CURRENT MISSION

Be the bonding link between local and foreigner CSers

ABOUT ME

What is a CouchSurfing Zone?
The basic idea of a CouchSurfing Zone is anywhere where it is possible for CSers to meet and hang out.

At the most informal level, a CouchSurfing Zone is simply a place which might be used for CS meet-ups, with maybe a usual corner or specific table that you can aim to meet in.

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About this zone
This CS Zone profile was created by Porto's city ambassador, who has no relation whatsoever with the owners or managers of the referred commercial establishment and therefore cannot make reservations or deal with any other subject related to the management of the café.
Please forward any suggestion, request, question, etc you might have regarding this profile and the info in it to him because messages sent to this profile won't be checked often.

This zone "won" its title by "merit", I mean, long before CS Zones existed, CSers were meeting in Piolho.

More about Piolho
Âncora d'Ouro (the golden anchor), between the Cordoaria park and the Praça dos Leões. The third oldest cafe in Porto, it is commonly known as "O Piolho" (the Louse). The cafe looks out on the street facing a faculty of the Universidade do Porto, and had been a meeting place for students since the 19th century. Plaques donated by graduating medical classes from the early 20th century onward decorate the walls.
During the fascist period (1926-1974) it was a regular meeting place of "undesirables" (according to the regimes point of view), and was accordingly under regular surveillance by the secret police. On one occasion it was raided by the GNR (Guarda Nacional Republicana) who have a post nearby, and they charged their horses into the cafe itself. It is uncertain if the place's current disorder results from this or more recent activities. Service is surly, the place isn't at all fancy, but it is usually stuffed to the gills with students. Its also quite cheap.
Source: http://wikitravel.org/en/Porto

Links to other sources
Café Piolho reabre e regressa às tertúlias
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Piolho is often the meeting point for meetings in Porto.

Interests

• horses
• emergency services