PORTO CRUISE TERMINAL


The Porto Cruise Terminal opened in 2015 and designed by the Portuguese architect Luís Pedro Silva, is one of the major projects promoted by the Port Authority. It was integrated into the Port of Leixões Strategic Development Plan, which results from a dynamic territorial cooperation, interconnecting two main objectives: to improve the commercial efficiency of the port, associated with cruise activity and a urban integration, associated with increasing sociability with the surrounding population.
It was the biggest project ever to open the port to the city, making the Port of Leixões an important gateway to the region and definitively boosting the number of cruise ships and passengers, increasingly assuming itself as a port of cruises.


The building is already an icon of Matosinhos and North of Portugal Region and a work of great architectural value that completely changed the entire sea coast of the region and has already won several prestigious national and international architecture awards.
In 2015, it was considered the 2nd 'Best Port of the Year' by the 'Seatrade Cruise Awards' in a ceremony that took place in Hamburg, Germany. This distinction aims to distinguish the port that stood out most for its investments in the cruise sector and the promotion of tourism.


The 340m long pier was opened in April 2011, allowing the largest cruise ships to call at Leixões.

  • O Terminal de Cruzeiros localiza-se no Molhe Sul do Porto de Leixões, na cidade de Matosinhos, a apenas 3 Km da cidade do Porto e a 10 km do Aeroporto Internacional do Porto.

  • Cais para Cruzeiros:
    Comprimento do cais: 340m e fundos: - 10m (Z.H.L.)

    Comprimento máximo dos navios: 300m (320m sob consulta)

    Pilotagem obrigatória (para entrada e saída)

    Sem limites de estadia

    Certificação ISPS

    Sem limites de estadia

    Abastecimento (através de camião)

    Recolha de resíduos

    Aguada

    Mantimentos

    Estação de Passageiros, situada no edifício central do complexo, com diversas valências para navios em escala, ou que efetuem embarque/desembarque de passageiros. Sem limite de capacidade para passageiros em trânsito e com capacidade para 2.500 passageiros em turnaround (embarque e desembarque);

    Cais flúvio-marítimo para acostagem de embarcações que proporcionem itinerários turísticos no rio Douro;

    Estacionamento para autocarros e viaturas ao longo do molhe e estacionamento interior.

     

  • Wi-fi gratuito

    Informação e receção com guias turísticas (Inglês, Francês e Espanhol)

    Mapas Turísticos

    Câmbios

    Loja

    WC’s

    Zona de estacionamento de autocarros

    Autocarros STCP no exterior do porto

    Taxis no exterior do porto (autorizada a entrada até junto do Terminal)

    Metro para o Porto City Center Linha A (Senhor de Matosinhos - Estádio do Dragão)

    Aeroporto Internacional do Porto

    City Sightseeing Porto

    Yellow Bus Official Sightseeing Tours

    24h Porto Sightseeing Tour - Blue Bus