Porto: Mysteries, Legends, and Crimes Walking Tour

Discover Porto's dark side on a walking tour filled with secret stories, unsolved crimes, and mysterious disappearances. Visit the old prison and explore a romantic garden with a not-so-romantic past.
Get off the beaten tourist track and discover a side to Porto that you won't find in guidebooks on this walking tour. Learn about the unsolved crimes, disappearances, and bizarre happenings that have taken place in Porto over the years. Visit the old prison and Miradouro da Vitoria.
Start your tour in Rua das Flores, the scene of Porto's most notorious unsolved crime. Help your guide uncover the truth as you learn the background of this horrific crime.
Continue your tour with a visit to one of the city's best viewpoints, Miradouro da Vitoria. Not everything is as scenic as it looks here, as the viewpoint is home to one of the darkest periods in Portuguese history.
Next, pay a visit to the old prison (if open) and discover some of its bizarre stories. Then head to a beautiful romantic garden that hides a dark past behind its picturesque exterior.
Continue to the Carlos Alberto Plaque to learn about the horrors of dictatorship and the heroic actions of the Portuguese Army.
Head outside the city center to finish your tour at the Palacio de Cristal Gardens, where you will learn about the violent history behind the name of Vila Nova de Gaia and the meaning of the Portuguese word saudade.

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This excursion you can cancel with no cost up to 24 hours before the start of the trip. If you cancel it after 24 hours or not show up on the excursion you will still be charged the full price of the activity. Being late on pick-up or departure will be considered as not showing up.