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Porto Leixões Cruise Terminal

Station

Photo: Dennis Morhardt, CC BY 2.0.

Porto Leixões Cruise Terminal is a passenger ship facility in the Port of Leixões, Matosinhos, Portugal. Opened in 2015 and managed by the Administração dos Portos do Douro, Leixões e Viana do Castelo, it expanded the port’s capacity to handle larger cruise vessels.

Praia de Matosinhos

Beach

Photo: Jose A., CC BY 2.0.

Praia de Matosinhos is a beach.

Fort of São Francisco Xavier

Museum

Photo: Joseolgon, CC BY-SA 4.0.

The Fort of São Francisco Xavier, commonly known as the 'Castelo do Queijo', is a fortification situated on the coast of the civil parish of Nevogilde in the northern Portuguese municipality of Porto. Fort of São Francisco Xavier is situated 1½ km southeast of CIIMAR - Interdisciplinary Centre of Marine and Environmental Research.

Places in the Area

Casas de Mar

Neighborhood

Photo: Sergei Gussev, CC BY 2.0.

Casas de Mar is a neighborhood.

Leixões

Neighborhood

Photo: JotaCartas, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Port of Leixões is one of Portugal's largest seaports and the primary maritime gateway for the Northern Region. Located in Matosinhos, just north of Porto and approximately 5 kilometres from the Douro River mouth, the port handles diverse cargoes including containers, bulk cargoes, breakbulk and ro-ro, as well as serving cruise ships and fishing vessels.

Matosinhos

Photo: Vitor Oliveira, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Matosinhos, officially the City of Matosinhos, is a city and a municipality in the district of Porto in Portugal. The municipality covers an area of approximately 62.42 square kilometres and had 172,557 inhabitants in 2021.

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