Porto Day 1
March 28 in Portugal ⋅ 🌧 13 °CToday we got up and went straight to the train station to leave Lisbon for Porto. It was about a 4 hour train ride. Once we got here we checked into our hostel. Which is so cool. Its inside of aRead more
Today we got up and went straight to the train station to leave Lisbon for Porto. It was about a 4 hour train ride. Once we got here we checked into our hostel. Which is so cool. Its inside of aRead more
This place was recommended to us by a nice young American couple we met on the Douro Valley tour - they said they had had the best food there since arriving in Portugal, and after eating there we tendRead more
Luckily we only had to walk about fifty metres from the restaurant to our meeting place at São Bento train station for our street art tour with Afonso. There were supposed to be 7 of us, but only 5Read more
We had booked a table so there was no waiting this time. We ordered some similar dishes to yesterday and a couple of different ones. We were not disappointed. We met a couple from Melbourne who hadRead more
We had a leisurely Saturday morning. We walked around our burb, got some pastel de nata (just out of the oven) and coffee from Manteigaria. We then walked up the main boulevard of Porto, SantaRead more
Azulejo are the colourful tiles that cover the exterior or interior of homes and buildings. They originated in the 13th century. In 2017 the Portugal government passed a law to prevent the demolitionRead more
Porto train station is my new favourite station in Europe.
It is so good, there was a queue of tour groups today waiting their turn to go in and see it. How nuts is that?
Torniamo verso il centro alla ricerca di azulejos da fotografare, e il nostro senso artistico ci porta a riprodurre le immagini impresse su una delle tante chiese azzurre
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Traveler That church is so cool! Best to stick with the cheaper beer 😳
Traveler That is pretty awesome! Don't sign anything while you are there. You'll be one of them forever
Traveler So cool Eth. Loving seeing these