Jardim do Passeio Alegre
Riverside romantic garden with palm-lined walks, antique obelisks and a tiny nineteenth-century Swiss-style cottage.
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This guide to the Jardim do Passeio Alegre in Porto starts at a tiny Swiss-style cottage from 1874 that once drew Porto's literary circle, including novelist Camilo Castelo Branco, for gossip and readings by the river. It follows two carved stone obelisks by the architect Nicolau Nasoni, moved here from a country estate to give the garden a borrowed grandeur. Look for the art nouveau tiles on the public restrooms near the entrance.
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