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“The Ribeira District, Porto's old riverside quarter, is a UNESCO World Heritage site. Colorful buildings climb the steep hillside above the Douro River, covered in faded azulejo tiles, laundry drying between balconies, cats sleeping in doorways.”

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“The Dom Luis I Bridge the first bridge, a double-deck iron arch bridge designed by a student of Gustave Eiffel, connects Porto to the wine caves of Villa Nova de Gaya below. You can walk across the top deck and look down at the river, the rooftops and the Atlantic beyond.”

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“The Duro Valley, a river valley in northern Portugal where the vineyards do not sit flat on rolling hills. They are carved into the sides of near vertical cliffs in terraces that took generations to build by hand. The whole valley is a UNESCO World Heritage site.”

day trip

“Sintra is a mountain town 30 minutes from Lisbon where the Portuguese royal family built their palaces. And because they were the royal family, they had taste.”

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“The Pena Palace sits on top of the mountain wrapped in a combination of Moorish, Gothic, and Roman-esque architecture in shades of red and yellow.”

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“It has been made in Lisbon since the early 1800s by monks at the Jeronimos monastery who needed to sell pastries to survive.”

outdoor adventure

“The most famous of these is Benagil Cave. You saw it at the start of this video. 15,000 people a day try to visit it. But if you get there at sunrise, and I mean actually at sunrise, you will have it almost entirely to yourself.”

outdoor adventure

“Then there is Ponta da Piedade, a collection of sea arches, groves, and golden rock pillars just south of Logos. You can walk the cliptop path and look down at the boats navigating between the towers of rock below.”

experience

“The Dom Luis I Bridge... connects Porto to the wine caves of Villa Nova de Gaya below.”