With a privileged location, right in front of the emblematic São João National Theater, Tapas da Batalha is a restaurant specialized in tapas and traditional wines from the Douro region. With its pleasant and welcoming space, it is the perfect place to rest during a walk downtown while snacking on regional tapas and having a glass of wine. You can also use the Tapas da Batalha as a meeting point for friends. Thanks to their shape, the tapas allow you to taste a wide range of specialties in one meal, while satisfying you with a wide range of snacks.
“To live well is to live on earth” is the proposal of restaurant Da Terra, the first vegan restaurant in Portugal, an innovative restaurant concept, a cosmopolitan and urban brand and a tried and tested success model. Da Terra tries to choose the best Earth offers, cooking flavors as varied as the imagination, the main ingredient of all dishes and their delicious desserts. Da Terra preferably offers biological products, always fresh, to ensure that every meal is always a healthy pleasure. Da Terra’s brand aims to bring more and more people and places to healthy, practical and eco-responsible eating.
Paula Costa Moda e Design is a multi-brand women’s and men’s clothing establishment that offers solutions to its customers, so that they always have options for all occasions, whether it be everyday clothing or special event clothing. With a focus on personalized service and specialized customer focus, Paula Costa can find all kinds of clothing, from sweaters, jackets, belts, skirts, dresses, bags, trousers, jackets, shorts, tunics, among many others. Also noteworthy is the friendliness of the staff and the prices of the articles, something that is underlined by its customers.
In operation since 1970, Elétrica Pedro Hispano is a reference in the appliance market in the city of Porto.
The strategy adopted by EPH is to offer an excellent relationship between price, product quality and the company’s service. To this end, it makes available to its customers a portfolio of brands that offers a high level of satisfaction, making this company a benchmark in the market.
Its Kitchens and Recessed store provides the customer all types of appliances and equipment for their kitchen needs.
Glood is a grocery chain specializing in international products, and its first store was opened in 2011 in the São João do Estoril area. Its stores sell products originating from various countries and each continent, such as the United States of America, India, Japan, the United Kingdom, Brazil, among other examples.
In Glood spaces, food products such as beverages, sauces, snacks and cereals are mainly sold. You can also find a range of hygiene and beauty products as well as “Pop Art Gifts” (gifts using imagery from popular culture figures).
This is the first frame workshop in the city. It was founded in 1858 by two brothers, António and José dos Santos and the business is still in the family. The art of gilding and silvering with gold or silver leaf is an endangered art, but not here, where we value this craft, using traditional techniques and materials to reproduce classic objects, but also creating unique and contemporary objects. Throughout its existence, several artists created models of frames or margins, such as António Carneiro, Henrique Medina and Fernando Lanhas. The awards include the Bronze Medal at the 1900 Paris Universal Exposition and the Gold Medal at the Portuguese Industrial Exhibition in 1933.
It has more than four years in the market and is assumed as an establishment that sells Portuguese knit at factory price. In Mercado das Malhas you often find new models and the most varied colors of articles made thinking about the different seasons, as well as the tastes and needs of the female and male audience. The diversity is immense. Only in the range of jackets you have 100% cotton jackets, lace, open, fluted, with or without pockets, long, hoody, chenille ladies’ jackets and men’s zip jackets.
You will also find plain or braided, high-necked or round-necked shirts, short or long sleeves, pullovers, vests, polo shirts and ribbed scarves.
Opened in January 2017, Scala Palace is a restaurant that servs seafood, tapas and snacks. You will have several snacks at your disposal, such as our well-known patties, “pica-pau” or gizzards and a wide range of meat and fish dishes, with a special highlight for seafood dishes. It also has a great offer of Francesinhas, from the normal, the house special, the vegetarian or even an original Francesinha with tuna steak. There are also size XL and XXL Francesinha for the hungriest. The space is very comfortable and its decoration is pleasant. You will surely have a good time at Scala Palace.
After several years of experience in the cartoon market, Livraria Manuel Santos opened its physical space in 1999, in Vila Nova de Gaia. About a decade later it moved to Porto. The Livraria Manuel Santos offers a great diversity of old books, first editions, Portuguese literature, monographs and manuscripts. It is a modern space, easily accessible. The Guardian, when voting on the ten most “COOL” neighbourhoods of European cities, put the neighbourhood where the bookshop is located in fourth place, placing Porto ahead of Berlin, Rome, Paris and Warsaw, for example. Here you can count on the experience and expertise of the book world.
Open since 1973, Helguita is a store that takes its name from its owners, who have been at the forefront of the establishment for over 45 years. The personalized service makes them keep loyal customers for almost as many years as their existence. If you are looking for boxers, a nightdress or sheets, Helguita may be the choice. Here you can find men’s, women’s clothing and home textiles, in a clear bet on quality products at affordable prices. Located in the center of Porto, it is easily accessible by public transport, whether by metro, bus or train.
The Essence of the Book is, as the name suggests, a bookshop. It was born from the owner’s passion for books and reading, and it is characterised by being an inviting, welcoming space, where customers can feel as if they were at home. For the owner, this is the factor that determines the return of customers to the shop. Open since 2021, the Essência do Livro offers the main novelties and launchings, but also promotes the sale of articles in outlet, which represents the possibility of finding excellent opportunities there. Not to be missed.
At Sapataria Boa Ideia you will find a wide range of men’s and women’s footwear, with over 200 models available. About 90% of the shoes available in this store are produced in Portugal, from prestigious brands such as mlv, Camport, trofland and Fluchos. In addition to nationally produced shoes, known for their comfort, robustness and design, you will also have at your disposal a wide variety of bags and accessories from various brands. At Sapataria Boa Ideia you will find a competent and helpful team that will help you choose from the many models available in the store the most suitable option taking into account your needs and personal taste.
