The "art" inside the house is shameful, horrible, useless. They probably cannot burn these ugly paintings because tons of laundried dollars are in them. But the surroundings are beautiful and the real art (the furniture from that era) is really cute. An unbelievable shame they hide a table like that behind the most useless and ugly "modern art". Disgusting. So sad.

The house is within the Serralves Park which can only be accessed with a ticket from the entrance on R. Rom Joao de Castro for approximately €12. Your ticket allows you entrance to one of either the house, the treetop walkway or the cinema house. You can pay €20 to get access to all three. We chose the treetop walkway and were still able to view the house from the terrace outside and got some great photos. Would recommend visiting in the late afternoon/early evening if you want to get those insta shots without other people in them!

A interesting art deco museum/mansion which has some quirky art inside to explore. It is included in the main park fee and the building itself stands out as being bright in pastel pink colour.

Very unique place, the architecture is beyond amazing 😍 Park is also beautiful, totally recommend. Ticket for all buildings is 20€, if you want to visit park and one building is 13€.

Das 1999 eröffnete weitläufige Museum war bis auf zwei Räume leer, ist das Kunst? Die moderne Architektur beeindruckt. Schön ist jedoch der Park und vor allem die Art-Deco-Villa. Für 20€ erhält man für alles Eintritt. Aktuell ist in der Villa eine Ausstellung von Joan Miro und seinem Freund Sandy. Schade, dass man von der ursprünglichen Einrichtung keine Fotos zu sehen sind. Auf jeden Fall imposant.

Supposedly this is quite an important work of architecture, but unfortunately very little of the original interior remains. The interior contained a somewhat disappointing art show (especially for Miro...), and the changes made in the inside to display the works leave it devoid of any soul or personality. You can safely skip this, especially at the price. I hope they change how they use this house (and the art museum), as the Serralves collection has an extensive collection of great works (not sure why they aren't really on display) and the grounds here are quite impressive. Overall a sad experience.

Great space for art and walking to check out if you are on your way back to the airport on your last day in Porto. We left our luggage back in the Trinidade locker station. Unique art, big, so be ready to walk. Expect to spend 2 or 3 hours there.

If you’re an art deco lover, then this palace / mansion is for you! An impressive art deco mansion with an interesting exhibition of art work. Particularly surprising is the park / garden, which is equally set in art deco style.

Simply fell in love with the gardens and the farm animals. Of all the great experiences in Porto this felt like the most rewarding. I had space and time to myself to simply enjoy.

Beautiful Art Deco building, visited alongside a visit to the other museum! Wish I had more time to explore. There was a Miró exhibition on while I visited which I enjoyed but the building itself is worth a visit if you’re a lover of Art Deco architecture!

I liked it more than the museum of contemporary art itself. Pieces were well placed. If the sun is out, a stroll in the park is a must

One of the best places for lazy walks and thinking

We were visiting the park. There are no descriptions for the outdoor works in English. Some works hard to find, some are missing, some are in bad technical condition. A visit not worth the price. There are some more interesting parks in Porto.

Interesting architecture and interior design (although no furniture included). Worth to see while visiting Modern Art (significant discount). Interesting bathrooms. As of April 2019: - Ticket to Museum plus Garden costs 12 EUR - Visiting Casa de Serralves will cost additional 3 EUR

When I visited they had the Miro exhibit on at the Casa de Serralves. This building is stunning from the outside with its pink walls. The miro exhibit featured a good collection of this Spanish artists work.

Enjoyed the Miró exhibit a lot!

I visited the place to see the museum and the villa and was sold a combined ticket for 20€. Unfortunately, work on a new exhibition was taking place in some rooms of the museum (basement and parts of the ground floor), so the exhibition was less extensive than expected. The quality of the exhibited works also left much to be desired. But one can argue about art. More disappointing, however, was that the villa was also closed and could only be visited from the outside. I find it difficult to sell tickets for services that are only partially provided. It would be appropriate to at least give a hint when selling tickets. In addition, the security guard at the villa was quite unfriendly when I asked for access. I am disappointed. The entrance fee is too high.

