Bridging the old and the contemporary, António Sousa Oliveira’s Binding Workshop is one of the few spaces dedicated to this activity that still resists the passage of time.
Founded in 1969, with a small workshop on Rua das Taipas, it moved in 1974 to the space where it still stands today, Rua do Pinheiro.
Its founder, António Oliveira, passed on to his descendants all his passion and dedication for the art of binding. They are the ones who, today, make use of this excellent training and lead this family business, continuing a craft business that has already been operating for half a decade.
MS Joias is a self-made jewelery shop and studio that works with various styles and materials, namely gold and silver. You can use the art of jeweler Manuel Santos to realize your vision of a jewelry you want to buy for yourself or offer on a special occasion or to repair old jewelry, preserving its beauty and sentimental value. In fact, there are few more special items than a jewel, and at MS Joias you will benefit from years of experience ensuring that your customers find custom-made pieces for every occasion and souvenir they can wear, save for posterity and even go beyond. generation to generation.
Oporto Magic is a national leader in the sale of illusionism articles, having been founded in 2007 by the illusionist João Miranda, with the mission of offering the best products for illusionism, at a very competitive price and with a high satisfaction service, supported by a knowledgeable and qualified service. Nowadays they have hundreds of exclusive products and more than 3000 amateur and professional magicians, who trust in the quality of our products. They intend to develop long term collaboration with all customers, listening and understanding their goals and needs in order to jointly develop and offer products and services that satisfy them.
Confeitaria Porto Rico was founded in 1958 and since then has sweetened the mouth of many generations of the undefeated city. With its own manufacture, this space has as its business cards its Bolo-Rei, Pão de Ló and Serra Cheese. For many people it is the unavoidable place to have breakfast, but for many others, the Confeitaria Porto Rico calls at all hours of the day to taste its varied pastries, from Jesuítas, egg nuts, croissants, to Pão de Ló with Serra cheese, as well as its savory, patties, croquettes, among others. All this with the certainty that you will find a familiar atmosphere and the possibility of choosing a steamed delicacy, fresh from the oven.
For over 62 years serving the customer, Mourinho Ópticas currently has three establishments in the city of Porto, available to meet your needs in the area of optics, through quality products and providing excellent services. At Moutinho Ópticas you can find various eyeglass, lens and maintenance consumables solutions from the most respected brands, as well as services such as Optometry, Contactology, Eye Prostheses and Eyeglass Prostheses. Through personalized service and the commitment to provide the best products to the consumer, Moutinho Ópticas is recognized as a reference in the field of optics.
If you want to meet friends or have a relaxing cup of coffee with family and share unique moments, Café Caçulinha is the ideal meeting place. Here you will have comforting coffee and light, inexpensive culinary proposals for your lunch. You can choose from various dishes of traditional and Portuguese cuisine, with meat and fish options. At snack time, you can enjoy many of the establishment’s regular patrons and enjoy some of its delicious snacks, such as pastries, chips, bifanas and pizzas. It also has several breakfast menus.
Confeitaria da Lapa is a bakery and pastry shop with its own manufacture, whose mission is to offer its customers the best quality and freshness of its products. Its values are dynamics, customer satisfaction and persistence. In addition to their delicious bread, Confeitaria da Lapa makes all sorts of personalized cakes for special events and occasions. It is the ideal place for a daybreak or for breakfast or snack, where you can try one of your croissants or a substantial pizza snack. It also serves light meals at lunchtime. In addition to its delicious products its staff provide a friendly and warm service.
To talk about Porto, in addition to Port wine, francesinhas, “Tripas à Moda do Porto” (guts), is also to talk about Futebol Clube do Porto, the most popular club in the city and one of the best known in Europe and in the World. To talk about Braseiro das Antas is also to talk about Futebol Clube do Porto, as it is very close to the old stadium and near the Dragão stadium. It is a meeting point to snack before and after the games and, for those who did not get tickets, during the games. It is here that many fans live the victories of the club, accompanying with bifanas (we are known as “Braseiro House of Bifanas”), as well as Francesinhas and other snacks, always accompanied by cold drinks, preferably beer.
Viesdi is a hardware, keys and drugstore establishment, which means that it is a multifaceted space with a wide range of products. Articles related to painting, interior and exterior, toys for all ages, crockery, glass, sanitary ware, electrical material, building materials, plastics, utilities, hygiene articles, perfumery, cleaning and other accessories are just some examples of what can be found at Viesdi. Within such a wide range of products, it will be difficult not to find what you are looking for. There are shopping carts, tanks for washing clothes, comfortable children’s shoes, detergents for degreasing the cooker, among many others.
Located right in the heart of downtown, Comme Ça is a restaurant that combines the flavors of Portuguese cuisine, but with influences of the emblematic French cuisine. In a casual chic setting, guests can enjoy competitively priced lunch and dinner service or simply try a tonic port or a caipirinha and let the conversation flow. Comme Ça is characterized by its warm and modern atmosphere and features original décor. For example, on the walls you will find a myriad of antique objects that excite the young and remind the older with nostalgia.
Never has eating cereals had so many options: there are about 120 cereals and 40 toppings. The colourful walls, full of cereal boxes and the cereal menu attract the youngest, but not only. If you do not want to leave the diet you also have healthy options. The combinations have three sizes: S, three cereals and two toppings, M, four cereals and three toppings, and L, five cereals and three toppings. To go with this there is milk, yoghurt, almond milk, to name a few. There are also pre-defined combinations on the menu. The Fitness option is meant to please those who count calories. Cereal World Porto works as a coffee shop and has hot drinks and cold drinks, as well as milkshakes and a variety of toasts for snacks.
This is the ideal space to get to know Portuguese traditions and gastronomy, taking with you products created by Portuguese designers and products produced in Portugal. It is located in the old “terreiro do forno” (furnace yard), one of the oldest and most representative places of the habits and customs of the people of Porto. It emerged as part of the Porto Vivo Project, which aims not only to revitalise historic buildings, but above all to energise and bring new life to the most forgotten places in the city, bringing the local population closer to tourists. Therefore, Porto Passion does not intend to be just a shop for “tourist souvenirs”, but rather to disclose a little of the local history and the people who currently live in the Largo.
