Clérigos Tower

Torre e Igreja dos Clérigos

A tight spiral climb to a sea of red roofs

Hours

Daily 09:00–19:00 (last entry 30 min before); seasonal night opening 19:00–23:00

Tickets

Tower and museum €10, students €7, 10 and under free / night, tower only, €5. Official online shop or the ticket desk; the church itself is free

Address

Rua de São Filipe de Nery, 2–3 minutes from Livraria Lello

This 75.6-metre bell tower, attached to an 18th-century baroque church, was for a long time the tallest thing in Porto. You pass through a small museum and then climb more than 200 stone steps, the passage narrowing until you have to squeeze past people coming down. At the top the red-tiled roofs spread out in every direction, with the cathedral, the Douro and Gaia to the south. The church at the foot of the tower is free to enter.