Porto Cathedral
Guide
Photo: Georges Jansoone · CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
≈ A$5ChurchAllow 30–60 minPut together by AI from open data
What you'll see
A fortress-like cathedral on the hilltop at the heart of the old town, with a Gothic cloister lined in blue-and-white tiles and a terrace looking over the rooftops to the river.
A brief history
It was begun in the 1100s; Prince Henry the Navigator's parents, King João I and Philippa of Lancaster, married here in 1387.
Tips
- Best time
- Morning
- Cost
- Church free; cloister about €3 (check)
- Allow
- 30–60 min
- Hours
- Usually daily 9:00–18:30, until 17:30 in winter (check)
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Good to know
- Area
- Ribeira and the Sé: The old town falling steeply from the cathedral to the river: the postcard views, and the most tourists.
- Dress code
- Shoulders and knees covered
- Access
- Partly step-free
- Indoors or out
- Indoors: good on a hot or rainy day
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