The Beauty Institute started its activity in 2012 and after 7 years, continue to be committed to offering good treatments, with good results, and at a reasonable price. To do so, they have been following the latest trends to offer customers. They are assumed as a traditional shop of Porto, with the familiar charisma of Portuenses. They have cutting, waxing, threading, perming, hair and eyelashes, pedicure, manicure, hair restructuring, hair botox, makeup, laser, hair removal, for men and women, massage, skin cleansing, extensions, coloring, brushing, among others. It also sells cosmetic products for professional treatment at home.
My Palace is a restaurant that specializes in francesinha made from the finest ingredients. Therefore, My Palace offers our customers several variations of this dish, such as the standard francesinha, My Palace and the XL and XXL for the sweet tooth. In addition to the francesinhas, it has a wide range of snacks, omelets and traditional Portuguese fish and meat dishes such as monkfish fillets, razor clam rice, duck rice and lamb chanfana. As a starter, it is recommended that you try one of their delicious patties. The atmosphere is pleasant and the service is efficient and attentive.
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.
De Autor was born in April 2022, establishing itself as an eclectic space of original art with a Portuguese soul, just like the area that surrounds it – the hill of Sé. The decor is minimalist and welcoming, highlighting the essence of the products in a peaceful environment where the customer feels welcome, enjoying the pieces of architecture, jewellery, serigraphy, illustration, photography, cartography, textiles and ceramics. At De Autor one finds renowned authors, as well as emerging artists. It is the ideal place to find pieces which will remind you of the city of Porto in an original way.
Cartbel Sapatarias is a family business with 21 years of experience in the footwear business. Initially it owned only one establishment in Rua de Santa Teresa, later expanding its business to Rua 31 de Janeiro. Similarly, in the early days of activity, this shoe store sells only footwear. However, with the emergence of new needs and wants from its customers, the offer expanded to meet demand. Thus, this space also had portfolios for sale.
These two types of product form the core of the Cartbel Sapatrias offering to those who visit it.
Preenche Vazios (‘filling voids’) is a tiling workshop where the client can order custom panels, with patterns and phrases to his/her liking, as well as merchandising. It was born with the intention of filling the empty spaces on the façades of houses and buildings in the cities. The project intends to draw attention to the small details that surround us daily, and surprise passers-by with something they were not used to seeing during their journey, assigning small messages from Portuguese poets. Much more than an artistic intervention, the project intends to draw attention to the need to preserve the Portuguese tile heritage which has suffered a progressive loss of tiles in recent years.
For more than 30 years in the market, Controlex Sistemas presents itself as a leading company in the areas of billing, anti-theft and video surveillance systems. They are specialists in invoicing software and hardware, and their goal is to empower clients with all the appropriate tools to ensure the operation of their financial area. They sell alarms, scales, labelers and labels, fax machines, bone saws, cutters, printers, ticket or label printers, barcode readers, calculators, multifunction machines, POS, cash registers, scanners, money handling and video surveillance.
MbM Photography is a registered trademark which aims at making Porto and the Douro region known through images by the photographer and artist João Carlos Pimentel Alves, who developed an innovative and creative Author’s Project through image transfer. It is based on the following: the photographs are taken by the Author and then inserted, by him, in varied supports – ceramics and canvases, among others – always promoting Porto and the Douro. You can also buy canvas, paintings, tiles, mugs, magnets, pins, keyrings, postcards, prints, bookmarks, t-shirts, sweatshirts, bags, also making personalisation of these products with photos of customers and photographic works.
Casa das Lâmpadas is a Portuguese company of reference in the sector of electrical material and lighting. Besides having a wide range of products, transversal to the whole sector, they are recognised by the quality of service and specialised technical support. They offer prestigious brands in areas such as lighting and LED lamps, control gear, cables and conductors, communications and safety, home automation, cutting and protection, renewable energies, insect electrocutters, hydraulics, installation material, lightning arresters, transformer stations, electrified panels, structured networks, professional hand and hair dryers, tubes and ducts, ventilation and heating.
Belonging to the Bastos family since 1933, Arcádia is a brand of traditional chocolates that is assumed as a reference at the level of national chocolataria. Known for chocolates, cat tongues and dragee, Arcadia maintains tradition in its manufacturing processes. Chocolates are produced using traditional methods using quality raw materials. Whoever goes through the window of this store hardly imagines that in its back is a handcrafted chocolate factory, where you can observe the manufacturing process of products available in Arcadia stores. Arcádia also offers various products made from chocolate, such as tablets or chocolates.
Barbot was born in Porto in 1920, with a factory located in Santo Ildefonso, by the hands of Diogo Barbot. This led to a family-run company with a traditional image for which accuracy, safety and quality were key features. The graphic material and packaging of the time were marked with the initials of the founder – DB.
Currently, Barbot is present from North to South of the country, with two factories located in the municipality of Vila Nova de Gaia, a wide network of resellers and 21 own stores, prepared to meet the needs of paints for various materials, thinners and façade rehabilitation material.
