Santiago to Porto

We were scheduled to catch the 11.30 bus to Porto, and we had sorted the taxi... which is another story, so while the 3 ladies chilled in the apartment, I went for a last look at Cathedral. I sat for a while just watching people come in and managed to get a great photo of the cathedral with no people in it, and just as I was leaving, I saw our italian friends. I was so happy to see them and managed to get a photo.

Then we were off on our 4-hour bus trip to Porto. Bus was extremely clean and quick, we arrived neatly 30mins early. We trudged the 20 minutes to our apartment as we couldn't check in to 3pm. The walk was ok, Porto is definitely cleaner than spain.

The street our apartment on was really cool, then when we checked in, we were blown away... a huge 2 bedroom, with a balcony, a view of the garden, very modern and immaculate with 4 glasses of port poured and waiting, we were all super excited.

While the girls caught up with social media, Michelle and I went for a walk into the center of town. We quickly fell in love with Porto. We even thought it was better than Paris. We visited the majestic cafe (took photo from out front...but will visit for coffee tomorrow) Café Majestic (dating from 1921) is one of the emblematic establishments in the city and it is in the Top 10 of the most beautiful cafes in the world and is where J. K. Rowling wrote his favorite chapter of the book, “The Mirror of Erised”?

It was also university graduation, and many streets were closed for the parade it was amazing to see.

We finished the walk with a visit to the local markets, which were huge. You could grab a beer or wine while you walked around shopping for your groceries...the Portuguese know how to shop.

Dinner was at a restaurant called the honest green...very healthy, and it was amazing after the types of food we have experienced in Spain.

We finished the night off with Gelato and walked across the Duro River, and saw the bridge (designed by the same person who designed the Eiffel tower) all lit up.

Yah. Porto is super cool, and we are all excited to finish our holiday here.Læs mere