Lovely villa to walk in and view the artwork displays.

Not real big on the museum section but the gardens more than made up for it! Beautiful pink Art Deco building and fountain area. Treetop walk is cool...

2.5 stars. Paid 20 euros. Art museum inside left much to be desired compared to other world class art museums. There is so much unused space here that could be used to highlight Portuguese artists. The space is lovely and could showcase so much more. The attendant at the film museum was impatient with me when I entered. I felt like I had disturbed her. The grounds were beautiful, though the treetop walk was closed. I walked by at 4:30 and saw two workers sitting underneath and talking. When they saw me, one man got up and tapped the metal support twice with a hammer. I could not see the repairs being done on this, and don't understand why it was closed. The fountains in front of the pink home were a bath for a large flock of seagulls and were full of slimey seagull feathers. There was a mummified bird next to the fountains which were spotted all over with bird $hit. The lake area could have been a highlight of the exploration, however the murky water was so full of algae and leaves that nothing could grow. Such a shame. It felt like the museum was slowly dying. I doubt I will return, unless pride is taken in this place and employees are treated with respect by management and donors.

The ticket is 13 euros, it's not worth it. There is nothing to see there, and besides, there is only one way out of the park - after walking through the whole park you will have to go back.

Travelled via tram and a long walk. Expected it to be interior design, but hadn’t know about Miro exhibition. Lovely grounds with plenty of space to explore.

Marvelous design icon and very well preserved, surrounded by an amazing garden

Surprisingly large park in a city that is not that big. Great contrast of the Arte Deco old villa and the modern building by another local architect, but fit nicely with the environment. Most surprising of all is the farm with oxen and cows, sheep, vegetable gardens (must be the only modern art museum in the world), along side modern sculptures, utterly bizarre but somehow works. I didn't have time to attend the evening light show, which must bring another aspect to the place. I think it totally worth the price of the ticket (including special exhibitions), and at least half a day of your time in Porto. Unfortunately there is no easy public transportation to-and-from there, for a tourist at least, Uber is your best bet.

20€ ticket for the whole site (museum, Art Deco pink house, cinema, gardens) with 25% discount for arrivals by train. Friendly & helpful staff, nice grounds, spacious exhibitions of modern art. Art Deco house great from the outside, poor inside as it’s only used as an art gallery with features & effects hidden & distorted. Pity. The house was clearly striking in its day, but felt devoid of its value.

Cool building, amazing park, just a bit sad not to see more of the original interior (furniture etc) because it was all removed and changed in order to have space for Miro's art. But Miro's art was nice, as expected.

Very interesting space, replete with Joan Miró and Alexander Calder artworks.

