Vila Nova de Gaia or also known as "Gaia" in my opinion is one of the most beautiful and interesting cities in Portugal for "urban" tourism, even though I emphasize "urban" Gaia is also known for its unruly beaches that in summer they are very visited for water sports! Today I took a short tour to show you some of the places that you cannot miss if you are going to visit Porto on your next vacation!🏰📚🚩
Vila Nova de Gaia o tambien conocida como "Gaia" en mi opinion es una de las ciudades de Portugal mas bonitas e interesante para hacer turismo "urbano", apesar que hago enfasis en "urbano" Gaia tambien es conocida por sus playas rebeldes que en verano son muy visitadas para realizar deportes acuaticos! hoy realice un pequeño recorrido para mostrarte algunos de los sitios que no puedes perderte si vas a visitar Porto en tus proximas vacaciones!🌍🏯🕍🚙
Let's go to the market first🙇♂️🧭/Vamos primero al Mercado🏰🚩🍍🍓🌽💐🌼
Whenever I have an opportunity to get to know a new city, the first thing I do is make a short stop at one of its markets to get to know a little about the culture and gastronomy! Gaia, which belongs to the Porto district, is known for its great fish trade! I chose the Bolhão market because I read that it is one of the most emblematic of Porto and here I can find everything I am looking for! from flowers to any type of liquor and Portuguese wine!🍪🍇🍊
Siempre que tengo una oportunidad de conocer una ciudad nueva lo primero que hago es realizar una corta parada en alguno de sus mercados para poder conocer un poco la cultura y gastronomia! Gaia que pertenece al distrito de Porto es conocida por su gran comercio de peces! escogi el mercado de Bolhão porque lei que es uno de los mas emblematicos de Porto y aqui puedo encontrar todo lo que busco! desde flores hasta cualquier tipo de licor y vino portugues!🥩🍫☕🌼🌺
Bolhão Market🙇♂️🧭/Mercado de Bolhão🏰🚩🍍🍓🌽💐🌼
One of the main characteristics of this market is that it stands out for being very large and has two floors where all its merchants are distributed everywhere! Its architecture is beautiful being "Neoclassical" everything seems very modern and very clearly inside it, but the Bolhão market is quite old and dates back to 1839 at that time the municipal chamber of Porto decided to buy a piece of land to be able to locate the merchants who already carried out activities in this area! More or less in 1910 the market is already official with a decent structure!🕍🏯🌍😋
Una de las principales caracteristicas de este mercado es que destaca por ser muy grande y presenta dos pisos donde todos sus comerciantes de distribuyen por todos los lugares! su arquitectura es bonita siendo "Neoclasica" parecer todo muy moderno y con mucha claridad dentro de el, pero el mercado de Bolhão es bastante antiguo y se remonta desde 1839 en esa altura la camara municipal de porto decidio comprar un terreno para poder ubicar a los comerciantes que ya realizaban actividades en esta zona! mas o menos en 1910 ya el mercado es oficial con una estructura decente!🚩📚🧭
Great variety of canned🐟🐠🐙
My experience inside the market was very pleasant, we had a coffee since it was raining a lot! We took a walk to see all the products that are sold in Porto, it was interesting to see the great variety of different packaging of marine products, there were sardine cans of all sizes and models, some are even sold to collect! flowers from different parts of the world and some from Portugal.🧠🌍
Mi experiencia dentro del mercado fue muy agradable, nos tomamos un cafe ya que estaba lloviendo mucho! dimos una caminata para ver todos los productos que se venden en Porto, fue interesante ver la gran variedad de diferentes embalajes de productos marinos, habian latas de sardina de todos los tamaños y modelos, algunos hasta son vendidos para coleccionar! flores de diferentes partes del mundo y algunas propias de Portugal.📚😁
A stop on the beach🙇♂️🧭/Una parada en la playa🏰🚩🌊
Imagine going from the beautiful and colorful Bolhão market to the beaches of Gaia in just 15 minutes, you have a wide variety of beaches to choose from since Gaia is a coastal city and is located along the entire coastline of the country, which is why it has more than 15 different beaches, in summer it is quite crowded by tourists from all over the world! Personally, for me there are better beaches in Portugal than those offered by Gaia, as these are very rough and you are literally taking a bath in the Atlantic Ocean! but what do you say surfing??🐠🐟🌊🌊
Imaginate pasar del hermoso y colorido mercado de Bolhão a las playas de Gaia en tan solo 15 minutos, tienes una gran variedad de playas para escoger pues Gaia es una ciudad costera y se ubica en todo el litoral del pais por lo que tiene mas de 15 playas diferentes, en verano es bastante concurrida por turistas de todo el mundo! en lo personal para mi hay playas mejores en Portugal que las que ofrece Gaia, pues estas son muy agitadas y literalmente estas tomando un bano en el oceano atlantico! pero que me dices hacer surf??🚣♂️🏊♂️🤽♀️🏄♀️🏄♀️
Church built on a stone🌊🕍
I had been to the beaches of Gaia before, and my favorite activities here are hiking along the coast, there is a very interesting path that starts on the coast of Miramar beach and runs along the entire coast passing by a beautiful church built on the water and which is one of the most visited places in Gaia, then you pass by a stream and the landscape is very beautiful with species of aquatic plants. Therefore I recommend that path here on the beach.🧠🌍
