Bustling, ornate, café-culture, central

Santa Catarina

Porto's century-old shopping promenade, crowned by the gilded Belle Époque Majestic Café.

Santa Catarina is Porto's great shopping artery, a pedestrian rua running uphill that has been the city's promenade for over a century. It is busy and theatrical, lined with tiled storefronts and crowned by the Majestic, the gilded Belle Époque café where Porto has taken coffee and pastries since 1921. Around the bustle, a newer generation of small dining rooms has set up close to the foot traffic, trading on the energy of the street. Come to Santa Catarina for the ritual of a coffee in a mirrored salon, then for a modern Portuguese plate a few doors away.

Highlights

The gilded Belle Époque Majestic Café, open since 1921 Porto's busiest pedestrian shopping street Coffee and pastries in a mirrored Art Nouveau salon Modern Portuguese rooms close to the foot traffic Tiled storefronts and turn-of-the-century theatre

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