChanges - Anemone international surfing events that address: Avenida General Norton de Matos address: Largo do Senhor do Padrão This 50-meter-high net structure take place in Matosinhos. GPS: 41°10’35,217”N 8°41’29,063”W GPS: 41°10’52,172”N 8°41’39,628”W designed by Janet Echelman is known as SheChanges and was made address: Av. General Norton de Matos Senhor do Padrão Cruise Terminal in honour of the fishing community GPS: 41°10’35.0”N 8°41’36.1”W Classified as a National Monument The cruise terminal is able to receive of Matosinhos. SheChanges is one of in 1977, this monument marks the ships up to 300 metres long. For the most iconic calling cards of the Matosinhos Waterfront place where, according to legend, leisure purposes, the cruise terminal municipality, as well as a national Inaugurated in September 2002, the image of Our Lord of Matosinhos comprises a marine, a nautical and international reference. the Matosinhos Waterfront was (Senhor de Matosinhos) first recreational port for 170 vessels, a Sculpture Magazine considered it designed by Souto Moura and appeared. The Senhor do Padrão, river-sea pier for the mooring of “one of the truly significant public became an emblematic work that dating from the 18th century, has a tourist boats in the Douro river, as artworks in recent years”. In 2004, combines modernity with urban granite cross covered with tiles and well as several shops and the sculpture, also known as features and the necessary is sheltered by a squared vaulted restaurants. The building, Anemone, became known as the functionality required in any porch and a skylight ceiling. A great characterized by its strikingly bold worldwide symbol of Matosinhos. metropolis. During the summer or part of the religious devotion of the aesthetics, is based on the kneecap winter, hundreds of people walk fishermen of Matosinhos and their concept and attempts to represent address: Praça Cidade S. Salvador along this waterfront every day, families comes to life next to this all the local dynamics. The Sea GPS: 41°10’21,244”N 8°41’22,752”W either to exercise or to simply go monument, which can be seen on 1 Centre of the Science and for a stroll by the sea. November when the monument is Technology Park of the University of 10 | CITY BREAKS NORTHERN PORTUGAL 11 | CITY BREAKS NORTHERN PORTUGAL ticket office opening hours from Tuesday to Sunday: 10h00-13h00/14h00-18h00 day before and show days: 10h00-13h00/14h00-19h30/20h30-23h00 Álvaro Siza Documentation Centre Matosinhos is the birthplace of one of the greatest architects in the world. This house, built in the middle of the 19th century, belonged to the family of Siza Vieira and was rebuilt by the architect Álvaro Siza (Priztker Porto will open soon, with units Cine Teatro Constantino Nery Prize) himself. It has archive and focused on different marine research Inaugurated on 10 June 1906, the consultation spaces, a library, areas while serving as an incubation Constantino Nery Film Theatre (Cine exhibition rooms, a multimedia room, centre for new companies linked to Teatro) was for many years the a visitor’s reception desk, a small the sea. In 2017, among the three meeting point for the community of shop and a garden that is available thousand buildings that were Matosinhos. Decades later, during the for different activities. The Álvaro House of Architecture selected, the Porto Leixões Cruise 80s, the cultural space fell into Siza Documentation Centre (project under development) Terminal was awarded the best disrepair and was virtually left in organizes, supports and welcomes The building that will host the Public Building award by the ruins. In 2001, the City Council all of those that are interested in House of Architecture occupies the prestigious website ArchDaily. The bought the building and reopened it discovering works of great block surrounded by Menéres, cruise terminal also received the on 15 November 2008. The architect architectural value, located mainly in Sousa Aroso, Mouzinho de award for Best Port of the Year, Alexandre Alves Costa designed the the Greater Porto area. Albuquerque and D. João I awarded by the Seatrade Awards reconstruction project and kept the Avenues. This compound integrates 2015, among others. façade of the building. During this address: Rua Roberto Ivens, nº582 an old manufacturing unit built reconstruction process, the façade GPS: 41°10’53,339”N 8°41’31,604”W between 1897 and 1901 by the address: Portaria do Molhe Sul – Matosinhos was numbered, dismantled and tel.: +351 222 404 663/933 301 622 Menéres Society and Company for (via Rua do Godinho, junto do Monumento stored in a yard so it could be put shop and general information: info@ the Royal Wine Company (Real Senhor do Padrão) back together again later on. casadaarquitectura.pt Companhia Vinícola). The House of GPS: 41°11’0”N 8°42’0”W Architecture was designed by address: Avenida Serpa Pinto to book visits: architect Guilherme Machado Vaz opening hours GPS: 41°11’3,155”N 8°41’41,171”W tel.: +351 222 404 664/933 301 623 and occupies an area of 4700m2. opens every Sunday morning from 9h00 to tel.: +351 229 392 320 e-mail: [email protected] Its main purpose will be to 13h00 (last entrance at 12h00) www.casadaarquitectura.pt publicize and promote 12 | CITY BREAKS NORTHERN PORTUGAL 13 | CITY BREAKS NORTHERN PORTUGAL contemporary architecture by built from scratch in the 25th of gathering collections of April post-revolution period (the international renowned architects. Carnation Revolution). The House of Architecture will also The building’s design was inspired be the headquarters of the Jazz by democratic ideas, which can be Band of Matosinhos and house a seen in its architectural style. group of commercial spaces. Viewed as a reference work on the national stage, the building address: Quarteirão Real Vinícola combines the functionality of the Av. Menéres, 456 - Matosinhos Sul spaces with its modern lines. The GPS: N 41.178641 O -8.68703 light, the citizen and the public space are highly valued. House of Design The absence of doors also The City Council transformed its highlights the transparency of the old garage into an exhibition venue events that are held here as a way witnessed the final moments of with 2 400 square metres.