PESCARIA

Cais da Pescaria is located on the western side of the river, on the way to the river mouth and Douro Marina, a riverside road with walkways and bicycle lanes, where you’ll still find the occasional amateur fisherman, just before you get to Afurada, a fishermen neighborhood, famous among locals for the fish restaurants. After that you’ll find Afurada’s Beach and finally the Atlantic Ocean and the most western continental sunset in Europe.

On the banks of the Douro River, in the city of Gaia overlooking the stunning and colorful landscape of Porto, lies the Pescaria project. The project, a preservation building, offers quick and convenient access to Porto and enjoyment of the charm of the city of Gaia and its magical streets along the river. The project includes 18 housing units, 2 commercial units, and 8 parking spaces.

The building itself has a direct relation to the river, being an old industrial building that was used to manufacture port wine wooden barrels. As it was an industrial building it had a great span but few windows, so the intention of the project was to open more windows, to create more and better views and sunlight. However this was made with great care to the context, and after a long study of the whereabouts and similar buildings, so it would be fully integrated and non disruptive of the urban landscape. The same care was taken in consideration for the façade colours, materials and window frames, in the tradition of Gaia’s riverbank industrial architecture.

The building has 20 units – two commercial and 18 apartments, with 8 parking spaces. All of housing units are one bedroom apartments, making the most of the available construction viability. To take advantage of the views 12 of these units are duplex apartments giving river views to the bedrooms. For all that, and the fast growing of Gaia Real Estate market this is a great investment opportunity.

Moreover, this a unique property, as Porto and Gaia’s riverbanks are now highly protected with very little properties to build on.