Fodor's Expert Review Igreja de Santo Ildefonso

With the most striking exterior of any church in Porto, Igreja de Santo Ildefonso has a facade covered with some 11,000 blue-and-white azulejo tiles depicting scenes from the Gospels and the life of Saint Ildefonso. The church was completed in the 18th century on the site of a previous chapel from the Middle Ages. Inside, a sacred art museum showcases interesting religious artifacts, books, and paintings, and you can see a gilded raised altarpiece by the 18th-century Italian artist Nicolau Nasoni.