Vila Nova de Gaia
Description
Although it looks as though it should be part of the same city, Vila Nova de Gaia, otherwise know as Gaia, is a completely separate town, with it's own council and tourist information centre. It's also where all the Port wine lodges house their cellars for the storage of Port whilst it matures. Most of them offer tours and the views from this side of the Douro looking back to Porto are spectacular
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Getting There
The quickest way to get to Gaia is to walk across the Ponte de Dom Luis I from the Ribeira. Alternatively there are plenty of buses that go across the bridge, or the Metro goes over the upper bridge.
Latitude: 41.137666; Longitude: -8.61415
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Disclaimer: Details correct at time of writing (25/02/2011), and on time of last update (02/02/2023) but may no longer be accurate, particularly if some time has passed.