The best five “green” spaces you have to visit in Porto
As you probably know, Porto is a captivating and
exciting city, that is quicly becoming one of Western Europe’s most appreciated
tourist destinations. The city has a lot of fascinating tourist attractions and
an energetic nightlife.
Porto also has tons of green spaces. These are
locations where you can lay out your rug for a picnic, you can run, sunbathe or
simply breathe in some fresh air.
In order to increase your desire to visit us, our team
selected some of the most beautiful green spaces in Invicta.
Crystal Palace Gardens
Resigned in the 19th century by German landscaping
architect Émile David, the Crystal Palace is a great place to visit if you
appreciate breath-taking views. The gardens consist of eight hectares off
greenery, romantic corners and belvederes, with views over the river. Here you
can also find the Quinta da Macieirinha Romantic Museum, which is worthy of a
visit, and the Porto Municipal Gallery, whose expositions are outstanding and
free.
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| Picture by Tatiana Dinis |
Porto’s Botanical Garden
Porto's Botanical Garden is a
location where three dimensions meet: recreation, history and botanics. It is
not a very big garden, perhaps it may contain specialist plant collection such as cacti and other succulent plants, herb gardens and
plants from particular parts of the world. The
house the property is now managed by the Faculty of Sciences (Porto University)
but were previously owned by the Christ Order and after that by João Salabert.
Lastly, it belonged to the Andresen family, who sold it to the State of
Portugal in 1949.
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| Picture by Invista Azul e Branco |
Quinta de Villar D’Allen
Villar d’Allen is a survivor of recreational farms in
the 19th century. This beautiful place preserves the “French
style” garden created by Simões, the “parterre gardenesque” designed by João
Allen in 1839, the romantic gardens, created in 1860 by Alfredo Allen, with
artificial lakes, and sculptures by Nicolau Nasoni. This green place also
has guided tours and organizes family, cultural or business events.
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| Picture by Gustavo Carvalho |
City Park
The City Park, with 83 hectares, is
probably the largest green "lung" of Porto and the principal urban
park in the country. The park starts near the end of the Boavista Avenue and
extends to the Atlantic Ocean. It was designed by architect Sidónio Pardal and
inaugurated in 1993. In green place you will find a rural and rustic landscape
where you can picnic or play football with your friends. This peaceful setting
contains about 10 miles of trails, lakes and it has a connection to the beach.
Serralves Foundation Park has 18 hectares and is formed by a wide-ranging variety of wonderful interconnected spaces: old-style farm, formal gardens and woodlands. All this was designed by the architect Jacques Greber in the 1930s.
A visit to the Park, through any of the circuits, involving different roads, is a great occasion to come into contact with nature and appreciate the widespread diversity of trees and plants, constituted by 200 species and a variety of ornamental exotic plants. Beyond this, the gardens and the park also create a museum setting: the visitors in the park will come across sculputes from the Serralves Collection, that are always on display.
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| Picture by Eduardo Mata |
Serralves Foundation Park has 18 hectares and is formed by a wide-ranging variety of wonderful interconnected spaces: old-style farm, formal gardens and woodlands. All this was designed by the architect Jacques Greber in the 1930s.
A visit to the Park, through any of the circuits, involving different roads, is a great occasion to come into contact with nature and appreciate the widespread diversity of trees and plants, constituted by 200 species and a variety of ornamental exotic plants. Beyond this, the gardens and the park also create a museum setting: the visitors in the park will come across sculputes from the Serralves Collection, that are always on display.
Picture By Lucília Monteiro
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