I'm something of a culture vulture, and I must have visited galleries in 20 different cities. Serralves is the only one where I ever asked for my money back. I'm a bit embarrassed that this is so, so I thought I'd explain my reasons and why you shouldn't bother visiting. There's no single correct business model for a gallery, but a few classics have emerged in western Europe. There are the prestige institutions like the UK's National Gallery, where income from touring exhibitions keeps a permanent collection free for the public. There are the smaller regional galleries operated on low admission charges by town councils or by site-specific charities. And there are the rich-enthusiast collections like the much-missed Saatchi Gallery in Swiss Cottage, where everything's ad hoc and the attendants are lively art students. Serralves is none of these things. The present management seems a little cagey about the site's origins and the way that a former private estate became a public art institution. Whatever took place, the outcome was the conversion of a former stately home and its grounds into paid exhibition spaces, operating as a business. Today, a full ticket to the complex will cost you 20.00. By this point, those familiar with the economics of the tourist industry may be feeling a little queasy. Stately homes are notoriously expensive to run, and those British grand houses that have been reconfigured as tourist attractions have a reputation for charging high admission prices but leaving visitors feeling distinctly short-changed. Think of Beaulieu, or Longleat. Serralves is a different kind of institution, but it has exactly the same problem. Its huge modernist building and grounds are located in Foz, an outlying suburb undergoing rapid and remorseless gentrification. The upkeep must be prohibitive, because the cost of admission simply isn't reflected in the art on show. Despite considerable fanfare, the collection in the main house was patchy at best. It was, however, considerably better than those in the gardens, where unconvincing attempts had been made to present a handful of second-rate sound pieces and land art installations as the products of a dynamic curatorial policy. I would have quite enjoyed the intimate Miro show in a separate garden house, except that perhaps half the artworks were inaccessible. We were told this was because the exhibits hadn't been displayed, but it looked more like staff shortages to me. Losing faith in an institution is a miserable experience. One inevitably nitpicks. Serralves is poorly-signposted; the site maps were designed for colour, rendering useless the b&w photocopies with which we were provided; the 'treetop walk' is a naff attraction that belongs in a safari park; the tearoom was closed without warning so that we had no refreshment after our long walk; etc etc. While all of these points might be considered trivial, the site's nasty, heavy-handed policing was harder to ignore. There were security cameras everywhere, and most of the attendants were obviously uniformed rent-a-cops from a local agency rather than bright and well-informed arts graduates. All this added up to a miserable experience. We were glad to scuttle off to the shabby, beautiful Jardim Botânico with its superb cafe, and we had better aesthetic experiences at the Portuguese Centre of Photography, the Soares dos Reis, and above all the Banco de Materiais... all of which are in easy walking distance from the centre of town. For tourists, Serralves just isn't worth the bus ride. If I lived in Porto, I guess I'd have to go for the occasional visiting show. But I'd definitely skip that main exhibition, and I'd still balk at those admission prices.

The Art Deco style is amazing. The pastel colours are so comforting. You are surrounded by beauty and art itself here.

(Translated by Google) Inserted within the fantastic Serralves Park, the beautiful Casa de Serralves is a wonderful example of the best that modern Portuguese architecture is capable of producing. The combination of the predominant pink color with the green of the gardens and surrounding trees is, in my humble opinion, simply passionate. (Original) Inserida dentro do fantástico Parque de Serralves, a belíssima Casa de Serralves é um exemplo maravilhoso do melhor que a moderna arquitetura portuguesa é capaz de produzir. A combinação da predominante cor de rosa com o verde dos jardins e árvores envolventes é, na minha modesta opinião, simplesmente apaixonate.

12 euros just to visit the gardens and see the Casa Serralves. Unfortunately, it was completely covered in scaffolding, which this was not mentioned at any point when buying the ticket. Felt like a waste of money

Great museum. Beautiful buildings. A must visit if you’re remotely into architecture

Beautiful art Deco villa, loved walking around it and taking pictures. A true representation of Deco in such a grand way. Really Great to see!

Good place to visit even if you're a local from OPorto.

Current exhibit is not much better than visiting a trash dump. Fortunately good weather allowed a nice walk in the surrounding park. The building has an imposing presence there as well...

