street scene

Porto

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October 23rd 2022
I spent less than two days in Porto so I got no more than the barest flavour of the city. After almost two weeks cycling on quiet roads and tracks through open country, sleepy villages and laid back towns, Porto was a full on people experience everywhere from the moment I exited São Bento station. The city is full of tourists. I pushed the bike through the crowds and arrived in a street with a ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Northern » Porto

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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