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Long term stay Porto

leif4

Vacation and long stay/moving to Portugal, Porto, or similar place

I need your assistance.

Location and features.

I would like a place walking to shops, restaurants, the beach, or lake. Hopefully with culture and other activities. Must be safe and to drink water from the tap.

Because I am the age of eighty, still active, I would like to rent a condominium or town house etc. with services like swimming pool, gym and restaurants and walking distance to local stores, restaurants, beaches etc. Beach is not important, to mingle with fishermen and local people is preference.

Any suggested area of Porto or surrounding area you suggest. And any suitable contacts to find a place to rent?

Leif

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JohnnyPT

Hi Leif, Welcome.


Baixa, Foz do Douro, Parque da Cidade, Boavista, Vila Nova de Gaia, Matosinhos, ...

Two links that may help you:



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Best Regards

Gabrie.laa

@leif4 hello! I live in Porto for 6 years, in Matosinhos more specifically and everything you're describing you can find here. It is a very self-sufficient neighbourhood. Everything is in a short walking distance, no need to use car and there's metro line. ****

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Strontium

Hi and Welcome.

I'd suggest you look at one of the old towns near the Silver Coast maybe Coimbra or Figaro do Foz or one of the many other similar places. - these are town were people live and work - not tourist hot spots so have all the usual things like hospitals, rivers, railway stations, public transport, tax offices, estate agents, access to beaches and fresh fish, cultural events, openair markets (which are where locals get their veg etc.), old bits of town where people still live. As they are smaller then Porto things have developed over time to be walkable - often you'll get the same people having their breakfast coffee and cake in the same cafe for 50 years - usually people do not own an expensive espresso machine but just go to their local cafe, if you amble to the same cafe for a few days they'll all start greeting you. You need to go visit the places to find if they are what you are looking for or if some compromise is needed/acceptable and only you can make those decisions, Just pick a few towns and go explore their possibilities for a while, A*rB*B, or similar will give you somewhere to stay as a "local" and direct introduction to a "local" and their extended family/friends. If you explain what you are looking for people will go out of their way to help you in person. Same with local estate agents, go talk to as many as possible in person and they will take their time to explain their town to you. The main Silver Coast beaches have their own (usually small) railway stations and most towns are connected by Train or Coach routes.