En las playas de Gaia ya habia estado anteriormente, y mis actividades favoritas aqui es realizar senderismo por la costa, hay un sendero muy interesante que comienza en la costa de la playa de Miramar y recorre toda la costa pasando por una linda iglesia construida en el agua y que es uno de los sitios mas visitados de Gaia, luego pasas por un riachuelo y el paisaje es muy hermoso con especies de plantas acuaticas. Por tanto te recomiendo ese sendero aqui en la playa.📚😁
A stop at the Luis I bridge🙇♂️🧭/Una parada en el puente Luis I 🏰🚩
Everyone who visits Gaia stops here at the Luis I Bridge to take a picture, it's not my first time here in Porto so I had already been through the bridge, however never at this time of year when the whole city is decorated for Christmas ! What can I tell you about the bridge? It is worth visiting without a doubt, but you will have a big problem if you are in your own or rented car, it is quite difficult to park so you should look around for a private parking lot and pay for a few hours!🕍📚
Todos los que visitan Gaia se detienen aqui en el Puente Luis I para tomarse una foto, no es mi primera vez aqui en Porto por tanto ya habia pasado por el puente sin embargo nunca a esta altura del año cuando toda la ciudad esta decorada de navidad! que puedo decirte del puente? vale la pena visitarlo sin duda, pero tendras un gran problema si andas en automovil propio o alquilado, es bastante dificil estacionar asi que debes buscar a los alrededores un estacionamiento privado y pagar por algunas horas! 🛺🚕🚙🚲
Literally if you want to walk from Porto to Gaia or vice versa you will have to go through the bridge here! At this moment they are carrying out some constructions, therefore it is closed to circulate vehicles! From here you have a great 360 degree view of all of Vila nova de Gaia and Porto!😎😎
Literalmente si quieres pasar caminando de porto a Gaia o viceversa tendras que pasar por aqui por el puente! en este momento estan realizando algunas construcciones por tanto esta cerrado para circular vehiculos! desde aqui tienes una gran vision de 360 grados hacia toda Vila nova de Gaia y Porto!😮😮
Mosteiro da Serra do Pilar🙇♂️🧭/Monasterio da Serra do Pilar 🏰🚩
To get to the monastery we must walk a couple of kilometers until we reach the highest area of Vila Nova de Gaia but it is worth it because in the photo you can see the beautiful view you have of the river! Now, you can do this route on foot but be careful if you have any difficulty walking steep roads then it will be difficult for you and take an alternative road where you can go by car! you can see the beautiful and old architecture that is part of the culture of Gaia. By the way you can also take a "cable car" to go up! another alternative for 8 euros!😁😁
Para llegar al monasterio debemos caminar un par de kilometros hasta llegar a la zona mas alta de Vila Nova de Gaia pero vale la pena porque en la foto puedes ver la hermosa vista que tienes del rio! ahora bien este recorrido puedes hacerlo caminando pero ten cuidado si tienes alguna dificultad para caminar carreteras empinadas entonces sera dificil para ti y toma una carretera alternativa donde si puedes ir con vehiculo! puedes ver la arquitectura bonita y antigua que forma parte de la cultura de Gaia. Por cierto tambien puedes tomar un "teleferico" para subir! otra alternativa por 8euros!😍😍
What bad luck I have had in my visits to Gaia because I always wanted to enter the Monastery and it was always closed the times I tried but as they say the "third is the charm" I will finally have the opportunity to enter the monastery because we talked about almost 500 years of history!😎😍
Que mala suerte he tenido en mis visitas a Gaia porque siempre quise entrar en el Monasterio y siempre estaba cerrado las veces que lo intente pero como dicen la "tercera es la vencida" por fin tendre la oportunidad de entrar en el monasterio porque hablamos de casi 500 años de historia!🕍🕍🕍
The monastery was built in 1672, in 1996 it was declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO, as you can see it was built in a privileged position since you can see the Luis I bridge and the city, history tells us that the monastery It is older than we think and its construction began in 1538 by the "San Agustin" order, the idea of this monastery was a place for monks to live.🧭📚
El monasterio fue construido en 1672, en el año 1996 fue declarado como patrimonio de la humanidad por la UNESCO, como puedes ver fue construido en una posicion privilegiada ya que puedes ver el puente Luis I y la ciudad, la historia nos dice que el monasterio es mas antiguo de lo que pensamos y su construccion inicio en 1538 por la orden "San Agustin", la idea de este monasterio era un lugar para habitar los monjes.🚩🕍
The stop at the monastery is very short, it takes about 15 minutes to go through it because you simply have access to the patio and some divisions where there are some tombs of monks who inhabited the monastery between the 15th and 16th century, there is also a statue of the first king of Portugal and founder of the country!🕍📚🧭
La parada en el monasterio es muy corta te demoras unos 15minutos en recorrerla porque simplemente tienes acceso al patio y algunas divisiones donde hay unas tumbas de monjes que habitaron el monasterio entre el siglo 15 y 16, tambien hay una estatua del primer rey de Portugal y fundador del pais!🤴👸
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