The city of Porto, north of Portugal in the province of Porto, on the coast overlooking the Atlantic Ocean from the largest cities Portuguese, European and even the most beautiful also because of its tourist attractions and recreational rarely find their counterparts in Europe all, it enjoys a Mediterranean climate, which is affected by the cool breezes of the Atlantic Ocean, which makes it cooler than the areas bordering the Mediterranean Sea, so do not be surprised when attract Onzark many shops and seafood restaurants which probably find most of them old-fashioned, which returns you to the ages that have not seen in your eyes, but through different media, so this city is one of the oldest European centers.
Porto has a naturally charming and beautiful landmarks
Porto can be described as one of the major urban areas in the south and the capital of Europe's second-largest urban area in Portugal, which is located along the mouth of the Douro River in northern Portugal, has been included on the World Heritage List by UNESCO in 1996.
Porto is located along the mouth of the Douro River in northern Portugal
Porto is known as a commercial station, industrial and cultural mission in the north of Portugal, especially in the sector of agricultural production contributes to the river where the famous transfer of goods from nearby towns and villages to the coastline across the city since time immemorial. So is the vital artery and the main areas of the North.
Porto date back to the 4th century, where the Roman occupation of the Iberian Peninsula, was the ancient ruins guide prominently on the remnants of the Celtic civilization belonging to the Romans at this time. The city has been described as an important trading port, and the point reached with the city of Lisbon, which was then known as «Aulishebona», as well as the neighboring town "Barga", which was known as the old b «Prakara Augusta».
In the 14th and 15th century, contributed Shipyards Porto in the development of shipbuilding Portuguese, and in this period, specifically the start of the Portuguese Age of Discovery. And fired on them the name of "Portuenses" which is the name given to the people of Porto to this day.
The town boasts a number of museums and music halls and cinema halls and art galleries, libraries and others. One of these museums «National Mioseam Soares dos Reis», taskmaster Portuguese modern art between the seventeenth century and the twenty-first century.
It is wonderful international music halls and beautiful and architecturally Dekoraa and hard-to-find unparalleled in Europe and the world, Hall «Coliseo de Puerto» .otattabr Hall glaring example of the art represented by the Portuguese engineer Cassiano Branco.
Porto is famous for its ancient landmarks which brings to eras past
Among the highlights of the city's architecture, which contributed to the inclusion on the list of UNESCO, the Cathedral of Porto, which is the oldest structure on the survival of the city, along with the church Sidovita and the Church of St. Francis, as well as the remains of the city walls and a few houses that date back to the 15th century, such as Palace Palacio da Bolsa wonderful Securities, and St. Anthony's Hospital, and the buildings in the Liberdade Square and Avenida dos, Sao Bento train station and Crystal Palace Gardens (Palacio de Crystal). In addition to the landscape also in the city.
Because many of the oldest houses in the city are at risk of collapse, decreased population in the municipality of Porto increased by nearly 100 thousand people only, but it has increased the number of permanent residents in the suburbs and neighboring towns significantly. With occupies Porto also ranked third among cities Portugal's most livable.
Marine tours of the things I loved marine tourists Porto
Preferably tourists in Porto do a cruise through the Douro River to watch the World Heritage between old buildings located on the banks of the river, which looks like a painting exquisite combining nature and architecture wonderful what makes that experience and one of the things worth doing in Porto. It is also possible for tourists to tour by helicopter sightseeing by air, where the sights lined up one after the other like exposing themselves in Zhou lovers visit this magnificent city and quiet.
It is also a bridge Arabidia of the most famous bridges of the city, which connects parts of the city, and therefore is considered of the most famous monuments that attract tourists the world, who are bent on photo ops it especially as it mediates landmarks Porto tourist city ideal for lovers of architectural masterpieces and go back to antiquity, but on the ground .
Restaurants are old traditional character Porto
Porto and is characterized by being home to a number of dishes from traditional Portuguese cuisine. The dish is typical of this city is (Tripes), which still can be found everywhere in the city today. The dish (Gomez de bacalhau h) of the most popular Portuguese dishes. The Sandwich Frenchy is the most famous and popular as a snack in Porto, is a kind of meat sandwiches with cheese and sauce-covered.
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