Porto, World Heritage City

It is the great gateway and can be a starting point for a journey through the natural and cultural diversity of the region. It is known for the wine, that leave from here throughout the world, but also by the School of Architecture, from which came the names of Álvaro Siza Vieira and Souto de Moura, both Pritzker Prize. And yet, for a heritage that knows how to combine the ancient churches and monuments such as the Cathedral or the Church of St. Francisco, with the contemporaneity of striking buildings such as Casa da Música, Serralves Museum and others.

In business in Porto?

Exponor

EXPONOR - Porto International Fair is a successful institution proven in conducting international trade fairs, whose experience in organizing events dating back to 1856.

It was the first Portuguese trade fair organizer certified by APCER with the ISO 9001 Quality Standard and is one of the few internationally to bear this recognition.

It has offices in different parts of the world and holds more than 50 annual fairs in different sectors of activity in Europe, Africa and South America, which annually flock thousands of exhibitors and visitors.

EXPONOR - Porto International Fair has the largest area for events in Portugal, managing the organization of fairs in a total of 100,000 m2 of covered exhibition area: 60,000 m2 in the EXPONOR site and 40 000 m2 on EUROPARQUE, located in Santa Maria da Feira.

The EXPONOR Exhibition Centre is in the vicinity of Porto International Airport, a mere 5 minutes from the urban center, being served by a modern road network and with access to public transports.

www.exponor.pt

IKEA

Low prices are the foundation of the IKEA vision and its business idea - but not at any price. In IKEA Group, the company believes that taking responsibility for people and the environment is a prerequisite for doing good business.

Matosinhos Store:

• www.ikea.pt
• GPS Coordinates: N 41º 12'57.60" W 8º 41'35.50"
• Number of customer support: 707 20 50 50 (local call rate)

Leisure or tourism?

Porto City

Visit Porto and feel it grow inside. Enjoy the ancient and modern accompanied by a glass of one of the most respected wines in the world.

Take a stroll through the historic center and let yourself be filled with the strong character of the city and its people. Feel the bustle of Ribeira. 

See the Clérigos, the beautiful bridge D. Luis, and admire the wealth of historic buildings, classified by UNESCO. Discover examples of Romanesque, Gothic, Baroque, Neoclassical and iron architecture, in perfect coexistence with the works of contemporary boldness of the Oporto School of Architecture. Visit Serralves and the building of the Architecture Faculty.

Port Wine Cellars

Do not leave Porto without getting to know one of the most famous wines in the world, the famous Port Wine. Visit the sites that make her history, such as the Solar do Vinho do Porto and Port Wine Museum.

Find out in Gaia some of the more than fifty companies which, in old wooden barrels, the wine ages. Take a guided tour and take time to taste the different varieties of the greatest ambassador of Portugal, the Port Wine.

Sea Life Center

The Sea Life Center is the ideal choice for a day of leisure and entertainment, with family or a group of friends. It is located in the Porto City Park and occupies an area of about 2400 square meters, housing about 5800 marine creatures belonging to over a hundred different species in 31 aquariums.

On display are sharks (black tips, zebra and nurse), rays, seahorses and tropical fish specimens, as well as indigenous species of the Douro River as barbel, trout, carp and minnows.