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Bolhão Market

Mercado do Bolhão

Bolhão Market (Mercado do Bolhão) is a fresh-produce market hall in central Porto, occupying a whole block between Rua Sá da Bandeira, Rua Formosa, Rua Alexandre Braga and Rua Fernandes Tomás.

Why go

The market's own site describes the Bolhão building as municipal heritage and a monument of public interest, occupying an entire block of downtown Porto, and says its history has been intertwined with the city's for over a hundred years. After its restoration, the site says, the market has 79 fresh-produce stalls on the ground floor, 10 restaurants on the top floor and 38 shops facing the street. Its contact page gives the address as Rua Formosa 322 and says the shops outside the building keep their own hours. This record is the building and the working market together.