Porto Cruise Terminal is the 'Building of the Year 2017'

Tuesday, February 7, 2017 - 18:53 by leixoes

The new Port of Leixões' Cruise Terminal has just been elected as the 'Building of the Year 2017' by ArchDaily, the world's most viewed architecture website.

Porto Cruise Terminal was design by the Portuguese Architect Luís Pedro Silva and deserved top spot in the category of ‘Public Architecture' among the best architectural projects worldwide.

 

 

Porto Cruise Terminal is the 'Building of the Year 2017'

'Building of the Year 2017' Award (c) Egídio Santos (Port of Leixões)

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The Porto Cruise Terminal (Port of Leixões) is the main gateway by sea to Porto – the city of the Port Wine and the appropriate place to welcome all passengers from cruise liners. Equipped with comfortable facilities for tourists, Leixões features two cruise terminals. The Leixões Passenger Terminal is a wooden construction that resembles a ship’s hull, and is considered an important architectural and historical heritage. Since April 2011, it is in operation a new cruise quay 340m long and 300m length for berth (up to 320m upon request). Since then, the biggest and the most glamorous cruise ships from the worldwide cruise fleet are welcome here, boosting the cruise tourism in the North of Portugal region. The Porto Cruise Terminal it is in full operation since March 2015 and the main building has a capacity for 2.500 passengers in turnaround. Porto Cruise Terminal was planned to improve the whole cruise visitor experience!