Located in the heart of downtown Porto, Cultura dos Sabores offers an innovative vegetarian and vegan buffet for lunch and dinner. day. It is a vegetarian, vegan restaurant, based on a concept of importance of healthy but tasty food, with strong concerns in reducing digestive diseases. They have birthday, group and company dinners, with the possibility of private space. Events can be customized. Healthy eating will also be the theme of various events, workshops and lectures in this space.
Museu das Marionetas is an author museum, centered on the work of João Paulo Seara Cardoso (1956-2010), director and artistic director of the Porto Puppet Theater. This is a memory space and future, in constant update. The opening of the Museum in 2013 marked the 25th anniversary of the Company. Puppets, props and emblematic objects used in the Company’s shows, as well as some of its stories, are exhibited and shared here. Museu das Marionetas also has a shop where various objects are available for sale, such as the puppets, brochures, catalogs and merchandising of the museum itself.
Confeitaria Primar has a long tradition in the field of pastry, which dates back to its founding year, in 1946.
It is a traditional confectionery in the city of Porto, with its own manufacture and a welcoming atmosphere. It has a room inside and its magnificent terrace offers a pleasant view of the Carmo and Carmelite churches.
The Primar Confeitaria assumes itself as an ideal place for a coffee break and a cake or even for your lunch. To this end, this establishment serves daily dishes, with a wide variety of snacks available to customers throughout the day. All this combined with a friendly and efficient service.
Silence of Art is a custom tattoo studio. Here you will be welcomed by the couple Aline and Alexandre Prim, who will work in partnership with you to help you discover your perfect tattoo. In fact, Silence of Art seeks to develop psychology through tattooing by helping our clients, on a trusting basis, to choose the design that best expresses their personality and which best contributes to their psychological well-being. It is a process that combines high artistic quality with creativity, observable through the various designs shared in Silence of Art accounts on social networks.
In her Prado farm, Beatriz Tasso de Sousa Perry Sampaio created in the 1940s a weaving atelier with the purpose of teaching how to weave, in linen, her own designs. The need to exhibit her creations led her to found, in 1960, Perry Sampaio, an establishment located at Rua do Campo Alegre, and later at Praça dos Leões as well. It presents itself as a closed-door boutique that continues to grow regularly without ever losing its identity. Perry Sampaio carries the knowledge of generations under the attentive guidance of Maria Beatriz, embroiderer since she was 7 years old.
Adão Oculista was founded in 1962, being at the time a company of a markedly family nature. With nearly 60 years of existence, the group has modernized without ever abandoning fundamental principles that guarantee the recognition of a service of excellence. Appointed as one of the most prestigious companies in the sector, Adão Oculista is composed of a technical staff with the highest qualifications. It has a daily optometry and contactology service, performing all types of prescription and adaptation. It represents the most prestigious brands of frames and sunglasses as well as own brands, created internally. All services are performed with certified ophthalmic lenses.
Mie Scarpa is a women’s fashion store, offering a wide range of clothing, accessories and shoes from various brands. It is a cozy and well decorated space. One of its main features is the great importance it attaches to the personalized service with which it advises its clients and the warm manner in which it makes it a point to receive them. In fact, to quote management’s words, Mie Scarpa assumes itself as “a friendly door where customers are welcomed, where every piece of clothing or footwear is specially tailored to the profile and well-being of our friends and friends.”
Aniplay is a store dedicated to Japanese popular culture with a special focus on the Japanese animation universe.
Founded in 2013, we sell a wide selection of anime, video games, films and series related merchandise.
It also includes a space dedicated to alternative fashion and one for leisure, by using stage and multimedia material.
In this establishment, Aniplay also organizes thematic promotion events such as cosplay contests and quizzes. It also has the support of various cultural associations related to our main areas of focus, thus becoming an important hub for all culture buffs in Japan.
According to Café D. Duarte, this is the ideal space to regain strength. Just pop in and enjoy your selection of snacks and drinks. Every time you visit Café D. Duarte you will find comforting coffee and light meals. It also has exterior space, particularly pleasant with warm weather. You can choose from a variety of traditional and Portuguese dishes, local dishes or regional dishes. You can also try the tapas dishes, or its fruit, or even the various bakery products and cakes. To the attention of food bloggers: taking pictures and posting them on Instagram has never been so simple, as it has free Wi-Fi. There is also a take-away service.
There is cherry in Porto. One of the best known Portuguese liqueurs has a space in the city of Porto. Ginja in Porto sells liqueurs but its specialty is the Óbidos cherry. The cherry, or ginjinhas, is a liqueur obtained by macerating the cherry, very similar to cherry, extremely popular in Portugal, especially in Óbidos, Lisbon, Alcobaça and Algarve. It is a product whose maceration lasts at least one year and does not use artificial colors or preservatives. At Ginja in Porto you can taste, advising to taste in a glass of chocolate, but you can also buy bottles to offer or enrich your personal wine cellar.
Located on the fourth and top floor of a business building, it has a wide view over the city thanks to the terrace all around it. This space, with a minimum of 30 people and a maximum capacity of 100 people, has a wide range of services, ranging from birthday parties, group lunches and dinners, baptisms, communions, weddings, as well as any type of activities appropriate to the space. Aviz Terrace is a space dedicated to business and private events, which operates on an exclusive basis. Dinners or lunches always include catering services, decoration of table centres and candles spread throughout the space and ambient music.
Estrela Branca is a cafe that has a varied offer, where you can have breakfast, lunch or snack. It has several competitively priced menus, with delicious chocolate croissants with a drink, pizza with a drink, and a variety of pastries and sweets, with croissants, “bolas de Berlim”, “húngaros”, muffins, “napoleões”, eclairs, homemade jams, “pão-de-ló”, bean cake, chila cake, sighs, as well as savory options such as meatballs, sandwiches with different fillings, patties, among others. And if you are in the bakery, you have different types of bread, donuts, Avintes bread, among others.
