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Porto City - Jardins Palácio de Cristal - Part 1 / Riding Portugal

by @onyfest · 0 votes · 0.000 HBD
![cover.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/onyfest/23rzFhu8Sig1a1HTrcQaCWABg3T3V4EV7YWP3i4rZiwX9Bnx22Rg8uqFHh3JinBxuM8GH.jpg) ##### Hello everyone and welcome to my blog :-) It had been years since I'd visited the Crystal Palace Gardens. Long enough to have created a comfortable, perhaps even slightly romanticized, memory of a more tranquil space than what I found. The day was clear, the light strong but pleasant, and the garden was crowded with tourists with maps in hand, families, people walking seemingly without a specific destination. A constant mix of languages, footsteps, brief pauses for photographs. ##### PT Já não vinha aos Jardins do Palácio de Cristal há anos. Tempo suficiente para ter criado uma memória confortável, talvez até um pouco romantizada, de um espaço mais tranquilo do que aquele que encontrei. O dia estava claro, luz forte mas agradável, e o jardim cheio com turistas com mapas na mão, famílias, pessoas a passear aparentemente sem rumo certo. Uma mistura constante de línguas, passos, pequenas pausas para fotografias. --- ![20260406_113041.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/onyfest/23ynUSsfUxSN5bmTwHymPZGH66f1NCVRr95w9eLvJzC6SGwT5ZaTz1BP6zu6DZsEdAHtc.jpg) ![20260406_112921.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/onyfest/23y8vEufubxeKr7myvj8yPkHTptUeqtHGj1cj4hSVb5A5fFTHDM9wMBqrpzumBuLJhTQc.jpg) ![20260406_112916.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/onyfest/23wMcfwuVN4S9KppidRTGrGuZ2Mjjw3gLC5twKccNUWnYGc4SjCZvLMcJKLo3riHjZGyy.jpg) ![20260406_113130.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/onyfest/23uFW8n2T7CN8ce3qPKN3dLTJE4fDAouE6V34gBPMe2NCu7ynhyY2TJ9QnbnvU1zxN6kT.jpg) ![Untitled-1.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/onyfest/EnymeWrmhSU78wMzJahA3HNMn7fja3hxMQGfPEyMEZJM3KLTfXNA89yMUNpMgmZyvpY.png) What hadn't changed was the structure of the place. The well-defined paths, the open viewpoints overlooking the Douro River, the feeling that the garden was designed to guide the eye. The original Crystal Palace no longer exists; it was demolished in the last century, but the memory remains in the name and the organization of the space. In its place today is the Super Bock Arena, a more enclosed, functional building where concerts and events take place. It's not a building that particularly fits the idea of ​​a garden, but it fulfills its function. And it's noticeable that it's used. ##### PT O que não mudou foi a estrutura do lugar. Os caminhos bem definidos, os miradouros abertos sobre o Douro, a sensação de que o jardim foi pensado para guiar o olhar. O Palácio de Cristal original já não existe, foi demolido no século passado, mas a memória mantém-se no nome e na organização do espaço. No seu lugar está hoje o Super Bock Arena, uma construção mais fechada, funcional, onde se realizam concertos e eventos. Não é um edifício que se encaixe particularmente bem com a ideia de jardim, mas cumpre a sua função. E nota-se que é usado. --- ![20260406_113327.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/onyfest/242XtrxryVjBMRvrYgLTPWEkHtujMuNhwRy97nmsZh2sMeesTZPjhkFMwutHSUZwyRwFZ.jpg) ![20260406_113227.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/onyfest/243fpYAACgnnNHyDBxKP3FmHFshrvHDCqiwVyJzZv2BSDaztME2fP5hAGfz48QJtne94t.jpg) ![20260406_113145.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/onyfest/2423v1EXYcswbjykH3iMuXTzWc591K2LmqJcCG4GZAowE3sjuanYwbF4jfjkaQYeC4kSe.jpg) ![Untitled-1.png](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/onyfest/EnymeWrmhSU78wMzJahA3HNMn7fja3hxMQGfPEyMEZJM3KLTfXNA89yMUNpMgmZyvpY.png) I wandered aimlessly, without looking for anything specific, just walking through the various levels of the garden. There's an impressive diversity of trees and plants, many of them identified with small, discreet plaques. I like this attention to detail; I like knowing what I'm seeing. Not everyone stops to read, but knowing the information is there makes a difference. ##### PT Caminhei sem destino, sem procurar nada especifico, apenas a percorrer os vários ní […]