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InPACT
2014 will take place in Porto, the
second-largest metropolis
of
PORTUGAL and one of
Europe's most charismatic cities.
From across the Rio
Douro at sunset, romantic
Porto
looks like a pop-up town. A colourful tumbledown dream with medieval
relics, soaring bell towers, extravagant baroque churches and
stately beaux-arts buildings piled on top of one another,
illuminated by streaming shafts of sun. If you squint you might be
able to make out the open windows, the narrow lanes and staircases
zigzagging to nowhere.
Porto’s
historic centre is the
Ribeira
district, an
Unesco World Heritage Site where
tripeiros
(Porto
residents) mingle before old storefronts, on
village-style
plazas and in the old houses of commerce where Roman ruins lurk
beneath the foundations. On the downside, here and in other parts of
the city centre stand many dilapidated early-20th-century town
houses, left to crumble as the young and moneyed flee to the
sprawling suburbs by the sea.
Yet despite signs of
decay, in the last two decades
Porto
has undergone a remarkable renaissance – expressed in the hum of its
efficient metro system and the gleam of Álvaro Siza Vieira’s
Museu de Arte
Contemporânea
and Rem Koolhaas’
Casa da Música.
Culturally,
Porto
is more relevant than much larger global cities. The birthplace of
port, it’s a long-running mecca for wine aficionados. Riverside wine
caves jockey for attention in nearby
Vila Nova de Gaia,
with scores of cellars open for tastings. With tasty new kitchens
springing up regularly, its palate is slowly growing more
cosmopolitan. And thanks to a number of superb venues,
Porto
residents dance to many of the world’s top rock, jazz and electronic
artists.
It is a highly atmospheric place that has become
known for its monuments by renowned architects (Gustave Eiffel's
Dona Maria Bridge, Nicolau Nasoni's Clerigos Tower or Siza Vieira's
Serralves Museum).
Porto
is one of the last undiscovered European metropolises and that's one
of the reasons InPACT2014 is waiting to receive you!
The chosen Venue is the
Hotel
HF IPANEMA PORTO. For more details about
the venue please
click
here.
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