Places
Silos de Leixões
Regular Visits
ACCESS ONLY TO PEOPLE WITH MORE THAN 12 YEARS OLD; Mandatory identification of the visitor (name + identification card); The entry with lighters or equivalent objects is forbidden; Required te activation of airplane mode on mobile phones; Should be avoided the entrance with high-volume backpack and bags; Mandatory use of individual protection helmets, that will be provided by the organization.
Tours
Visit accompanied by Engineer Miguel Tomé
Maximum 18 people per visit
No reservation required; first-come, first-served
No wheelchair access
Photography allowed
Description
Celebrating 40 years, the silos emerge vertical and monumental in the northeast of the Leixões Port, occupying 25.000 square meters that include road, railway accesses and warehouses to receive, move and dispatch cereals. It comprises a storage silo, an expedition silo, an elevation tower, a horizontal warehouse, and also administrative services. The bucket water-wheel tower is 95 meters in height. The storage battery is 65 meters from the ground and is made of 13 x 3 circular silos with 60 meters of height and 8.20 meters of diameter. The 5 meter bottom span allows the contemplation and experience of a nave with a ceiling indented by the space left empty by cells and intercells, making us think of a cathedral, reinforced and exalted by dusty and filtered light that invades the space. One can also learn about a variety of Portuguese buckets, vases or feeders that seem to be all around the place.
Location
Lugar de Gonçalves, Leça da Palmeira
Directions: Google Maps / Apple Maps
Public Transport
Bus: STCP 601, Resende 111, 116