Museu da Cidade do Porto

A repository of the city’s history, and a free gallery of building materials for visitor to see. I was told Porto property owners can get free consultation and even free materials when renovating the old town buildings - what a nice way to preserve the culture! In addition to tiles there are sculptures, signs all salvaged from demolished buildings. I love the old photos accompanying the pieces, show what they looked like in the...

If you have this place near the hotel then its ok to visit. It wont take more than 10 min and is free. For the others, don't go far to visit this place as it is very small, practically a room with tiles and in my opinion not worth it. The information about the tiles near them is only in Portuguese and if you don't know the language wont take any info other than just seeing the tiles. The tiles are beautiful but nothing...

The Banco de Materiais, or Bank of Materials, is home to tens of thousands of azulejos—the painted, glazed ceramic tiles that cover the exteriors of buildings across Portugal. In varying shades of blue, maroon, and honey gold, they often depict ornate floral patterns or simple geometric repetition. Sometimes, entire mosaics of intricately painted tiles display scenes from...