Places
Egídio Santos
Open Visits
Tours
Sat 15h00, Architect Luís Pedro Silva / Sat 16h00-20h00, Guides of Terminal de Cruzeiros / Sun 10h30-15h30, Guides of Terminal de Cruzeiros (Visits without booking but with ticket distribution 30 minutes before)
Plus Program
Caleidoscópio
Maximum 40 people per visit
Visit with ticket distribution
No reservation required; first-come, first-served
Wheelchair access
Photography allowed
Description
The new cruise terminal, located at Molhe Sul of the Leixões Port, stands today as new local and national iconography, simultaneously capable of stimulating and cheering up the place. Designed to be seen from the horizon, it is a symbolic and metaphoric door into the modern city since 2014. The spiral serpentine is a symbol of Porto’s marine coast, materializing a continuous ascendant path between the pier and the roof, a viewpoint like an amphitheatre turned to the sea. The movement of a helical ramp that involves the central and vertical quadruple span dominates the interior – between the material and immaterial space, between real and virtual environment. The glass contrasts with the textured and luminous ceramics that suggest a vertiginous dive, simultaneously sensory and unreal.
Location
Avenida Norton de Matos – Gate near south quay
Directions: Google Maps / Apple Maps
Public Transport
Subway: Linha A - Matosinhos Sul
Bus: STCP - 500, 501, 502, 506, 507