A conservation-focused animal outing in Avintes, with species such as the snow leopard. Choose a few habitats rather than trying to see everything.
An ocean tunnel, aquarium habitats and conservation displays give families a marine-life outing on Porto’s coast.
Livraria Lello combines a working bookshop with an ornate historic interior. For book-loving families, make the visit about choosing a story or noticing a design detail rather than expecting a large children’s activity centre.
Serralves pairs parkland with outdoor sculpture and an arts programme. Choose an outdoor looking-and-walking outing, then decide separately whether the museum or a scheduled family workshop suits your day.
Walking 45 metres above the Douro on the iron bridge, with Ribeira's coloured houses on one side and the port lodges on the other, is Porto's signature view.
A short gondola glide above the port lodge rooftops and the riverside, with the whole of Porto across the water.
A gentle hour on the Douro in a boat styled on the old wine barges, passing under all six of Porto's bridges.
The crimson curling staircase and stained-glass ceiling make this famous bookshop feel like a scene from a wizarding story.
Spiral stairs up Porto's baroque landmark tower end at a 360-degree view across the rooftops to the river.
Terraced gardens with free-roaming peacocks and balconies looking down on the Douro, a calm green break from the steep old town.