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A permit is needed for river and lake fishing; details are available from branches of the Portuguese National Tourist Office (see page 169) or the Instituto Florestal (Avenida João Crisóstomo 26, 1000 Lisbon).
Tucked behind Rua João Tavira and Rua da Carreira is Praça do Município, the town’s dignified main square, with a mosaic of black-and-white stones and pretty white buildings on three sides.
Further removed but well worth seeking out if you have an interest in modern art and architecture, the Fundação Serralves (Rua D. João de Castro, 210, about 3 km/2 miles west of Torre de Clérigos) has two primary parts.
Abutting the pousada is the privately owned church of São João Evangelista (also known as Lóios, the old church of the same convent).
Within these granite walls, João I married his English bride, Philippa of Lancaster, in 1387 (the scene is depicted in azulejos in São Bento railway station), thus sealing the ancient alliance between Portugal and England — an alliance with particular strength in Porto due to the overwhelming English involvement in the port wine trade.