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Interior design practice Bacana Studio took cues from Portugal's coastal traditions for the interiors of a purpose-built restaurant and nightclub in Lisbon.

Porto is a city respectful of tradition but there is a part of it that steps away from conventional expectations and seeps toward a spectrum of the unique, contemporary and international. The Bolhão neighborhood is precisely that, sandwiched between the artsy Cedofeita and Bonfim enclaves. As you walk through, gazing at the run-down façades that…

In recent years, hoteliers, architects, designers and other dreamers in Portugal’s second city have gotten creative in their reinterpretations of heritage sites.

Transforming a factory into a hotel, and a historic neighbourhood into an aparthotel, has brought new life into old parts of the beautiful city