Porto, Portugal
R. Dom João de Castro 210
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Fantastic architecture by Alvaro siza! there was a nice exhibition but the architecture of the museum itself is amazing. Also nice garden. Not so much crowded since It is located a bit away from the city centre. Must go spot in Porto!!!
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The foundation is one of my top recommendation if you are staying in Porto for more than two days. The Yoko Ono exhibition was great and the park around the foundation...fantastic! A place to get lost in, so beautiful, green, beautiful trees and flowers. The tea house looked so pretty, but unfortunately closed on Sunday. The park has also some beautiful installations spread around from Anish Kapoor to Olafur Eliasson. I highly recommend this place, and I will definitely return when I will be back in Porto.
This museum is a true house of wonders, due to its simple but amazing architecture and brilliant room placement everything you see will leave you in great awe, they not only provide you with a great visual experience but auditive as well. The garden outside is simply mystical, very tall trees blocking the sky view and beautiful houses hidden behind them with amazing pastel colors that seems to blend into the ground's own color as well. One of the houses had a beautiful front garden that seemed straight out of one of Wes Anderson's movies. This is truly a unique experience which I HIGHLY recommend to anyone near this museum.
I love this place! If you go, go early as you can easily spend at least half a day here as you marvel at the gardens and then go in to the museum. I wish I had more time to spend enjoying the gardens but then it was getting dark and went into the museum. The gardens were not crowded at all and being an immense place, you don't want to get lost there if you are alone with no juice on your cell, however, the attendant did tell me there is a guard who checks the grounds before closing but am sure he doesn't check everywhere as it is a huge place, so go early! The museum exhibitions were nice too. I would have loved to have lunch in the restaurant or tea in the tea house but it was too late for that when I was there.
Definitely take some time to stroll through the garden and explore the treetop walk. The Artdeco house unfortunately was closed during our visit due to renovations, I guess.
Very nice Museum but too expensive for such a small collection. Unfortunately, the coat check woman had a lousy attitude and chatted on the phone keeping paying visitors waiting for several minutes. This lousy customer service really needs to be improved , especially in these challenging times.
Perhaps it is a nice museum but we were disappointed because we came under the impression that it was free on Sundays. After an hour and a half walk we learned unlike other area museums that’s only for Portuguese residents and only on the first Sunday of the month. Bummed to have blown our museum morning on a wild goose chase. Oh well. At least the guy at the counter was pleasant.
This was pretty underwhelming. Nothing at all like a Getty Villa or even “Dali of Bali”. Badly over-priced at 18. The contemporary gallery experience depends on the artists exhibited, this was modest. The deco house (pictured) has several design features of interest, but almost entirely empty and not worth the trip (and I like deco design). The gardens are large but clearly on low maintenance. Much upkeep could be done, wedding, add some flowers etc. Ok option for a picnic perhaps. Only a few people on a Sunday was a plus. I guess others knew to doing other things. :-)
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