If you like going shopping and you´re in apartments in Porto spending a few days holiday, there are many places where you can quench your thirst for shopping.
Whether it´s in the small independent shops in the old town or in shopping centres, this Portuguese city will cater to all your needs.
In any case, perhaps you haven´t travelled all this way to go to a shopping centre so, wouldn´t it be great that there was one that was also traditional and typically Portuguese? Well, you´re in luck.
Via Catarina is a shopping centre in the old town surrounded by unique architecture.
Truth is that its architecture gives it an amazing personality, which has all sorts of shops for you to shop until you drop.
Urban fashion, technology, bookshops, perfume shops… at Via Catarina you can find everything you want, from the most famous brands to traditional Portuguese shops.
The shopping centre also has small bars and restaurants to eat or drink something if you get hungry. Whether it´s fast food restaurants or more elaborated cuisine, you will be able to find the one that suits you the most.
All in all, you can buy at Via Catarina and not feel that you´re in a conventional shopping centre; it´s one of the most unique shopping centres that you can visit.