Landscape smells and intangible heritage: The porto city

Protecting the urban landscape and heritage in historic cities has enormous value, as well as preserving local memories. Furthermore, it is a crucial tool in planning the territory and in the social and economic development of urban sites with a special focus on cultural heritage. In the context of cultural heritage, the smells related to the component of the visitor’s experience plays a key role in marketing strategies and as a booster in the sector tourism. In this sense, the idea of the present work is to consider Portuguese and international students as vehicles of perception of historical sites in the process of monitoring and safeguarding the landscape of the Porto city, in particular the perception of city smells.