Porto
Porto is Portugal's second largest city and the capital of the Northern region, and a busy industrial and commercial centre. The city isn't very populous, but the Porto metropolitan area has some 1.8 million inhabitants in a 50-km radius, with cities like Vila Nova de Gaia, Vila do Conde, Póvoa de Varzim and Espinho.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Casa da Música and Palácio da Bolsa.
Casa da Música
Photo: xiquinhosilva, CC BY 2.0.
The Casa da Música is a concert hall in Porto, Portugal. It was designed by architect Rem Koolhaas and opened in 2005. Designed to mark the festive year of 2001 in which the city of Porto was designated European Capital of Culture, it was the first building…
Palácio da Bolsa
Museum
Photo: Manuel de Sousa, Public domain.
The Stock Exchange Palace is a historical building in Porto, Portugal. The palace was built in the 19th century by the city's Commercial Association in Neoclassical style.
Estádio do Dragão
Stadium
Photo: Edgar Jiménez, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Estádio do Dragão is an all-seater football stadium in Porto, Portugal, and the home ground of FC Porto since 2003. It has a seating capacity of 50,033, making it the third-largest football stadium in Portugal.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Vila Nova de Gaia and Paranhos.
Vila Nova de Gaia
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.5.
Vila Nova de Gaia is a city the Douro Litoral region of Northern Portugal, immediately facing Porto across the Duoro river. The two cities form the core of a contiguous metropolitan area.
Paranhos
Suburb
Photo: Henrique Matos, CC BY 2.5.
Paranhos is a parish in the municipality of Porto, Portugal. The population in 2011 was 44,298, in an area of 7.17 km². Local landmarks include the Areosa Church, various faculties of the University of Porto and the sprawling Hospital de São João.
Porto
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Also known as: “Oporto” and “Porto.”
- Category: tourism
- Location: Porto District, Portugal, Iberia, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
41.1453° or 41° 8′ 43″ northLongitude
-8.6157° or 8° 36′ 57″ westPopulation
238,000Elevation
89 metres (292 feet)Open location code
8CHH49WM+4POpenStreetMap ID
node 4840143921OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
6458924
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Porto” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بورتو”
- Armenian: “Պորտու”
- Asturian: “Portu”
- Azerbaijani: “Portu”
- Belarusian: “Горад Порту”
- Bengali: “পোর্তু”
- Bishnupriya: “পর্টো”
- Bulgarian: “Порто”
- Chinese: “波爾圖”
- Corsican: “Portu”
- Dimli (individual language): “Portu”
- Extremaduran: “Oportu”
- French: “Porto”
- Georgian: “პორტუ”
- German: “Porto”
- Greek: “Πόρτο”
- Hebrew: “פורטו”
- Japanese: “ポルト”
- Kazakh: “Порту”
- Korean: “포르투”
- Latin: “Portus Cale”
- Latvian: “Portu”
- Lezghian: “Порту”
- Lithuanian: “Portas”
- Malayalam: “ഒപ്പോർട്ടോ”
- Marathi: “पोर्तू”
- Mazanderani: “پورتو”
- Mongolian: “Порту”
- Ossetian: “Порту”
- Panjabi: “ਪੋਰਤੋ”
- Persian: “پورتو”
- Portuguese: “Porto”
- Russian: “Порту”
- Serbian: “Порто”
- Spanish: “Oporto”
- Spanish: “Porto”
- Tagalog: “Oporto”
- Tetum: “Portu”
- Thai: “โปร์ตู”
- Ukrainian: “Порту”
- Urdu: “پورٹو”
- Uzbek: “Portu”
- Western Panjabi: “پورتو”
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