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Porto Travel Guides

River fog, port cellars, and a city that rewards slow days

Porto is the Portuguese city I would tell most people to give an extra day to — smaller than Lisbon, steeper than it looks, and better for wandering. These guides cover which neighborhoods to stay in, the sights and hidden corners worth finding, the trip upriver into the Douro Valley, and how Porto compares to Lisbon.

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First trip

The complete Porto guide covers the old town, the river and the port houses across it. Things to do covers the rest, hidden corners included.

Where to stay, and where to go next