Porto, Portugal Travel Blogs

Suprise, its Porto..
Sep 9, 2005 (4 photos)

... Italy Travelogue) (months ago, im the organised one) and at 5.15 Friday night I found out I was going to Porto (in Portugal).. Pretty tiled Buildings, bridges galore, Port (not that i drink it) many many beautiful churches.. Our plane out was ...

A flagon of Porto
Jul 5, 2006 (17 photos)

... is back to Spain on an overnight train destined for San Sebastian and Basque country. Unfortunately I'll miss the game to see whether Portugal goes through to the World Cup Finals. However if all goes well I'll hear about it anyway and then catch up with ...

A visit to the beach
Jan 22, 2008 (6 photos)

... sum of one euro per person. Of course I won. We handed back our clubs and started walking along the promenade back towards Porto along the river. Quite a lot of money has been poured into this area and the promenade is very pleasant. We watched a fiery ...

The gritty side of Porto
Jan 20, 2008 (5 photos)

... the word 'gritty' is used a number of times to describe various aspects of Porto. Other Portuguese have told us that Porto is 'the real Portugal' and to be fair to these statements, much of Porto is presented just as it is - very little 'Tourist gloss' ...

Easter in Porto.
Apr 7, 2007 (34 photos)

... during those precious days you got off work. So when Johana and I found return flights with Ryanair from Madrid to Portugal's second city Porto for two Euro Cents per head, I guess there was no question about where we would head this Easter. ...

Porto
Sep 27, 2007 (10 photos)

... morning and light up at night.  Breakfast is also included, and all for less than most hostels we have stayed in!  Portugal is known for being cheaper to travel through and so far soooo good! After getting settled, we hit the town to get our ...

pre fab shack and historis township
Feb 21, 2006 (5 photos)

... ; tourist office closed but found a cheap pensao without too much hassle. - Silves was the Moorish capital of southern portugal for a few hundred years; the medieval cathedrals are built around minarets of moorish mosques and the hill is topped with a ...

The Faded Grandeur of Porto
Oct 6, 2007 (72 photos)

... weather forecast announced much to our glee warm weather and sun, sun, sun.   When we touched down in Porto, the northernmost city in Portugal and the second largest in the country, there was a thick mantle of fog which reminded us more of London ...

Porto
Sep 20, 2006 (37 photos)

... very lush and green. The Porto airport is brand new as well as the metro system that takes you into the town center. Porto is Portugal's 2nd largest city at over 200,000. Lisbon, the capital, is the largest. We got out of the metro underground and ...

The 150
Sep 8, 2007

Warning: Parental Guidance Recommended   There is an old saying. Don't believe everything that you read.   My parents were ten pound Poms. Because of this, I was lucky enough to be born with two passports. One Australian, and the other ...

Exploring the Douro
Jan 21, 2008 (6 photos)

... of a shirt for me and also some new shoes, extra cheap, from Springfield (the shop, not the town - the shoes are from Portugal). The girls headed home while I went to a traditional Internet café to see if they would let me plug in my computer to their ...

A Port Day
Aug 10, 2006

We all agreed in the beginning that we really didn't like port. But being in Porto and offered a free tour and tasting, how could we not partake? So like the troopers we were, Allison, Alexis, and I set out for Taylors one early morning to do our Porto ...

Port
Sep 9, 2007 (122 photos)

... fifteen minutes !!!   Ribeira   Not often does RyanAir land at a proper international airport, and thankfully for Euro 2004, Portugal rebuilt the airport and laid a metro system down. It was cheap as well. In we went, grabbed our hotel and ...

Lagos to Porto
Jan 19, 2008 (1 photos)

... approached a couple of times for spare change and I began to see what the guidebook meant when it described some aspects of Porto as 'gritty'. The buildings around look very impressive and the general feel of the city is quite grand. We headed back to ...

Wine to put Bacchus to shame
Oct 6, 2007 (107 photos)

...  Upstairs a terrace with more azulejos showed scenes from the collection of the grape harvest so popular in these parts of Portugal.  Other pagan images included Bacchus riding on a sea monster escorted by small cherubs.     We ...

