Miragaia

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Overview

Sloping steeply down to the riverside – its brightly painted, laundry-strung houses pasted picturesquely to the hillside – Miragaia is a delight for a serendipitous wander. Besides a handful of sights and an art-crammed gallery, the real appeal here is strolling labyrinthine lanes to sky-high viewpoints, time-warp bars and family-run tascas (taverns) in the old Jewish quarter, Vitória. Here history waits around every cobbled corner.

01 / Attractions

Must-see attractions

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    Museu Nacional Soares dos Reis

    Miragaia

    Porto's best art museum presents a stellar collection ranging from Neolithic carvings to Portugal’s take on modernism, all housed in the formidable…

  • Igreja do Carmo exterior

    Igreja do Carmo

    Miragaia

    Dating to the late 18th century, this captivating azulejo-covered church is one of Porto’s best examples of rococo architecture. The tiled panel on the…

  • Centro Português de Fotografia interior 2

    Centro Português de Fotografia

    Miragaia

    This stately yet muscular building (1767) once served as a prison and now houses a photography museum. You actually walk through the thick iron gates and…

  • Igreja das Carmelitas interior

    Igreja das Carmelitas

    Miragaia

    Blink and you might miss that this is a church in its own right, snuggled as close as it is to the Igreja do Carmo. The twin churches are separated only…

  • Igreja Nossa Senhora da Vitória

    Igreja Nossa Senhora da Vitória

    Miragaia

    In Porto's medieval Vitória quarter, this church stands on land that once belonged to the Jewish community. Completed in 1539, it was given a baroque…

  • Rua de São Bento da Vitória

    Rua de São Bento da Vitória

    Miragaia

    With its cobblestones polished smooth by centuries of shoe leather, and pretty tiled houses with little wrought-iron balconies and window boxes brimming…

  • Igreja de São Pedro de Miragaia

    Igreja de São Pedro de Miragaia

    Miragaia

    One of Porto's oldest churches, the medieval Igreja de São Pedro de Miragaia was completely rebuilt in the 17th and 18th centuries, and pays homage to St…

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