Porto Cathedral

Sé Catedral do Porto

A fortress-like cathedral with tiled cloisters and a free viewpoint

Hours

Daily about 09:00–18:30 (17:30 in winter, per visitors); restricted during Mass

Tickets

Nave free; cloister, museum and tower €3–4 (sources from August 2026 give both €3 and €4, so check on site)

Address

Terreiro da Sé on top of the old-town hill, 5 minutes uphill from São Bento

Begun as a Romanesque church in the 12th and 13th centuries and added to in Gothic and baroque times, it looks like a fortress outside and glitters with gilded altars inside. The paid cloister is lined with blue azulejos, and its upper terrace looks out over the old-town roofs. The best part is free, though: stand at the railing by the horseman statue in the front square and the roofs of Ribeira tumble down to the river, with the Dom Luís I Bridge and the Serra do Pilar monastery in the same frame.