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Lavra works well as a base: 10 minutes from Vila Nova da Telha, 11km from Circuito da Boavista.
Lavra is in Porto, Portugal, with about 9,600 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Vila Nova da Telha, about 4 km away.
Lavra is a Portuguese town in Matosinhos municipality and a civil parish covering an area of 12 square kilometres (4.6 mi2) and with 10,033 inhabitants, as of 2011.
The parish of Lavra was extinct in 2013, due to a national administrative reform, joining with Perafita and Santa Cruz do Bispo parishes to form theRead more
Perafita, Lavra e Santa Cruz do Bispo parish. However, the three parishes were restored in 2025. Lavra became a town in 2003.
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Within an hour or so of Lavra: Circuito da Boavista (11 km), Livraria Lello (15 km), Clerigos Tower, Porto (15 km), Dom Luis I Bridge (16 km).
The nearest famous roads are Circuito da Boavista, Estrada Nacional 222 (Peso da Régua–Pinhão) and EN222 Régua–Pinhão Road.
Lavra is in Porto, Portugal, about 4 km from Vila Nova da Telha.
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8 notable places within an hour's drive.
famous road
A genuine city street circuit in Porto that ran Formula One in 1958 and 1960 and was revived for historic racing. Off-race weekends you simply drive or walk the seafront and boulevard sections as ordinary city streets.
11 km · about 20 min drive
landmark
A breathtakingly ornate neo-Gothic bookshop in Porto with a famous crimson staircase, often called the world's most beautiful bookstore.
15 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
Porto's iconic Baroque bell tower offering panoramic views over the city's terracotta rooftops and the Douro River.
15 km · about 30 min drive
landmark
A striking double-deck iron bridge designed by a student of Gustave Eiffel, spanning the Douro gorge between Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia.
16 km · about 20 min drive
landmark
UNESCO-listed medieval riverside quarter in Porto with colourful facades, port wine cellars, and the iconic Dom Luís I Bridge.
16 km · about 30 min drive
bridge
A double-deck wrought-iron arch bridge over the Douro completed in 1886, linking Porto with Vila Nova de Gaia.
16 km · about 20 min drive
cafe
Porto's Belle Époque showpiece on Rua de Santa Catarina, open since 1921: carved wood, leather benches, chandeliers and mirrored walls attended by white-jacketed waiters. Regularly listed among the most beautiful cafés in the world.
16 km · about 30 min drive
castle
A 10th-century castle associated with the founding of Portugal, beside the Paço dos Duques in UNESCO-listed Guimarães.
41 km · about 50 min drive
April to October
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