Location: Vila do Conde
Top Things to do in Vila do Conde
Top 5 Museums in Vila do Conde, Northern Portugal
Vila do Conde (Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈvilɐ du ˈkõdɨ], locally [ˈbilɐ du ˈkoŋdɨ]) is a municipality in the Norte Region of Portugal. The population in 2011 was 79,533, in an area of 149.03 km². The urbanized area of Vila do Conde, which includes the parishes of Vila do Conde, Azurara and Árvore, represent 36,137 inhabitants. Vila do Conde is interlinked to the north with Póvoa de Varzim, forming a single urban agglomeration. The town is on the Portuguese Way of the Camino de Santiago.
Restaurants in Vila do Conde
1. Museu das Rendas de Bilros de Vila do Conde
2. Casa de Jose Regio
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4.5 based on 18 reviews
Reviewed By PascaleNikoline - Copenhagen, Denmark
Beatifull house, well-planned museum - and what a collection of antiquities! Definately worth a visit!
3. Centro de Memoria
4. Nau Quinhentista
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4.5 based on 124 reviews
Reviewed By hans-jaguar - Santa Comba Dao, Portugal
The Nau Quinhentista is located just across the street in front of the museu “Alfandega Régia”, it is a replica from a Portuguese vessel from the North Atlantic career of the beginning of the 16th century, the vessel was designed by Admiral Rogério d'Oliveira and built at the Samuel & Filhos shipyards, which until 1993 were located in this same place. With a length of 27.50 meters, a width of 7.70 meters, a height of 4.75 meters, and a weight of around 300 tons. On the inside, you can see various reproductions of life on board that time, such as the crew members' quarters, places and ways of storing goods, disposal of cartographic material and instruments to aid navigation, artillery pieces, ballast, among others , in order to represent the complexity faced by navigators on their voyages on the high seas. O location not to be missed.
5. Alfandega Regia – Museu da Construcao Naval
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4.0 based on 51 reviews
