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Porto

After 3 weeks and 650 kilometres walking, time for sightseeing:

Porto to Lisbon via Coimbra & Sinta

Porto is the second largest city in Portugal and home of the Port wine.  It is a beautiful old city and one of our favourite places.

Porto river front

Old port wine transport boat, now used for advertising

Vila Nova de Gaia, opposite Porto, is where the port wine bought from the upper Douro matures

Vintage port maturing in small oak casks

The cellars of Ferreira contain thousands of litres of port wine

Traditional boat building, Porto

Sardines being grilled on the sidewalk
7 sardines each plus salad and wine should do it

One of Porto's remaining old trams

Lovely tiled front on church

More lovely tiles

Little shop opposite the Municipal Market selling just about everything - note pavement

Typical buildings of Porto

Narrow lanes of Porto

Inside Porto's railway station

More fantastic azulejos all over this church Porto

Fishing village of Afurada near Porto