WEEKEND @ PORTO
DON’T MISS IT!
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Nightlife http://short.visitporto.travel/noite At night, we like to have a good time in good company, and Porto offers just the right places for this. From the small ‘tasca’ to the highly-refined restaurant, for traditional cooking or signature cuisine, Porto serves up a huge platter of flavours and ambiences, capable of satisfying the most demanding of tastes, from the more traditional to the boldest offerings, for young people of all ages, afterhours included. Porto serves increasingly as a stage for the animated nightlife of the various bars, cafés, discos and concert halls that have sprung up around the city to rub shoulders with the places well-known for the quality of the service they offer, the ideal place for a relaxed conversation or a dance floor, more usual at the “zona industrial do Porto” (Porto’s industrial area). There are places which are welcoming and intimate, or more modern ones, with innovative and open-minded concepts, spaces with spaces within, where an assortment of cultures and arts live side-by-side, showing off the creativity and irreverence of the city’s
young creators. There are places with open-air spaces, art galleries, shops, stages for the theatre and presentations and cool spaces, with alternative sound and retro ambience. In the city centre, old warehouses, townhouses and historic buildings have been restored and transformed into highly original settings featuring live music or top DJs from the national and international music scene, particularly in the areas around Carmo, Clérigos and Passos Manuel. In the historical centre Porto’s cultural life is now shaken up by the brand new Hard Club, two steps away from the well-known Ribeira. Along the city’s waterfronts, terraces and other entertainment opportunities are just inviting you to savour a delicious meal, stop for a relaxing drink or enjoy a lively night looking out over the Douro and the Atlantic, with an open-air stroll as a different kind of option. Night seems to never end in Porto! Try it!