My views of Porto

Magnificent Praça da Liberdade (Liberty Square) with statue of Dom Pedro IV and Paços do Concelho (City Hall) in the background

 

The grandiose Paços do Concelho (City Hall) 

 

City Hall seen from Liberty Square (Praça da Liberdade)

 

Art déco statue on Liberty Square

 

Place and statue of Infante D. Henrique

 

 Terreiro da Sé square with the Cathedral of Porto (Sé do Porto) and bronze statue of Vimara Pires

 

Porto Cathedral with the pillory (Pelourinho) of the Cathedral

 

Porto Cathedral

 

Terreiro da Sé with Episcopal Palace (left), seen from Ponte Luis (Luis Bridge)

 

Church of S. Lourenço

 

View of the old town of Porto with S. Bento da Vitória Monastery, right

 

Tower and Church dos Clérigos

 

Church dos Congregados (front, center) with tower of City Hall in the background

 

S. Ildefonso Church

 

Igreja (Church) dos Carmelitas, left, and Igreja do Carmo

 

Impressive fayences on the outside wall of Igreja do Carmo

 

Fonte Ledes (Ledes Fountain) at Praça (Square) de Gomes Teixeira, with Igreja da Carmo in background

 

Carlos Alberto Square with World War I Memorial 

 

View from dos Clérigos-street towards Church St. Ildefonso

 

Above and below: Hall of Central train station (Estação S. Bento)

 

 

Cable car along Muralha Fernardina (Fernando Wall) from the Douro River to 1st of December Square

 

Panoramic view of the Douro River towards the Atalantic

 

Above and below: Ponte Luís I (Luís I Bridge), a metal arch bridge, opened in 1886, 
that spans the Douro River between the cities of Porto and Vila Nova

 

 

Douro River from Luis Bridge, with Cais dos Guindais, right

 

Above and below: Rio Douro (Douro River), direction towards the Atlantic ocean, seen from Luis Bridge

 

 

View of old town of Porto from Jardim do Morro (Do Morro Garden) on the Viala Nova side of River Douro.

 

A hazy day at the Atlantic, beach Praia do Carneiro

I visited Porto in September 2012.