Porto’s Old Town: Amazing Secrets and Fresh Scoops
- Porto
- 1-2 h
- 3.1 km
- 10 stops
Porto, 1942. You are Mário, a paperboy with a journalist's ambition and a city full of stories to find. In this self-guided walking tour of Porto's Old Town , you follow Mário through the cobbled streets of the Ribeira , past São Bento Station , up through the narrow lanes of the medieval quarter and along the grand Avenida dos Aliados , gathering facts and scoops that could make the front page. Discover the tale of Aristides de Sousa Mendes , the Portuguese diplomat who saved 30,000 Jews from Nazi-occupied France, the story of Prince Henry the Navigator , the legends of the Church of the Crickets, and what happened to the people of Porto when the Siege nearly broke the city. One of the most immersive things to do in Porto , this Porto walking tour brings the city's history to life through the eyes of a boy who refuses to stop asking questions.
