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Teatro Nacional São João
Built in the style of Paris's Opéra-Garnier by the architect of Bento train station. This premiere performing-arts venue hosts international dance, theatre, and music groups.
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Triplex
Set in a pink, three-floor mansion, this louche restaurant-bar-disco attracts pretty people of varying ages. Upmarket but relaxed, it usually pumps out forward house and techno.
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Via Rápida
This industrial-sized club has an enormous dance floor that reverberates with house, attracting a fairly mainstream younger crowd. The most likely place to catch local starlets.
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Vinologia
One of Porto's real treats, this cosy, casual spots offers a variety of port-wine tastings for beginners as well as experts. They specialise in smaller, independent growers, and friendly and knowledgeable servers provide a brief but cogent lesson with each glass they pour. You can try compare different styles of port, eg a ruby, tawny and LBV. Or you can try three within the same style, eg three aged tawnies.
