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It is the oldest Portuguese brand of handmade chocolates in operation. Founded in 1933 by Manuel Bastos, Confeitaria Arcádia has been one of Porto’s finest establishments from the very beginning. Nowadays, the third and fourth generations of Bastos’ family continue to look after the high standard of the chocolates produced in the premises of Rua do Almada and in Gaia: chocolate bars, bonbons or the popular “cats’ tongues”. Adding to that, Arcádia also specializes in Bonjour liquor candies, individually embellished and painted by hand, beauty sweets in the shape of babies, budgies, cherries, beans and others; true masterpieces of Portuguese confectionery that are immensely popular at Easter time.