Vila Nova de Gaia - Vila Nova de Gaia

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Vila Nova de Gaia
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Vila Nova de Gaia

Vila Nova de Gaia, short Gaia, is a city in the PortugueseNorte region, it lies on the left bank of the Douro.

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Map of Vila Nova de Gaia

getting there

By plane

The nearest airport is that Aeroporto Francisco Sá CarneiroAeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro in the Wikipedia encyclopediaAeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsAeroporto Francisco Sá Carneiro (Q943743) in the Wikidata database(IATA: OPO), it is about 20 km north of the neighboring town postage.

By train

The 1 Vila Nova de Gaia train station is located on the Linha do Nortethat between Lisbon and postage wrong.

By bus

In the street

  • Gaia can be reached via the motorway A1 Auto-Estrada do Norte, it comes from Lisbon and continues after postage
  • Gaia is up to the A20, she belongs to CRIP – Circular Regional Interior do Porto

By boat

mobility

From Porto you can reach Gaia over the bridge 1 Ponte Dom Luis IPonte Dom Luis I in the Wikipedia encyclopediaPonte Dom Luis I in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsPonte Dom Luis I (Q1322447) in the Wikidata database. A metro also runs over this bridge, it comes from Porto from the station 2 Trindade and drives to the station 3 Santo Ovidio.

Tourist Attractions

View from Gaia to Porto
  • 2  Mosteiro da Serra do Pilar, Largo de Aviz, 4430-329 Vila Nova de Gaia. Mosteiro da Serra do Pilar in the Wikipedia encyclopediaMosteiro da Serra do Pilar in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsMosteiro da Serra do Pilar (Q10332614) in the Wikidata database.The monastery was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 1996 along with the old town of Porto.last change: May 2018
  • 4  Teleférico de Gaia. Tel.: 351 22 374 1440. Cable car on the banks of the Duoro. You can do it, but you don't have to.last change: May 2018
  • At the Cais de Gaia (Banks of the Duoro) there are numerous port wine cellars in a row. Often lie in front of it Rabelo called boats.

activities

Port wine cellar tours

  • 1  Calem, Avenida Diogo Leite, 344.
  • 2  Taylor's Port, Visitors' Center, Rua do Choupelo nº 250, 4400-088 Vila Nova de Gaia. Tel.: 351 223 772 973.
  • 3  Cockburn’s Port Lodge, Rua Serpa Pinto, 346 4400-307 Vila Nova de Gaia. last change: May 2018
  • 4  Sandeman, Sandeman Cellars Largo Miguel Bombarda, 3rd. last change: May 2018

beaches

There are a number of beaches south of the mouth of the Duoro in the Atlantic, most of them awarded the blue flag.

  • 1 Praia de Canidelo
  • 2 Praia da Madalena
  • 3 Praia da Sãozinha
  • 4 Praia da Granja

shop

  • 1  El Corte Ingles, Av. da República 1435, 4430-999 Vila Nova de Gaia. Tel.: 351 22 378 1400. last change: May 2018

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