Porto - Mercado do Bolhão

With around 250,000 inhabitants, Porto is the largest city in the north of Portugal. More than 1.7 million people live in the "Greater Porto area", the metropolitan region.

The historic centre of Porto was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1996. Port wine is named after Porto because the wineries of Vila Nova de Gaia on the south bank of the Douro River are the centres for packaging, transporting and exporting the fortified wine.

I have uploaded many photos from previous visits.
So I will limit myself and only upload a few.

The current "Mercado do Bolhão" was errected in 1914, when this was a very modern structore with two floors. Since then it underwent numerous alterations and restaurations. After 2007 a wide civic protest and a petition with 50.000 signatures saved the market, as it was planned to demolish the market. Since 2015 restoration and modernisation is now under way.


In 2023 the market halls of the Mercado do Bolhão were finally renovated