Torre dos Clérigos tickets: €10, a timed slot, no bags, and 225 steps

💡 The Short Version: The tower and museum pack is €10, for a date and time you book online or on site at torredosclerigos.pt. Arrive 10 minutes early: there is 5 minutes’ tolerance, then entry is refused with no refund. Backpacks and bags are not allowed; storage is free for 1.5 hours. The climb is 225 steps with no lift. It is open every day, 9:00 to 19:00, and to 23:00 at Easter and in the summer and Christmas seasons. Or book a tour: the 3-hour guided walking tourad is from €22 (GetYourGuide) and stops at the church; the tower ticket is bought separately.

Tickets and prices

Prices are the Brotherhood of the Clérigos’s own, from its ticket office, per person. Sites with the tower’s name in their address are resellers; the genuine channels are the Brotherhood’s own site and its listing on GetYourGuide.

• The €19 pack with Spiritus is sold on the Clérigos ticket office and at spiritusporto.com.
• Booked visits. Visits to the tower and museum are scheduled by date and time, subject to availability. The ticket and proof of purchase are emailed.
• Cancellation. At least 48 hours before the visit, or the ticket is not refunded. A visit rescheduled by the buyer cannot be refunded.
• Payment on site: cash, debit and credit cards, MB Way and PayPal.
• Children under 14 may climb the tower only with a person aged 18 or over.
• Free entry for the clergy, scouts, armed forces, police, war veterans and people with a disability of 60% or more, who show ID. A companion of a person with a disability pays half.

Where to buy

GetYourGuide’s prices are its lowest “from” prices. Its tower and Spiritus listings are the Brotherhood’s and the show’s producer’s own, at their own prices.

Spiritus, and tours worth paying for

The tower has no guided visit of its own. Spiritus is the one add-on, and a walking tour puts the tower in the old town. Prices are GetYourGuide’s lowest “from” prices, per person.

Spiritus multimedia show

From €12 · 30 minutes · 4.5 stars from 8,356 reviews

Porto: Spiritus Multimedia Show Entry Ticketad is a night-time show of light and music projected inside the Clérigos church, inspired by a poem by Álvaro de Campos, and made by the studio OCUBO. Sessions run Monday to Saturday at 18:00, 18:45, 19:30, 20:15, 21:00 and 21:45, and on Sundays at 18:00, 18:45 and 19:30. Be on site 20 minutes before your session. The show has intermittent light and sound effects, and is not suitable for people with epilepsy. Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.

Three-hour guided walking tour of the old town

From €22 · 3 hours · 4.8 stars from 3,063 reviews

Porto: 3-Hour Guided City Highlights Walking Tourad is run by Bluedragon City Tours. It starts at Rua de Alexandre Herculano 251 and takes in the cathedral, Aliados avenue, the Clérigos church, Rua de Santa Catarina and the Bolhão market. The climb is not part of it. It is not suitable for people with mobility impairments, and booking in advance is mandatory. Free cancellation up to 24 hours ahead.

What to see

Allow 45 minutes to an hour for the tower and the museum together. Nicolau Nasoni, the Italian architect, designed the tower in 1753; it was built from 1754 and finished in July 1763, and the complex is a National Monument.

The Torre dos Clérigos behind its church, seen up Rua dos Clérigos. Photo: Ronnie Macdonald, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0.

1. The museum first or last. It is in the former rooms of the Brotherhood (1754 to 1758) and holds paintings, furniture, goldsmiths’ work, sculpture and textiles from the 13th to the 21st century. The Christus collection gathers works on the theme of Jesus Christ.
2. The tower. Six floors and 225 steps to a height of 75 metres. The top looks over Porto and across the Douro to Vila Nova de Gaia. The steps are narrow and there is no lift.
3. The church. Part of the same 18th-century complex and the setting for Spiritus. Mass is at 17:00 on Saturdays, in English, and at 21:30 on Sundays.

The view over the rooftops of central Porto from the top of the Torre dos Clérigos. Photo: Vlach Pavel, Wikimedia Commons, CC0.

What to skip: the evening ticket outside Easter, summer and Christmas, when it is not sold. For other views, Porto’s viewpoints sets the free terraces against the paid tower.

Inside the Igreja dos Clérigos, looking towards the high altar. Photo: John Samuel, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Practical information

• Where: Rua de São Filipe de Nery, 4050-546 Porto. The nearest Metro stations are São Bento and Aliados, and São Bento train station is about 10 minutes on foot.
• Hours: every day, 9:00 to 19:00; at Easter and in the summer and Christmas seasons, 9:00 to 23:00. Last entry is 30 minutes before closing.
• Changed hours: 24 and 31 December, 9:00 to 14:00; 25 December and 1 January, 11:00 to 19:00. The tower is open 365 days a year.
• Bags: none in the tower or the museum. Storage is free for 1.5 hours with a ticket.
• Spiritus ticket office: on site, Monday to Saturday 9:00 to 21:30 and Sunday 9:00 to 20:00.
• Accessibility: there is no lift to the top, and the visit is not suitable for people with reduced mobility.
• The one thing that ruins a visit: arriving after your slot. Tolerance is 5 minutes, then entry is refused with no refund.

Livraria Lello is a short walk away and also sells timed vouchers. The Palácio da Bolsa is a guided tour booked by date, and Serralves is the other half of the Clérigos combined ticket. What to book in Porto has the closed days for every sight, and Porto’s museums compares them on price. Porto in 2 days places the tower in a plan. For a hotel in walking distance, see where to stay in Porto.