(Translated by Google) Casa de Serralves was ordered to be built by the 2nd count of Vizela, Carlos Alberto Cabral, aristocrat of the textile industry who, in 1923, had inherited his father's property. The project was by the French architect Charles Siclis, having been executed by the Portuguese architect Marques da Silva. The design of the gardens, by Jacques Gréber, dates from 1932. The house and garden designs progressed with the hesitation and successive changes introduced by Marques da Silva, until the works of both were completed in 1940. In 1944 the Conde de Vizela finally settled in Serralves but about ten years later he was forced to sell the property to Delfim Ferreira, Conde de Riba de Ave. The deal however provided for a restriction: the property could not be subject to any transformation. Until the 1980s, the space would remain inaccessible to the public until, in 1986, the Portuguese State acquired the farm from the heirs of Delfim Ferreira allowing its opening to the city. In an excellent state of conservation, an architectural jewel that deserves a visit, either alone or during periodic temporary exhibitions. (Original) A Casa de Serralves foi mandada construir pelo 2º conde de Vizela, Carlos Alberto Cabral, aristocrata da indústria têxtil que, em 1923, tinha herdado a propriedade de seu pai. O projeto foi do arquiteto francês Charles Siclis, tendo a sua execução ficado a cargo do arquiteto português Marques da Silva. O projeto dos jardins, de autoria de Jacques Gréber, data de 1932. Os projetos da casa e dos jardins progrediram ao sabor de hesitações e alterações sucessivas introduzidas por Marques da Silva, até que as obras de ambos ficaram concluídas em 1940. Em 1944 o Conde de Vizela instala-se finalmente em Serralves mas cerca de dez anos mais tarde vê-se obrigado a vender a propriedade a Delfim Ferreira, Conde de Riba de Ave. O negócio previa contudo uma restrição: a propriedade não podia ser objeto de qualquer transformação. Até aos anos 80 o espaço permaneceria inacessível ao público até que, em 1986, o Estado Português adquiriu a quinta aos herdeiros de Delfim Ferreira permitindo a sua abertura à cidade. Em excelente estado de conservação, uma jóia arquitetónica que merece uma visita, por si só ou aquando das periódicas exposições temporárias.

(Translated by Google) A fantastic place. (Original) Um local fantástico.

(Translated by Google) I recommend visiting if you are interested in architecture. The gardens are beautiful. The visit to the house is nice but none of the original furniture is there. Inside is a bit empty. (Original) Recomiendo visitar si te interesa la arquitectura. Los jardines son preciosos. La visita a la casa es bonita pero ninguno de los muebles originales se encuentran allí. Por dentro esta un poco vacía.

Loved it!

(Translated by Google) It is always worth visiting, huge and beautiful nature space. (Original) Vale sempre a pena visitar, enorme e bonito espaço de natureza.

(Translated by Google) Great for a great walk and also for children to spend a few hours distracted. (Original) Ótimo para um grande passeio a pé e também para as crianças passarem umas horas distraídas.

(Translated by Google) Very good but the garden could be better maintained ... (Original) Muito bom porém o jardim poderia ser mais bem cuidado...

Amazing Art Deco Architecture. Cool Art Deco style details throughout the building. Especially the pink marble bathroom is worth visiting.

(Translated by Google) Very interesting place architecturally as well as for the punctual exhibitions! (Original) Local muito interessante arquitetonicamente bem como pelas pontuais exposicoes!

(Translated by Google) Superb museum, very nice park. A very nice ride (Original) Superbe musée, très joli parc. Une bien belle balade

(Translated by Google) Splendid. Not to be missed (Original) Espléndida. No hay que perdérsela

It was nicely done landscape. If you are prefer to see the original landscape and vila then avoid these days/maybe weeks. Bcz there is huge alían(spider) statue was installed in front of the vila(which is awful to me. Bcz I wanted to take nice picture of the landscape including vila.but it is impossible with this structure)

Nice, but the enterance prices are wsy too high

Beautiful place to visit even if you are not so keen on the contemporary art exhibitions of that time. The place is set in very large grounds with gorgeous gardens, a farm, woodland,lovely pale blue/ minty green tiled ponds that reflect the water amazingly, a small lake with ducks, art sculptures like the pair of shoes created from cooking pots, a coffee and art and crafts shop and an amaziningly beautiful 1920/30 pink house which actually hosts art exhibitions inside. Truly worth a visit to both art appreciators and horticulturists.Most areas are accessible for wheelchairs/ physically impaired and children, with the exception of around the lake.

This is truly unique. My only wish is that the house would have more furniture from the Era it was built in.

A journey worth experiencing.

Recommended to those of an artistic bent.

Nice walking around the building

It is definitely a must to do in Porto. At least, when the weather is great to enjoy the hectares of garden around the property!