Porto Douro River & Sea: Connect to the River and Sea in a Self-Drive Tour

Itinerary
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Stop At: Museu do Carro Electrico, Alameda Basilio Teles 51, Porto 4150-127 Portugal

The Tramway Car Museum was inaugurated in 1992. Located in the former Thermoelectric Central of Massarelos, contains a collection of tramway cars and other support cars that circulated in Porto and which marks the history of the city urban rail transports. Another motive of interest is a copy of the American cars, of animal traction, which first circulated in Porto in 1872. The building maintains an energy transformation central of the early twentieth century which is also interesting. With educational and entertainment services, information and documentation center, this museum still provides a set of vehicles, with a capacity of 18-40 passengers, which can be rent for tours through the Porto tramway circuit, which includes a guide on board and / or cocktail service.

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Promenade Foz do Douro, Rua do Passeio Alegre, Porto 4150-571 Portugal

The mouth of the Douro river, where the river meets the ocean

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Castle of the Cheese, Praca Goncalves Zarco 20, Porto 4100-274 Portugal

Fort of São Francisco do Queijo (Portuguese: Forte de São Francisco do Queijo), frequently shortened to Castle of the Cheese (Portuguese: Castelo do Queijo) is a fortification situated along the coast of the civil parish of Nevogilde in the northern municipality of Porto. In early era of settlement, the rocky area of Queijo was sacred to the Draganes, a Celtic tribe that arrived there in the 6th century.
The fortification was likely constructed sometime in the 15th century, over the primitive structure that already existed. King John IV of Portugal ordered the construction of a new fort in 1643, designed by French military engineer Miguel de l'Ècole, and directed by Fernando César de Carvalhais Negreiros, then Captain of the Royal Armada (Portuguese: Capitão da Armada Real).
No one knows when the Castle of São Francisco Xavier was founded; it is presumed to be between 1661 and 1662, when the coast was under threat of the armada of Galicia

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Matosinhos Beach, Avenida General Norton de Matos, Matosinhos 4450-208 Portugal

The famous beach of Matosinhos, right outside the city

Duration: 20 minutes

Stop At: Farolim de Felgueiras, Avenida Dom Carlos I / Esplanada Castelo, Porto 4150-190 Portugal

Portugal was one of the countries where the major sailors and explorers were born. These sailors had to find their way home after long excursions, and this is how lighthouses came to be such important landmarks in coastal cities.

Porto Felgueiras Lighthouse is located on the Douro mouth, just before the river enters the Atlantic Ocean. Due to the closeness of the ocean, it often caused the waves to become enormous.

Duration: 20 minutes