Must-SeeSight · NeighborhoodFreeEvening

Ribeira

Porto's riverside quarter of tall, colorful houses and terrace cafés along the Douro, at its best at sunset.

Photo: Alvesgaspar · CC BY-SA 4.0
Open
Always
Price
Free
Time Needed
1½ hours
Address
Cais da Ribeira, 4050 PortoDirections
Getting There
A walk down from São Bento station, or the Guindais funicular.

Why Go

The old quarter's lanes run down to a quay lined with restaurants, where traditional rabelo boats, which once carried port wine down the river, are moored.

River cruises under Porto's six bridges leave from here.

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Terraced vineyards on a winding river, by train or boat.

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