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.

  • The Cruise Terminal is located on the South Mole of the Port of Leixões, in the city of Matosinhos, just 3 kilometres from the city of Porto and 10 kilometres from Porto International Airport.

  • Cruise ship quay:


    Quay length: 340m and depth: - 10m (Z.H.L.)

    Maximum ship length: 300 metres (320 metres on request)

    Compulsory pilotage (for entry and exit)

    No stay limits

    ISPS certification

    No stay limits

    Refuelling (by lorry)

    Waste collection

    Water

    Supplies

    Passenger Station, located in the central building of the complex, with various facilities for ships in transit or embarking/disembarking passengers. No capacity limit for transit passengers and capacity for 2,500 turnaround passengers (embarkation and disembarkation);

    River and sea pier for mooring boats providing tourist itineraries on the River Douro;

    Parking for buses and cars along the pier and indoor parking.

     

  • Free Wi-Fi

    Information and reception with tour guides (English, French and Spanish)

    Tourist maps

    Currency exchange

    Shop

    WCs

    Bus parking area

    STCP buses outside the harbour

    Taxis outside the port (entry to the Terminal is authorised)

    Metro to Porto City Centre Line A (Senhor de Matosinhos - Estádio do Dragão)


    Porto International Airport

    City Sightseeing Porto

    Yellow Bus Official Sightseeing Tours 

    24h Porto Sightseeing Tour - Blue Bus