Baixa is the downtown: Avenida dos Aliados with the City Hall at its head, the Clérigos Tower above the rooftops and São Bento station, whose hall is covered in blue-and-white tile panels by Jorge Colaço. Most first visits to Porto begin within these few streets.
It is also where the city shops and meets. Rua de Santa Catarina is the main shopping street, with Café Majestic open since 1921. The Bolhão market reopened in 2022 after a long restoration and sells fish, fruit, flowers and cheese again. Livraria Lello, the 1906 bookshop, is five minutes west.
Nowhere in Porto is better connected. Trindade is the hub where the metro lines cross, Aliados and Bolhão stations sit in the middle of the quarter, and regional trains leave from São Bento. Everything else in the centre is within walking distance, though some of it is steep.
Restaurant in Baixa, Porto. Address: Rua do Bolhão 223, 4000-112.
5-star hotel in Baixa, Porto. Address: Rua de Sá da Bandeira 91, 4000-427.
Delicatessen in Baixa, Porto. Address: Rua Fernando Tomás 783, 4000-218.
Law firm in Baixa, Porto. Address: Rua de Gonçalo Cristóvão 347, 4000-270.
Regional restaurant in Baixa, Porto. Address: Rua Ateneu Comercial do Porto 22;24, 400-380.
Regional restaurant in Baixa, Porto. Address: Rua do Carmo 14 A, 4050-164.
Bar in Baixa, Porto. Address: Rua das Oliveiras 36.
Chocolatier in Baixa, Porto. Address: Rua do Almada 63.
Museum in Baixa, Porto. Address: Praça de Carlos Alberto 71, 4050-157.
Bar in Baixa, Porto. Address: Rua das Carmelitas 151, 4050-163.
Cinema in Baixa, Porto. Address: Praça da Batalha 47, 4000-101.
Restaurant in Baixa, Porto. Address: Rua Fernandes Tomás 764.
