Palácio do Pão — Restaurant in Espinho

The Palacio do Pao is a great combination of a wide ranging bakery and a great cafe serving excellent food and superb coffee. It's located in Espinho, an upmarket beach resort with much else to enjoy, about a fifteen minute drive south of Porto. Every Monday there is a very large and diverse market that offers fresh food, plants and gardening tools, clothes of every type and style for women, men and children, bedding and kitchen items, fabrics and much more. And on the first Sunday of each month there is an antiques and collectables market at the same location as the Monday market, which tourists and locals alike both look forward to. And the added bonus? The markets' location is literally a 5-10 minute walk from Palacio do Pao, which means it an extremely convenient place to have breakfast or elevenses before going to the market and luncheon or tea after your shopping spree. A thoroughly delightful combination and...

We (tourists) came here on recommendation of a local. We tried a number of sweet items, no idea how they were called except for the éclair. For our taste not the best, mostly sweet but the flavor itself was not especially to our liking. The bred/buns in contrast are very tasty. Very friendly service. It seems most people who come here are...

My husband and I are new in town, also to Portugal. This place is close to our apartment and is a great place to get daily bread, have a coffee and pick up a cake for later. We got a beautiful holiday cake here and will do it again next year, it...