Hotel Porto Roca

... railway, and a passenger ferry.  No cars.  We stayed as 'the honeymooners' in the town of Monterosso at the beautiful Porto Roca hotel which is high up a rock face looking over the ocean.  I should mention that everything is high up a rock ...

... steeds meer begrijpen van hoe deze haven en voorsteden van Porto in elkaar zitten. We ontdekken de echte visserij haven van Porto met tientallen restaurantjes en winkels waar best nautische zaken te krijgen zijn. We begrijpen nu ook hoe onze eigen haven ...

... . Ha plogut tota la nit i fa bastant de fred, així que ens equipem per a caminar en condicions hostils (Jo personalment porto una samarreta tèrmica negra de màniga llarga i uns pantalons de pluja gruixuts, mentre que l'Òscar va més lleugeret de roba). Recollim ...

... was very scenic. At least this was a nice smooth ride and we could enjoy the scenery. From Lisbon we immediately took a train to Porto. We stayed overnight in the same hotel we had when we first arrived in Porto. It was hard to believe that was nearly 2 ...

... and climbing.  We decided to change plans and make the next day a travel day.  We woke up and grabbed a train to Porto, all the way north, near the Atlantic coast. The national dish here is a dried, salted cod called Bacalhou. It doesn´t sound ...