Oliveira do Douro
Oliveira do Douro is a Portuguese parish in the municipality of Vila Nova de Gaia.
Oliveira do Douro is a Portuguese parish in the municipality of Vila Nova de Gaia. The population in 2011 was 22,383, in an area of 7.54 km².
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Worth seeing in and around Oliveira do Douro
10 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.
- 01Estádio do Dragão
The Estádio do Dragão is an all-seater football stadium in Porto, Portugal, and the home ground of FC Porto since 2003. It has a seating capacity of 50,033, making it the third-largest football stadium in Portugal.
3.2 km · football stadium in Porto, Portugal · Wikipedia - 02University of Porto
The University of Porto is a Portuguese public research university located in Porto, and founded on 22 March 1911. It is the second largest Portuguese university by number of enrolled students, after the University of Lisbon, and has one of the most noted research outputs in Portugal.
2.8 km · public research university in Porto, Portugal · Wikipedia - 03Luiz I Bridge
The Luiz I Bridge, commonly known as Dom Luís I Bridge, is a double-deck metal arch bridge that spans the river Douro between the cities of Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia in Portugal. At its construction, its 172 metres span was the longest of its type in the world.
1.9 km · bridge in Porto, Portugal · Wikipedia - 04Porto Cathedral
The Porto Cathedral is a Roman Catholic church located in the historical centre of the city of Porto, Portugal. It is one of the city's oldest monuments and one of the most important local Romanesque monuments.
2.2 km · cathedral · Wikipedia - 05Ponte de D. Maria Pia
Maria Pia Bridge, commonly known as Dona Maria Pia Bridge, is a railway bridge built in 1877 and attributed to Gustave Eiffel. It is situated between the Portuguese Northern municipalities of Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia.
1.1 km · bridge in Porto, Portugal · Wikipedia - 06Palácio da Bolsa
The Stock Exchange Palace is a historical building in Porto, Portugal. The palace was built in the 19th century by the city's Commercial Association in Neoclassical style.
2.5 km · building in Porto, Porto District, Portugal · Wikipedia - 07Church of São Francisco
The Church of Saint Francis is the most prominent Gothic monument in Porto, Portugal, being also noted for its outstanding Baroque inner decoration.
2.5 km · church in Porto, Portugal · Wikipedia - 08Church of Saint Ildefonso
The Igreja de Santo Ildefonso is an eighteenth-century church in Porto, Portugal. The church is located near Batalha Square.
2.1 km · 18th-century church in Oporto · Wikipedia - 09Clérigos Church
The Clérigos Church is a Baroque church in the city of Porto, in Portugal. Its 75-meter-tall bell tower, the Torre dos Clérigos, can be seen from various points of the city and is one of its most characteristic symbols.
2.6 km · Baroque church in Portugal · Wikipedia - 10Igreja de Santa Clara
Igreja de Santa Clara is a Catholic church located in the parish of Sé in Porto, Portugal. The construction of the church began in 1416 alongside the Santa Clara Convent for use by nuns of the Order of Poor Clares.
2.1 km · church in Porto, Portugal · Wikipedia
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Getting to Oliveira do Douro
- Airports
- Francisco de Sá Carneiro (OPO), 15 km · Santiago-Rosalía de Castro (SCQ), 197 km · Lisbon Humberto Delgado (LIS), 266 km
- Stations
- São Bento railway station, 2.3 km · Campanhã railway station, 1.8 km · Portus Cale, 2.4 km · Trindade metro station, 2.8 km
- Lisbon → Oliveira do Douro271 km · quickest by road, 4h 11m · €31–43
- Faro → Oliveira do Douro460 km · quickest by air, 4h 21m · €110–160
- Santiago de Compostela → Oliveira do Douro195 km · quickest by road, 3h 26m · €24–33
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for Oliveira do Douro
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 Oliveira do Douro. 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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