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EXPERIENCE Porto

The expansive Mosteiro
da Serra do Pilar,
overlooking the city

2 INSIDER TIP
VILA NOVA Teleférico de
Gaia Tickets
DE GAIA If you only want to buy
a one-way ticket on
the Teleférico de Gaia
cable car, choose to ride
the ascent to save a
 E5 q Jardim do Morro @ 10M, 900, 901, 906 £ General steep uphill climb. The
Torres n Avenida Ramos Pinto; www.cm-gaia.pt journey only takes
Despite its proximity to Porto, Vila Nova de Gaia is five minutes but the
actually a separate city. Afonso III, in dispute with the photographs are well
worth the ticket price
bishop of Porto over shipping tolls, established a rival and you’ll disembark
port here in the 12th century and Vila Nova de Gaia with plenty of energy
has been the centre of Portugal’s port production ever to explore the upper
since, with some 50 port lodges based here. level of the city.

Renaissance. The monastery’s
1 "' prime position, overlooking
Mosteiro da the city, the Douro and Porto,
Serra do Pilar made it strategically
important in the French
⌂ Largo de Avis § 220
142 425 # Apr–Oct: 10am– invasions. Ironically, it was
used by both the Duke of
6:30pm Tue–Sun; (to
5:30pm Nov–Mar) Wellington and Napoleon at
different times to billet their
Sitting loftily on a hilltop troops and it was from its
above Vila Nova de Gaia, terrace that Wellington
this remarkable circular planned his surprise attack
monastery was built in the on the French in 1809.
16th century and reflects the The panorama from the
architectural ideals of the terrace is impressive enough,
taking in the port lodges
below, the sweep of the Douro
and the city of Porto on the
The Teleférico de Gaia cable far side, but you can climb up
car, hanging over traditional to the monastery’s dome for
barcelo boats even more far-reaching views.
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