Rua Santa Catarina is absurdly stylish and romantic with trim boutiques, striped stone sidewalks and animated crowds. At its southern end it opens out onto the lovely, eclectic Praça da Batalha , framed by Nasoni’s gracefully baroque Igreja de Santo Ildefonso with its twin bell towers, and the lavishly romantic Teatro Nacional São João , built in the style of Paris’ Opéra-Garnier.
