Porto São Bento

The Train Station is beautiful and clean! They’re currently securing the Azulejos with a white net and sensors since they’re doing construction work outside. The station had an ongoing exhibition that caught my eye, very cool stuff. Regarding, trains and service everything was easy to follow and people were helpful.

Rumors has it that this is the first train station in Portugal and maybe in Europe. Either way this authentic and will active train station is some sort of a museum as well. The station walls are covered in tile painting that tells the evolution of public transportation. We were surprised to find flowers In a place where smoke and pollution are it's expected rulers.

A very pleasant station to use with all the facilities you would expect from a major station. The station is architecturally beautiful. It is a shame about the construction work around the station at the moment spoils it somewhat.

Porto's main train station, with beautiful traditional azulejos designs. Currently (September 2024) there are huge construction works around the station (and in the city in general), so do not be surprised if you have to go through improvised and temporary pathway.

Really, really lovely train station. When you're inside you can feels like back in those old years. The blue tiles here shows some parts of Porto's history to be appreciated. There was maintenance works outside the building and I was almost missed out to visit this landmark in the final day.

The most famous São Bento train station in Porto, opened to the public in 1916 and one of the most beautiful places in the world, to admire the azulejos, the 20.000 beautiful tiles which depict the historical Portuguese life scenes.

Amazing place to visit, even if you don’t need to take a train, located right in Porto’s historic center which have been declare UNESCO World Heritage Site. You will admire the immense hand painted “azulejos”on the huge walls (around 20.000 tiles!) which are related to different important episodes in Portugal’s history. I really enjoyed my time there, great place for fantastic photos! Totally recommend it.

It’s absolutely a beautiful train station with gorgeous blue and white tile paintings depicting historical and folk scenes from the Douro region. Not only did I enjoyed its tile paintings, I liked the bright yellow ceilings as well. The detailed molding highlights the charm of the arch. I also went inside to see the platform. It’s nice too. It was a convent before it became a train station.