80 min
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1.1 / km²
5
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+34% vs city
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Staying in Foz do Douro & Nevogilde
Foz is the seaside end of Porto, and it is a genuinely lovely place to be: an Atlantic promenade, a row of beaches from the river mouth north to the Castelo do Queijo, low streets of nineteenth-century villas, and the highest concentration of serious restaurants in the city. Porto's own money lives here, which is why the room rates are what they are.
It is also as far from the sights as you can get and still be in Porto. Seven kilometres separate Foz from the cathedral, there is no metro station anywhere in the parish, and the connection is tram 1 along the river - about 25 minutes to the Ribeira in daylight, and finished by the evening. The Atlantic here runs about 17C in August and the wind off it is constant. The clubs on Avenida do Brasil open when the restaurants close and run to six in the morning.
Book here for a summer trip built around the beach, or a return visit that does not need the monuments. For a first trip, come for a sunset and sleep in the centre.
What works
- Beaches and the Atlantic promenade at the door
- Tram 1 runs along the river to the Ribeira in about 25 minutes
- Quiet residential streets and the best restaurant density in Porto
- The one district where a car is genuinely useful and parkable
What does not
- Seven kilometres from the cathedral, and no metro station in the district
- The most expensive rooms in Porto attached to the fewest sights
- The Atlantic is about 17C in August and the wind does not stop
- Clubs on Avenida do Brasil run until six in the morning
Dance clubs here always start very (very) late, around 01:00-02:00, and end up from 06:00-07:30. You have nice choices to pick from. Most clubs are located in the Industrial region and in the upmarket Foz area.