Porto Cathedral and Episcopal Palace

Sé do Porto - Porto Cathedral and Paço Episcopal - Archbiop's Palace. DSC_0914

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October 14th 2022
We arrived in Villa Nova de Gaia, across the Douro River from Porto, about 4:30 in the afternoon. Gaia, as the suburb is commonly known, is the base for Douro River cruises, long or short. Viking Cruises has its dock here for its three river vessels and Viking Torgil was waiting for us. Vessels may not navigate the Douro at night, so the cruise could not begin until the following morning. H ... read more

Europe » Portugal » Northern » Vila Nova de Gaia

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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