Serra do Pilar Monastery

Mosteiro da Serra do Pilar

Round cloister and the best Porto skyline

Address

Largo de Aviz on the Gaia hilltop, close to the south end of the Dom Luís I bridge

A sixteenth-century monastery on the hilltop, with a perfectly round cloister, a rare shape in Portugal. From the square in front, the Dom Luís I bridge and the riverfront fit into one frame. It also serves military use, so the interior is mostly by guided visit.