Porto | Wandering Portugal

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• Porto Travel Guide

  Porto was named the European Best Destination in 2017. Never has the choice of the winning city been so unanimous among travelers from all over the world. You should plan to go.

• Old Europe, Old Port

  Yes, I can guide you to a place with a musty cellar with crud-covered bottles, encrusted with age and with a delicate constitution that disallows even the thought of the feather duster. You can visit it for a small sum—and Port lovers certainly should.

• Bolhao Market, Porto

  Mercado do Bolhão is Porto's market, artists paint while you discover the culinary treats inside.

• Taberna do Largo: Enlightened Eating in Porto

  Taberna do Largo came to be after a years worth of the owner’s wandering of Portugal, looking for the best artisan foods and wine to stock it with. There is barely a need for a kitchen.

• Porto Style

  What makes Portugal unique? You might start wtih "Azulejos", a term used to describe the ubiquitous painted, tin-glazed, ceramic tiles you see in Portugal, affixed to walls, floors and even ceilings.

• A Brasileira, Porto Shut to Become a Hotel

  A Brasileira, Porto’s venerable cafe and restaurant is shut.

• The Delights of the Douro Valley

• São João Festival | St John’s Festival in Porto, Portugal

  The largest festival in Porto is a midsummer festival of São João or Saint John. It’s a huge street festival, one of the liveliest in Europe.