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Sight in Porto

Galeria da Biodiversidade and Jardim Botânico

The University of Porto's Ciência Viva biodiversity gallery inside the Botanical Garden: 49 exhibits and installations, family ticket €14, garden outside.

Address
Rua do Campo Alegre 1191, 4150-181 Porto
Hours
Gallery Tue–Sun 10:00–13:00 and 14:00–18:00 (last entry 17:30), closed 1 Jan, Easter Sunday, 25 Dec. Garden daily 9:00–18:00 (Nov–Mar), 9:00–19:00 (Apr–Oct)
Price level
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Open in Google Mapsmhnc.up.pt

Great with kids

Ages 0–4 free, 5–17 €2.50, family ticket (two adults with children up to 17) €14. Research.

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What the sources say (research)

  • The first centre in Portugal’s Ciência Viva network devoted to biodiversity, opened on 30 June 2017 inside the University of Porto’s Botanical Garden: 49 exhibits and installations across 15 themes, from mechanical models to multimedia. [MHNC-UP]
  • Open Tuesday to Sunday 10:00–13:00 and 14:00–18:00, last entry 17:30; closed 1 January, Easter Sunday and 25 December. [MHNC-UP]
  • Tickets: €5 regular, €2.50 for ages 5–17, students and over-65s, €14 for a family of two adults with children up to 17, free for children up to and including 4. [MHNC-UP]
  • The Botanical Garden around it opens every day, 9:00–18:00 from November to March and 9:00–19:00 from April to October. [MHNC-UP] We did not find whether the garden charges entry.

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Schematic map with 2 numbered places around Galeria da Biodiversidade and Jardim Botânico; the numbered list next to it has the same places.12Galeria da Biodiversidade and Jardim Botânico0.5 kmN
  1. 1Museu do Carro Eléctrico (Tram Museum)
  2. 2Serralves

Further afield: Parque da Cidade (4 km). Straight-line distances from the centre point, not driving times.

Schematic: positions from each place's coordinates, no roads or coastline. Not for navigation.

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Museu do Carro Eléctrico (Tram Museum)

Porto's tram museum on the Douro riverfront in Massarelos; free for young children, €4 for ages 6–18, and a discount with a tram ticket (research).

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Parque da Cidade

The largest urban park in Portugal, with lakes and paths running from Boavista to the Atlantic. Free, open late; city pages give different areas and opening times.

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Serralves

Contemporary art museum in a large park with a treetop walk on the edge of Boavista; children under 12 free, park-only ticket €15.

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