Self-guided walking tour
Porto Walking Tour: Historic Heart (about 1.5 hours, 7 stops)
7 stops in walking order through Porto, from Dom Pedro IV to Palácio da Bolsa: 1.9 km on foot, about 23 min of walking, 1 h 15 min in total with the story and a look around at each stop. Walking times come from the routed walking path, not a straight line. It is the route of “Porto’s Historic Heart”, a ready-made tour in the Guided Tours app.
- Total
- 1 h 15 min
- Distance
- 1.9 km
- Walking
- 23 min
- Stops
- 7
The stops, in walking order
Dom Pedro IV
The Dom Pedro IV monument in Porto’s Liberdade Square presents a mounted king above a tall stone column.
1 min walk · 110 m
Igreja de Santo António dos Congregados
A Porto church on Praça de Almeida Garrett, built in 1703 on the site of an earlier chapel.
5 min walk · 410 m
Praça da Batalha
A historic Porto square shaped by a traditional tale of a tenth-century battle.
4 min walk · 350 m
Capela dos Alfaiates
A Renaissance chapel connected with Porto’s tailors’ brotherhood.
5 min walk · 460 m
Torre Medieval
A rebuilt medieval tower-house in Porto’s historic centre, once concealed among buildings opposite the cathedral.
5 min walk · 380 m
Feitoria Britânica
Porto’s surviving British Factory House, built between 1785 and 1790 for merchants involved in the Port wine trade.
3 min walk · 240 m
Palácio da Bolsa
A historic Porto palace created for the city’s Commercial Association.
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