Rua da Junqueira

Historic architecture was preserved and it is also the most popular tourist area outside the beach in Póvoa de Varzim, attracting millions of visitors.

Junqueira was wetland and old bridge ruins were found in the waterfront when the casino underground parking lot was being constructed in the late 1990s.

[2] In the 19th century, Junqueira became mostly used for commerce, where all kinds of goods could be found, by then it became dominated by the business bourgeoisie, and was seen as their living room to attend outsiders.

[3] Given its shopping nature, Junqueira street became pedestrian in 1955 by order of the mayor Major Mota, as such, it was one of the oldest in Portugal not allowing cars and "vehicles of any kind".

[4] Rua da Junqueira runs from the civic center located in Praça do Almada square to the waterfront in a perpendicular east-west axis.

[4] Open for more than 100 years,[5] Ourivesaria Gomes was the goldsmithery of the Portuguese Royal House, and it had kings, nobility and the clergy as customers.

[6] The bullet used for the assassination attempt of Pope John Paul II was encrusted in the crown of Our Lady of Fatima by these goldsmiths.

These houses often have old Portuguese-style façades; the street is very narrow, which provides some protection from the prevailing wind and winter rain, and provides shade in summer.