Cheap Flights to Rio Tinto

The Portuguese parish and city of Rio Tinto is situated in Gondomar Municipality in the northern side of Portugal. The city covering an area of 9.5 square kilometers has a population of 50,762 according to the 2011 census.

In Portuguese, Rio Tinto means red river and its elevation to the status of a city was achieved in 1995. There are two parishes of Rio Tinto city – Rio Tinto and Baguim do Monte and with 65,000 inhabitants, it is the most populous city of Gondomar and Grande Porto or Greater Oporto’s third largest city.

Since Rio Tinto and Oporto city lie in close proximity to each other, tourists taking cheap flights to Rio Tinto generally take trips to Oporto after checking into any of the hotels in Rio Tinto. In fact, there are a vast number of attractions in Porto to enjoy since it shares the designation of European Culture Capital. Tourists taking cheap flights to Rio Tinto can stop to look at Oporto’s Casa da Musica, a huge concert hall space which was designed by a Dutch architect.

Oporto also holds the distinction of having the first movie studio in the entire country, Invicta Filmes. In fact, the city has been rightly called the culture capital with its close association with film making, films, music and arts in general. Every year, an international film festival called Fantasporto is organised here.

The theaters, cinema and concert halls have been constructed with deep love and care and the sincerity is reflected in the rare elegance and beauty of the halls. The magnificent and stunning bookshop, Lello Bookshop, is worth taking a peek at; its attractiveness can be gauged from the fact that it managed to secure a third position in the list of top bookstores in the world compiled by The Guardian.

The long history of Porto has endowed the city with many attractive architectural monuments and buildings; even the social housing projects have a beauty about them. The Romanesque Cathedral is a famous building in the city. Another important public sculpture is She Changed crafted by Janet Echelman, an American artist, on Matasinhos’ Waterfront Plaza.