Porto has all the ingredients for the perfect city break: exceptional local cuisinegreat shopsstunning sunset viewsand souvenirs your friends and family will be begging you to bring back for them (we’d recommend leaving room in your bags for some beautifully packaged tinned fishor a nice bottle of Port wine).

What might surprise you about this very trendy but small city is just how much there is to see and do. And that’s where our local Porto editors come in. They live herethey work hereand they spend their days scouring the city for the very best things to seedoeatdrink and more. It doesn't matter if it’s the most famous attraction in the cityor totally under the radar: if it’s worth doing in Portoit's on this list. Find their top picks below. 

Porto’s top things to do at a glance 

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