Águas Santas
Águas Santas is a Portuguese town and parish located in the municipality of Maia.
Águas Santas is a Portuguese town and parish located in the municipality of Maia. The population in 2011 was 27,470, in an area of 8.23 km2, making it one of the most densely populated towns in the Porto District. It is located about 3.5 kilometers north of the city of Porto, near river Leça.
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Worth seeing in and around Águas Santas
6 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Lusíada University of Porto
The Lusíada University - North is a Portuguese private university located in Porto and founded in 1991.
3.7 km · university in Porto, Portugal · Wikipedia - 02Oporto Global University
Portucalense Infante D. Henrique University is a private university in Porto, Portugal.
3.6 km · Portuguese university · Wikipedia - 03Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus
The Church of the Sacred Heart of Jesus is a Modernist church in the civil parish of Ermesinde, in the municipality of Valongo, in the Portuguese district of Porto. The religious temple actually goes by several names, including the Church of the Good Shepherd or Sanctuary of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, a Catholic shrine dedicated to the worship of the Sacred Heart of Jesus.
3.1 km · Catholic church in Ermesinde, Portugal · Wikipedia - 04Estádio Prof. Dr. José Vieira de Carvalho
The Estadio Municipal Dr. José Vieira de Carvalho is a multi-use stadium in Maia, Portugal.
3.7 km · football stadium in Maia, Portugal · Wikipedia - 05Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Ó de Águas Santas
Igreja de Nossa Senhora do Ó de Águas Santas is a church in Portugal. It is classified as a National Monument.
1 km · church building in Maia, Porto District, Portugal · Wikipedia - 06faculty of Architecture and Arts at the Lusíada University of Porto
The Faculty of Architecture and Arts at the Lusíada University of Porto is a private institution that offers undergraduate and postgraduate studies in architecture and design. Located in Porto, Portugal, FAAULP belongs to the Lusíada University of Porto.
3.6 km · Architecture school at the Lusíada University of Porto · Wikipedia
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Getting to Águas Santas
- Airports
- Francisco de Sá Carneiro (OPO), 9 km · Santiago-Rosalía de Castro (SCQ), 188 km · Lisbon Humberto Delgado (LIS), 274 km
- Stations
- IPO metro station, 3.3 km · Hospital São João Metro Station, 3.1 km
- Lisbon → Águas Santas281 km · quickest by air, 4h 4m · €90–130
- Faro → Águas Santas469 km · quickest by air, 4h 4m · €100–140
- Santiago de Compostela → Águas Santas186 km · quickest by road, 3h 20m · €23–32
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No local-transport research exists yet for Águas Santas
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Águas Santas. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get aroundThe Andante Gold, like the Andante Blue can be used in all metro lines, the funicular and all buses.
- Get aroundYour Andante must be validated before you enter the metro, bus or funicular.
- Get aroundThere are ferry boats that connect Porto to the neighboring city of Vila Nova de Gaia, although you can easily walk or travel by car, metro or bus to the other side.
- Get aroundNear the Douro there is a heliport with a helicopter available for people to use to get to know the city as a whole.
- Go nextMinho region — Go on a day trip to this region.
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