Smoko.

This is the last of 18 gates that used to access the town from the port. Built in the 14th Century, it still has a Gothic inscription from 1386 . It connected the Harbour to the Fonte Taurina.

9 September 2019: Busy Bookshop, No Market, Chairlift Home......Walking, Walking

September 9th 2019
The best made plans never left the ground this morning. We were up earlier, but it was 9.30 before we hit the pavement and decided to try to catch a met train. These trains look more like long trams, and disappear into the earth as soon as you are over the river Douro. After that it’s 2 minutes before we are leaving Sao Bento Station to begin our walk to Lello bookshop. As we were already 45 mi ... read more

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Following its heyday as a world power during the 15th and 16th centuries, Portugal lost much of its wealth and status with the destruction of Lisbon in a 1755 earthquake, occupation during the Napoleonic Wars, and the independence in 1822 of Brazil a... ... read more

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