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Porto
Travel Blogs from Porto, Portugal
Porto Portugal
I caught the bus from Vigo to Porto and spent the day there before heading back to London. Porto is a beautiful old city filled with winding little cobblestone streets and terrace houses. I spent ages just wondering and admiring them before seeing ...
Awoke and went to get the car to load up ...
... a castle. I thought it was a really cute town - clean, livable yet historical. I also had the best coffee in Portugal there. After a while in Guimares we left to Braganca. This place was very disappointing. - no medieval atmpsphere at all (I don't ...
Final destination?
... made in on bike, but on the other hand it was quite tough and cold last days, mainly cycling in fog. This Sunday we reached Porto, Joao´s home town! Joao traveled more than a year by bike and I joined him since end of July. We visited lots of projects, ...
Last Week in Salamanca!
... 10 am, it was beautiful! Here, most of the beaches i have seen are also surrounded by some interesting historical sites, the beach in Porto has this really interesting castle fortress right next to it, the ocean was like a moat around it. It was very well ...
Pottering around (damp) Porto
... the booze content. The high alcohol content helped the port keep on its long voyages when it was shipped to Brazil during Portugal's colonial times. At the end of the tour we try a white port and a tawny port. I spent part of the ...
Marco de Canavezes / Porto - Time to Relax
... . His girlfriend is very sweet too and we went with her to a craft fair in the center of Porto because she is a really creative designer of clothes and accessories. They showed me the coast of Porto, really cold wind but a beautiful view too. ...
The Port of Oporto
We left Lisbon at 7am hoping to be in Porto before noon. We were very excited about visiting this town and our number one destination while there was the Ferreira Port ...
Glug glug
... few to complicate our luggage problems. We then trudged up the hill back to the car, which was parked in a free spot outside McDonalds. We stayed for a second night in the Marisol Camping ground, right by the sea in the north area of Porto, called Gaia. ...
It's time to go on vacations
... it costed less than 500 Euros, so if you have equipments (cameras or mobile phones) that can cost more than that (in Portugal), don't forget to declare them at the customs office. Declaration done so it's time to go. Our vacations are starting and these ...
where to stay
My wife and I had the pleasure of 3 months in portugal for business purposes. The people were wonderful, my bartender even more wonderful. The food was excellent, the climate was also stellar. As items come to mind I'll try to update this ...
Our Volvo 142 S
This is the FIVA ID Card of the Volvo 142 S. I thought you might like to see it… It lists some of its travels: The car has been all over the world, sometimes twice! It is a 1968 2-liter 2-door saloon, the first of the famous "brick" ...
another train
... a quick nap so that we felt like we were actually awake and human. I checked my email and also what there was to do in Porto. As we didnt get a lot of sleep on the train, Christine needed a little more sleep so I headed off to check a few things and ...
Where is the sun?
... pictures plus a boat ride up the river. That same evening, I met one of my relative, Jean-Paul Rochat, who flew in from Switzerland with 6 of his mates for a holiday cruise from Porto. We spent a memorable dinner together....I say no more! ...
PORTEKİZDE PORTO
... nehri boyunca yetiştirilen üzüm bağlarını kapsamaktadır. 1756'da çıkarılan bir yasayla Porto şarabın üretiminde kullanılan üzüm çeşidi ve şarabın tarifi korunmaktadır. ...
Oh! Porto! (Oporto)
... favorite was the tawny and we got a couple of bottles. We headed back to the hotel after drinks through a cool old area of Porto. A lot of buildings were completely clad in tiles, but the area was really run down. It really seemed like they should be ...
Croisiere de luxe (pas chere!)
Boa tarde, Aujourdhui, chaleur, train, bateau, vin blanc et vin rouge. Et nos hotes nous cuisine du Bocalhau (morue) a la portugaise! Bon apres midi a tous nos amis et parents! Obrigado PS Laurence trouve que mon message est trop court! Moi, je le ...
My Birthday Weekend in Porto
I returned to work last week after a long weekend in Porto in northern Portugal with friends and cousin. I didn't feel well for the remainder of the week and I suspect it could be from too much food and alcohol. Porto is extremely beautiful, ...
On the road again..............
Here is a picture of Donna that I would be avle to take every day that we are traveling to another city.............as you can see she is an avid sightseer!!!! Also attached is todays daily explosion...................IS it getting worse or ...
Porto Posting
... the street. But it´s okay for the price (just under €40 night). The church opposite (there are churches everywhere in Portugal) our hotel features an azulejos tile scene (see photo). The Rio Douro runs through the city (it´s actually another city ...
Porto, o Porto
... on a boat cruise up the river to see the bridges and the older area of the city with its winding streets and community feel. Porto is famous for port, the fortified wine drink, so went to one of the many wine tasting warehouses. For 3 sorus you got two ...
Porto: Land of (Too) Many Steps
... and structures projects, but my light at the end of the tunnel last week was a trip 16 of us had planned to Porto, Portugal. We were leaving Friday night from Beauvais airport, and while the fare was extremely cheap (a big deciding factor), it was ...
first day at sea
Hello everyone It's Saturday afternoon, 114p, that’s 514am pst and just settled in for a bit of updating my blog. For some unexplained reason our sail away was a bit delayed from La Palma. There was a Spanish navy ship that left the harbor before ...
Partida largada fugida!
... fazendo um "cruzeiro"até lisboa para logo em seguida e sem muita demora apanhar o comboio que nos vai levar até ao porto. Porto cidade onde o ano passado terminamos a nossa aventura! E onde desta vez vamos voltar a agarrar o nosso caminho que nos ...