About Our City
Viana do Castelo
About City
Viana do Castelo is the northernmost Atlantic city in Portugal, located around 25 minutes from Porto international airport.
The presence of the river, the mountains and the sea, give the city excellent landscape features that delight the senses, provide a psychological climate of decompression and are conducive to healthy and pleasant leisure time.
access to get to the city
Served by functional highways and a sea port, it is easy and convenient to reach the city, where visitors can enjoy a remarkable quality of life, both through the tranquility and security of its urban living, and through the richness of its heritage. natural, monumental and historical, as well as the existence of excellent cultural, sporting and social facilities.
transport network
An urban transport network, which includes small electric buses running through the streets of the medieval town, discourages the use of individual cars and promotes environmental quality. The Ring Road, bypassing the city’s oldest core, and the distribution of several underground parking lots along this road, make it possible to alleviate the medieval area of car parking on the surface, moving them away from the prime area of the city and, consequently, facilitating pedestrian mobility.
City Services
The city also has a good hotel capacity, which is growing rapidly, both to welcome tourists and to host congresses, seminars and other tourism, business or study meetings, conditions that are supported by the existence of modern and functional auditoriums. to hold these meetings.
A set of modernized cultural spaces – theaters, cinemas, libraries, museums – provides conditions for cultural enrichment for residents and visitors, while the presence of the river and the sea offers special conditions for welcoming recreational sailboats and the practice of all types of sports. water sports.
City Beauty
The unparalleled richness of Viana do Viana ethnography, which makes the city the capital of Portuguese folklore, the originality and functionality of its crafts, with special emphasis on crockery and embroidery, the assiduous and qualified cultural animation, are other attributes that make Viana do Castelo is an extremely attractive city for all aspects of tourism.
Prepare yourself for an unforgettable experience!
Explore more:
- Viana do Castelo Official Site:Â https://www.cm-viana-castelo.pt/visitar/turismo-e-lazer/o-que-fazer/roteiros-tematicos/roteiro-cultural/
- Visit Portugal – Viana:Â https://www.visitportugal.com/pt-pt/destinos/porto-e-norte/73741
