Guidebook for Vila Nova de Gaia

Yannick
Guidebook for Vila Nova de Gaia

Food Scene

Portuguese tapas, good prices and good food (ham, octopus, alheira, bifana, etc). Open until 02 am.
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Taxca
26 Rua da Picaria
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Portuguese tapas, good prices and good food (ham, octopus, alheira, bifana, etc). Open until 02 am.
Good Italian restaurant. Ask to eat at the Restaurant level and no the pizzaria level. Restaurant is on stilts on the river, so good view on the Arrabida bridge, the Porto/VN Gaia downtown and also the embouchure of Douro River.
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Casa d'Oro
797 R. do Ouro
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Good Italian restaurant. Ask to eat at the Restaurant level and no the pizzaria level. Restaurant is on stilts on the river, so good view on the Arrabida bridge, the Porto/VN Gaia downtown and also the embouchure of Douro River.
An interior market transformed into a food court with a lot of different spots to eat (burgers, leitao, tapas, seafood, sushis, pizzas, belgium & german beers, wine, etc) ; each one order what he want in different spots and everybody join on the same table!
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Mercado Bom Sucesso
74-90 Praça do Bom Sucesso
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An interior market transformed into a food court with a lot of different spots to eat (burgers, leitao, tapas, seafood, sushis, pizzas, belgium & german beers, wine, etc) ; each one order what he want in different spots and everybody join on the same table!
Churrasqueira Carpa is doing grilled meat that is good to take away and to eat at home on the terracce.
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Restaurante Dicasa
262 R. Fernando Lopes Vieira
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Churrasqueira Carpa is doing grilled meat that is good to take away and to eat at home on the terracce.
Ocean view, nice to take a coffee or a beer during the day or for the sunset.
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Praia dos Ingleses
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Ocean view, nice to take a coffee or a beer during the day or for the sunset.
Café Majestic is a very famous place with recognized and "chic" old school decoration
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Cafe Majestic
112 Rua Santa Catarina
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Café Majestic is a very famous place with recognized and "chic" old school decoration

Drinks & Nightlife

Rua de Galeria de Paris is a street where everybody come to enjoy some drinks in the street. People start to come here between midnight and 01 am.
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Base Porto
151 R. das Carmelitas
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Rua de Galeria de Paris is a street where everybody come to enjoy some drinks in the street. People start to come here between midnight and 01 am.
3 stages with different style of music (electric, dubstep/hip hop, commercial) In Portugal clubs like this one has almost nobody inside before 2 am.
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Pitch Club
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3 stages with different style of music (electric, dubstep/hip hop, commercial) In Portugal clubs like this one has almost nobody inside before 2 am.
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Casino Espinho
85 R. 19
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A nightclub in front of the ocean, only issue is that metro isn't going close to this place.
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Kasa da Praia
395 Via do Castelo do Queijo
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A nightclub in front of the ocean, only issue is that metro isn't going close to this place.
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Eskada Porto
611 Rua da Alegria
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Parks & Nature

Free park, big, always open. Perfect to walk or run, do a picnic, take a nap.
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Porto City Park
Estrada Interior da Circunvalação
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Free park, big, always open. Perfect to walk or run, do a picnic, take a nap.
Fondation Serralves is first a museum of modern art, but I like to go specially for the parc that is beautiful. Smaller than the Parque da Cidade, but more beautiful. The trick : It is free entrance the Sunday morning.
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Serralves Stofnunin
210 R. Dom João de Castro
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Fondation Serralves is first a museum of modern art, but I like to go specially for the parc that is beautiful. Smaller than the Parque da Cidade, but more beautiful. The trick : It is free entrance the Sunday morning.
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Canide strönd (suður)
3297 Avenida da Beira-Mar
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Sightseeing

When you advance until the end of the jetty, you have a wonderful view on the embouchure of the Douro river that separate Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia. Really quiet place where I like a lot to go.
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Felgueiras Lighthouse
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When you advance until the end of the jetty, you have a wonderful view on the embouchure of the Douro river that separate Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia. Really quiet place where I like a lot to go.
The famous postcard view from Porto is here. You can not come to Porto and miss it..
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Serra do Pilar klaustur
Largo Aviz
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The famous postcard view from Porto is here. You can not come to Porto and miss it..
Nice view on Vila Nova de Gaia and Porto. Not such famous than the view from Mosteiro da Serra do Pilar, but also very nice.
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Garðar Kristallpölsins
Rua de Dom Manuel II
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Nice view on Vila Nova de Gaia and Porto. Not such famous than the view from Mosteiro da Serra do Pilar, but also very nice.
If I am right the price is 3€ to visit the church.. and to climb on the top of the tour that offer a panoramic view of Porto.
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Clérigos Turninn
Rua de São Filipe de Nery
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If I am right the price is 3€ to visit the church.. and to climb on the top of the tour that offer a panoramic view of Porto.
Wonderful view on the embouchure of the Douro river that separate Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia. Really quiet place where I like a lot to go.. interesting to go on the both side of this embouchure.
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Douro Cabedelo Beach
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Wonderful view on the embouchure of the Douro river that separate Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia. Really quiet place where I like a lot to go.. interesting to go on the both side of this embouchure.
Famous and beautiful Library. Some rumors are saying that these upstairs inspire J.K. Rowling for the store of Flourish and Blotts in the book Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
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Livraria Lello
144 R. das Carmelitas
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Famous and beautiful Library. Some rumors are saying that these upstairs inspire J.K. Rowling for the store of Flourish and Blotts in the book Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.
The main place of Porto. On this place you have a Mc Donald, I advice to visit it, he is one of the most beautiful of the world.
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Aliados station
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The main place of Porto. On this place you have a Mc Donald, I advice to visit it, he is one of the most beautiful of the world.

Arts & Culture

Big concerts, also a club inside. Depending of what music you like and the program at the time being, but generally it is a good option.
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Tónlistarhús
604-610 Av. da Boavista
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Big concerts, also a club inside. Depending of what music you like and the program at the time being, but generally it is a good option.
For 8 € you can visit this nice place. But the best moment remain Essencia do Vinho end of February when a wine fair is taking place inside!
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Palácio da Bolsa
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For 8 € you can visit this nice place. But the best moment remain Essencia do Vinho end of February when a wine fair is taking place inside!
The train station of Sao Bento is a place that you can not miss! Wonderful azulejos.
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São Bento
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The train station of Sao Bento is a place that you can not miss! Wonderful azulejos.

Shopping

Outlet stores of several brands. Really interesting during sales periods.
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Vila do Conde Porto Tíska Outlet
400 Av. Fonte Cova
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Outlet stores of several brands. Really interesting during sales periods.
Nice market place. Will be renovated in 2017.
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Bolhao markaðurinn
322 R. Formosa
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Nice market place. Will be renovated in 2017.
It is the main commercial street in Porto to do shopping out of the big malls.
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Rua de Santa Catarina
Rua de Santa Catarina
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It is the main commercial street in Porto to do shopping out of the big malls.

Essentials

My local bakery.
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Confeitaria Monte Branco
790 R. de Soares dos Reis
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My local bakery.