Porta Dom Fradique

Awesome graffiti & a view while cruising through Alfama. You can’t miss the red door but, what’s behind it is up to you to sort out. ;)

A special and charming door in the gate that will lead you inte a nice small street leading to the charming old part of the city

On the way down from the Castelo, this charming door seems to be just an entrance to a restaurant, but it actually leads to a secret passage behind a big building. The narrow passage (Patio de Dom Fradique) runs through a ruin site, which somehow juxtaposes with neat surrounding buildings. Then soon it meets a really narrow stairway passages (Beco do Maldonado) on the right side, down to the Miradouro das Portas do Sol area. This small passage offers some cool graffiti works. Very interesting 5-min walk experience.

Porta que originalmente concedia passagem entre as muralhas às vias em volta do Palácio Belmonte palco de marco de acontecimentos históricos entre feitos de Pedro Álvares Cabral, Vasco da Gama etc. Hoje compõe o acesso ao Hotel Palácio Belmonte e espaço de Grafite nas Ruínas etc.

E atração turística, não tem como não visita porta Dom Fradique.