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Rio Tinto works well as a base: 10km from Circuito da Boavista.
Rio Tinto is in Porto, Portugal, with about 50,000 people. You drive on the right here.
Rio Tinto (European Portuguese pronunciation: [ˈʁi.u ˈtĩtu]; "Colored River") is a Portuguese city and parish located in Gondomar Municipality, in northern Portugal. The population in 2011 was 50,713, in an area of 9.38 km2.
Rio Tinto, which in Portuguese means red river, was elevated to city status in 1995, and theRead more
city of Rio Tinto includes two parishes (freguesias): Baguim do Monte and Rio Tinto, with a total of 65,000 inhabitants, being the most populous city in Gondomar municipality, and third largest in the Greater Porto agglomeration.
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Within an hour or so of Rio Tinto: Café Majestic (5 km), Livraria Lello (6 km), Dom Luis I Bridge (6 km), Clerigos Tower, Porto (6 km).
The nearest famous roads are Circuito da Boavista, Estrada Nacional 222 (Peso da Régua–Pinhão) and EN222 Régua–Pinhão Road.
Rio Tinto is in Porto, Portugal.
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8 notable places within an hour's 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.
5 km · about 10 min drive
landmark
A breathtakingly ornate neo-Gothic bookshop in Porto with a famous crimson staircase, often called the world's most beautiful bookstore.
6 km · about 10 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.
6 km · about 10 min drive
landmark
Porto's iconic Baroque bell tower offering panoramic views over the city's terracotta rooftops and the Douro River.
6 km · about 10 min drive
landmark
UNESCO-listed medieval riverside quarter in Porto with colourful facades, port wine cellars, and the iconic Dom Luís I Bridge.
6 km · about 10 min drive
bridge
A double-deck wrought-iron arch bridge over the Douro completed in 1886, linking Porto with Vila Nova de Gaia.
6 km · about 10 min 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.
10 km · about 20 min drive
castle
A 10th-century castle associated with the founding of Portugal, beside the Paço dos Duques in UNESCO-listed Guimarães.
37 km · about 45 min drive
April to October
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