![]() Porto999 photos from Porto 2022-04-30 - 2022-05-07 Porto or Oporto is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula`s major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropolitan area, with an estimated population of just 231,962 people in a municipality with only 41.42 km2. Porto`s metropolitan area has around 1.7 million people in an area of 2,395 km2, making it the second-largest urban area in Portugal. Located along the Douro River estuary in northern Portugal, Porto is one of the oldest European centres, and its core was proclaimed a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1996, as `Historic Centre of Porto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar`. The historic area is also a National Monument of Portugal. The western part of its urban area extends to the coastline of the Atlantic Ocean. Its settlement dates back many centuries, when it was an outpost of the Roman Empire. Its combined Celtic-Latin name, Portus Cale, has been referred to as the origin of the name Portugal, based on transliteration and oral evolution from Latin. In Portuguese, the name of the city includes a definite article: o Porto (`the port` or `the harbor`), which is where its English name `Oporto` comes from. We visited Porto for a week in the spring of 2022. MORE![]() Porto999 photos from Porto 2022-04-30 - 2022-05-07 Porto or Oporto is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula`s major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropolitan area, with an estimated population of just 231,962 people in a municipality with only 41.42 km2. Porto`s metropolitan area has around 1.7 million people in an area of 2,395 km2, making it the second-largest urban area in Portugal. Located along the Douro River estuary in northern Portugal, Porto is one of the oldest European centres, and its core was proclaimed a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1996, as `Historic Centre of Porto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar`. The historic area is also a National Monument of Portugal. The western part of its urban area extends to the coastline of the Atlantic Ocean. Its settlement dates back many centuries, when it was an outpost of the Roman Empire. Its combined Celtic-Latin name, Portus Cale, has been referred to as the origin of the name Portugal, based on transliteration and oral evolution from Latin. In Portuguese, the name of the city includes a definite article: o Porto (`the port` or `the harbor`), which is where its English name `Oporto` comes from. We visited Porto for a week in the spring of 2022. MORE![]() Porto999 photos from Porto 2022-04-30 - 2022-05-07 Porto or Oporto is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula`s major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropolitan area, with an estimated population of just 231,962 people in a municipality with only 41.42 km2. Porto`s metropolitan area has around 1.7 million people in an area of 2,395 km2, making it the second-largest urban area in Portugal. Located along the Douro River estuary in northern Portugal, Porto is one of the oldest European centres, and its core was proclaimed a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1996, as `Historic Centre of Porto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar`. The historic area is also a National Monument of Portugal. The western part of its urban area extends to the coastline of the Atlantic Ocean. Its settlement dates back many centuries, when it was an outpost of the Roman Empire. Its combined Celtic-Latin name, Portus Cale, has been referred to as the origin of the name Portugal, based on transliteration and oral evolution from Latin. In Portuguese, the name of the city includes a definite article: o Porto (`the port` or `the harbor`), which is where its English name `Oporto` comes from. We visited Porto for a week in the spring of 2022. MORE![]() Porto999 photos from Porto 2022-04-30 - 2022-05-07 Porto or Oporto is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula`s major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropolitan area, with an estimated population of just 231,962 people in a municipality with only 41.42 km2. Porto`s metropolitan area has around 1.7 million people in an area of 2,395 km2, making it the second-largest urban area in Portugal. Located along the Douro River estuary in northern Portugal, Porto is one of the oldest European centres, and its core was proclaimed a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1996, as `Historic Centre of Porto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar`. The historic area is also a National Monument of Portugal. The western part of its urban area extends to the coastline of the Atlantic Ocean. Its settlement dates back many centuries, when it was an outpost of the Roman Empire. Its combined Celtic-Latin name, Portus Cale, has been referred to as the origin of the name Portugal, based on transliteration and oral evolution from Latin. In Portuguese, the name of the city includes a definite article: o Porto (`the port` or `the harbor`), which is where its English name `Oporto` comes from. We visited Porto for a week in the spring of 2022. MORE![]() Porto999 photos from Porto 2022-04-30 - 2022-05-07 Porto or Oporto is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Porto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula`s major urban areas. Porto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropolitan area, with an estimated population of just 231,962 people in a municipality with only 41.42 km2. Porto`s metropolitan area has around 1.7 million people in an area of 2,395 km2, making it the second-largest urban area in Portugal. Located along the Douro River estuary in northern Portugal, Porto is one of the oldest European centres, and its core was proclaimed a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1996, as `Historic Centre of Porto, Luiz I Bridge and Monastery of Serra do Pilar`. The historic area is also a National Monument of Portugal. The western part of its urban area extends to the coastline of the Atlantic Ocean. Its settlement dates back many centuries, when it was an outpost of the Roman Empire. Its combined Celtic-Latin name, Portus Cale, has been referred to as the origin of the name Portugal, based on transliteration and oral evolution from Latin. In Portuguese, the name of the city includes a definite article: o Porto (`the port` or `the harbor`), which is where its English name `Oporto` comes from. We visited Porto for a week in the spring of 2022. MORE |
![]() | |
santo dio upper ponte nova infante vila porto street gaia floor igreja est max church rua bus bridge room discoveries pra cathedral museum front gal restaurant boat ride palace henrique cio south dos avenida square douro river world section cais miaomiao hotel pal statue drag with sightseeing side bolsa stadium |