{"id":821,"date":"2026-10-28T17:36:00","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T16:36:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/towns\/povoa-de-varzim\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T17:59:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T16:59:40","slug":"povoa-de-varzim","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/towns\/povoa-de-varzim\/","title":{"rendered":"P\u00f3voa de Varzim"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">History of P\u00f3voa de Varzim<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">King Dinis granted it a royal charter (foral) on 9 March 1308 and Manuel I another in 1514. From the 18th century sea bathing made it famous, and its fishermen had been fishing off Newfoundland since at least 1506. It has been a city since 1973.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What to see in P\u00f3voa de Varzim<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pra\u00e7a do Almada<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The centre of the city, with the town hall and the birthplace of E\u00e7a de Queir\u00f3s, born here in 1845.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Igreja da Lapa<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Baroque fishermen&#8217;s chapel (1770-1772), with a small lighthouse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cividade de Terroso<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Castro from around 900-800 BC, Romanised after the 2nd century BC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Fortaleza de Nossa Senhora da Concei\u00e7\u00e3o<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A defence for the port, completed in 1740.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Population and location<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The municipality has 64,320 inhabitants (2021) and about 82 km\u00b2, beside the sea, north of Vila do Conde.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Festivals and food<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">S\u00e3o Pedro, on 29 June, is the municipal holiday. Its best-known dish is pescada \u00e0 poveira, hake with potato, egg and a tomato and onion sauce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Portuguese Camino in P\u00f3voa de Varzim<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The stage ends at Pra\u00e7a do Almada, with all services and the terminus of line B of the Porto metro. The next day you leave along the seafront promenade towards A Ver-o-Mar and Agu\u00e7adoura.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Frequently asked questions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How many albergues are there in P\u00f3voa de Varzim?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This guide lists 10 places to stay for pilgrims in P\u00f3voa de Varzim, with checked prices, beds and seasons.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Is there a metro from P\u00f3voa de Varzim to Porto?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yes: line B (red) of the Porto metro ends at P\u00f3voa de Varzim and goes through Vila do Conde.<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>History of P\u00f3voa de Varzim King Dinis granted it a royal charter (foral) on 9 March 1308 and Manuel I another in 1514. From the 18th century sea bathing made it famous, and its fishermen had been fishing off Newfoundland since at least 1506. It has been a city since 1973. What to see in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":137,"parent":793,"menu_order":25,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-821","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/821","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/821\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/793"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/caminosantiagoportugues.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}