Northern portugal a spectacular train ride ...
Apr 18, 2001 (1 photos)

... summer residence of the Kings of Portugal and is green, lush and mountaineous. The Pena Palace was the highlight of Portugal for Tonya. The multicoloured towers and domes reminded Paul of Disney World. Inside was a completely wacko collection of rooms, ...

Addicted to Port
Oct 7, 2007 (66 photos)

... of engineering.  One of them was even designed and constructed by Mr. Eiffel himself, with his trademark iron beams.  One of Porto's many names is appropriately "city of bridges".     We were able to see the old port cellars and warehouses with the ...

on the douro...by the sea
Feb 12, 2006 (12 photos)

... of town have grand boulevards lined with huge, classic buildings. Lots of interesting houses, churches, mini-palaces and tiled facades. Porto was a very important trading city and the home of port wine; these prosperous days live on in some magnificent ...

Porto
Aug 10, 2000 (7 photos)

Porto, a favourite amongst friends of mine that had been through Portugal managed to rub some of its apparent likeablillity onto me. The campsite was amongst a huge wooded park that had a very sociable feel about it. Porto clings to the steep north bank of ...

Port Tours at V.N de Gaia
Sep 17, 2005

Ahh, I made it to Portugal finally. Never thought it would come. It´s been a rough few days. My first day I got super sun burnt. Not so fun. Guess that happens after not really getting much sun in the past year and a half at least. I´m paying now. Portugese ...

Partaking in plenty of port in Porto in Portugal
Mar 18, 2004 (2 photos)

Porto is a quaint port city in northern Portugal and the country's second largest after Lisbon. But the real reason to visit is simple - it is the home of port wine. And so we quickly took in the very picturesque city before crossing the bridge over to ...

Aifric......Kinsale Ireland to Mogan Gran Canaria.
Oct 11, 2005

... a wireless zone. The Ashling came into Porto Santo that evening; they missed the storm as they came via Bayonne Spain and had a stop in Lisbon Portugal as well. When we got back to the boat we had a night cap and for a bit of fun I tied up Yvonne and ...

Porto, Portugal
Jul 14, 2005 (2 photos)

... and supposedly an outstanding waterfront. Today we plan to tour the port factories. Apparently, all of the worldºs port comes from Portugal and they give free tastings. This will be our last travel pod while we are here. Tomorrow we leave for London ...

Porto, Portugal
Sep 18, 2006 (4 photos)

... up for our stay. We got a our own room with 2 single beds in it and a balcony over looking the river that came in through Porto from the Atlantic Ocean. Our first full day we got set to go to the beach. We set out and walked about 15 minutes along the ...

Port Tasting in Porto
Sep 22, 2006 (13 photos)

Hey Everyone, We are reporting to you live from an internet café in Porto, Portugal, famous for it's national export, Port wine!(no not the internet café, the city!) Since the port factories offer free tastings, usually with a tour, we, of course, ...

Aug 29, 2009 (1 photos)

Porto, Portugal
Mar 26, 2008

... ride up to Porto. It wasn't as nice as I anticipated, but it still had some cool sites. Check it out: View of Porto View of the Douro from the Ponte D. Luís Ponte D. Luís City Center Bookstore Church Next Stop: Barcelona

Port tasting
Jul 16, 2009 (10 photos)

Got to Porto late at night with no accommodation... did some last minute booking and went for dinner... Maccas as the Portuguese like to eat before 10pm!! Took the tram down to the beach, before heading back to the centre for the best Portuguese chicken ...

Porto, PortugaL
Mar 18, 2007 (5 photos)

... train station coverd in blue painted tiles called Ajulejos.  The scenes depicted famous moments in Portugues history.  The name Portugal is derived from Portus and Cale, Roman settlements on both sides of the Douro river at this point.  A ...

Road Trip!
Feb 12, 2006 (11 photos)

... goodness they realized it was only a tape deck and left it there on the floor for us! Aparently thats a common thing in Portugal, to break into Spanish cars... woulda been nice if someone told us before hand! That explains why no one there speaks spanish ...