Free things to do in Porto

34 places in Porto with free entry or no charge, based on guide listings and map data.

Ranked with the travel guide's picks and well-known places first.

Photo: Dennis Morhardt, CC BY 2.0 (licence)

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Centro Português de Fotografia
Portuguese Photography Museum
Housed in a beautiful building in the centre of the city.
Closed · opens 10 am tomorrowFree · Free entry
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Port Wine Institute
A small exhibition about Port wine and its certification process. Samples of a small variety of Port wines can be bought. Guided tastings and tours to the laboratories can be arranged.
Mon-Fri 11:00-19:00, Sat Sun closedFree
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Jardim Botânico do Porto
The Porto Botanical Garden (Portuguese: Jardim Botânico do Porto) is a botanical garden located in the gardens of the Campo Alegre Estate (Quinta do Campo Alegre) or Andresen House, in Porto, Portugal. Since 2015, it has been a part of the Museum of Natural History and Science of University of Porto (MHNC-UP). In recognition of its conservation efforts and botanical significance, the garden received multiple international distinctions.
Open now · closes 7 pmFree entry · Heritage listed
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Casa Oficina António Carneiro
The Casa-Oficina António Carneiro (António Carneiro's House-Workshop) is located in the city of Porto, Portugal.
Closed · opens 10 am tomorrowFree entry · Heritage listed
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Museu Municipal de Numismática
The Numismatics Cabinet (Gabinete de Numismática) is one of the museum collections that make up the Museum of Porto, housing one of the largest collections of numismatics in Portugal, focusing notably on Greek, Roman, Visigothic, Christian kingdoms, Arab, and Portuguese coins. The collection is currently housed in the Palacete of the Viscounts of Balsemão and was last displayed in Casa do Infante in 2023. Plans to move the collection to a refurbished facility at the former Abrigo dos Pequeninos, announced in 2017, remain incomplete as of February 2024.
Closed · opens 10 am tomorrowFree entry
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Museu Aurélia e Sofia de Souza
The Casa-Museu Marta Ortigão Sampaio (Marta Ortigão Sampaio's House Museum) is a small museum located in the city of Porto, Portugal. Marta was born in Porto into an upper-class family in end of 19th century, her father being a prominent intellectual, Vasco Ortigão Sampaio. She never actually lived in this house; her husband died prematurely during the construction of the house.
Closed · opens 10 am tomorrowFree entry
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Museu do Holocausto do Porto
The Holocaust Museum of Oporto (Portuguese: Museu de Holocausto do Porto) is a Holocaust museum founded in 2021. The main themes treated at the new Museum are Jewish life before the Holocaust, Nazism, Nazi expansion in Europe, the ghettoes, refugees, concentration, labour and extermination camps, the Final Solution, the death marches, liberation, the postwar Jewish population, the foundation of the State of Israel, win or starve, the Righteous Among the Nations. Visitors to the Museum will see a reproduction of the dorms of Auschwitz, a names room, a flame memorial, cinema, conference room, study centre, corridors with the complete narrative and, in the image of the Holocaust Washington…
Free entry
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Igreja de Santo António dos Congregados
11 Rua de Sá da Bandeira
Open now · closes 6:30 pmFree entry · Heritage listed
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Parque das Águas
225-253-285
Open now · closes 7 pmFree entry · Heritage listed
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Jardim da Praça da Corujeira
R. Dr. Maurício Estêves Pereira Pinto 105
Free entry
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Galeria Presença
570 Rua de Miguel Bombarda
Open now · closes 7:30 pmFree entry
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Centro Interpretativo do Património da Afurada
10 Rua António dos Santos
Open now · closes 6 pmFree entry
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Galeria Municipal do Porto
Rua de Dom Manuel II, Jardins do Palácio de Cristal
Closed · opens 10 am tomorrowFree entry
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Espaço Mira
159 Rua de Miraflor
Closed · opens 3 pm tomorrowFree entry
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Ó! Galería
R. de Miguel Bombarda 61
Free entry
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Mira - Artes Performativas
68 Rua do Padre António Vieira
Free entry
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Araújo & Sobrinho
Lgo de S. Domingos 55
Free entry
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Espiga
Loja de produtos artesanais
Wi-Fi · Free entry
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Ferreira da Silva Chemical Laboratory
Closed · opens 10 am tomorrowFree entry · Wheelchair accessible
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Museu de História Natural e da Ciência da Universidade do Porto - Polo Central
81 Campo dos Mártires da Pátria
Closed · opens 10 am tomorrowFree entry · Wheelchair accessible
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Banco de Materiais
71 Praça de Carlos Alberto
Closed · opens 10 am tomorrowFree entry
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Biblioteca Sonora
2 Rua de Dom João IV
Open now · closes 6 pmFree entry
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Judiciary Museum of Oporto Appeal Court
Campo dos Mártires da Pátria
Closed · opens 9 am tomorrowFree entry
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Museu da Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade do Porto
265 Avenida de Rodrigues de Freitas
Open now · closes 6 pmFree entry
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Museu de Anatomia Professor Nuno Grande
228 Rua Jorge Viterbo Ferreira
Closed · opens 9 am tomorrowFree entry
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Museum of Conflict
Campo dos Mártires da Pátria
Closed · opens 2 pm ThursdayFree entry
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Jardim de João Chagas
Open now · open 24 hoursFree entry · Heritage listed
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Jardim do Palácio do Freixo
Rua do Palácio
Free entry · Heritage listed
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Biblioteca Popular Pedro Ivo
Closed · opens 10 am tomorrowFree entry
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Casa-Museu Engenheiro António de Almeida
325 Rua do Tenente Valadim
Free entry
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MIRAForum
155 Rua de Miraflor
Closed · opens 3 pm tomorrowFree entry
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Padaria Águas Furtadas
Open now · closes 7 pmFree entry
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Galeria Alvarez
Free entry
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SCAR-ID
Free entry

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