Porto Tiles Walking Tour
Porto, Portugal
Trip Type: Walking Tours
Duration: 3 hours 30 minutes
Tiles are present everywhere on Porto's walls. Discover the history of tile and pottery factories of Porto and Gaia whose production was exported around the world in a pleasant walk of about 3 and a half hours, passing through iconic locations in the city with panels of advertising, religious, historical or simply decorative nature tiles, stopping in the City-House materials storage.
Recognize the different techniques and styles of tiles and ceramics in general.
Recognize the different techniques and styles of tiles and ceramics in general.
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Tiles are present everywhere on Porto's walls. Discover the history of tile and pottery factories of Porto and Gaia whose production was exported around the world in a pleasant walk of about 3 and a half hours, passing through iconic locations in the city with panels of advertising, religious, historical or simply decorative nature tiles, stopping in the City-House materials storage.
Recognize the different techniques and styles of tiles and ceramics in general. Meet your guide at the Clerics Tower and go for a walk through the historic center of Unesco heritage where we will point to one of its most important assets: Tiles. Hear about how tiles was produced in series to fill so many facades of Porto and beyond.
You will differentiate the different factories, the major Artists and their outstanding works, from the oldest to the most modern such as the artisanal or industrial processes.
On the route you will find numerous other panels, patterns or friezes tiles, for which will also make a brief explanation of its historical framework. The end of the visit about 3:30 h occur in next to the Ribeira tunnel.
Recognize the different techniques and styles of tiles and ceramics in general. Meet your guide at the Clerics Tower and go for a walk through the historic center of Unesco heritage where we will point to one of its most important assets: Tiles. Hear about how tiles was produced in series to fill so many facades of Porto and beyond.
You will differentiate the different factories, the major Artists and their outstanding works, from the oldest to the most modern such as the artisanal or industrial processes.
On the route you will find numerous other panels, patterns or friezes tiles, for which will also make a brief explanation of its historical framework. The end of the visit about 3:30 h occur in next to the Ribeira tunnel.
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