After our great tour experience in Lisbon, we decided to book a Porto tour with the same company - We Hate Tourism :-D
Bruno was great! It was just two of us, and he modified his usual so we had a minimum of walking! We saw a lot more than I got to photograph (see the album for more), and even that was a lot...
This is a pair of churchs from the 17th century, called the Carmelitas - they are side-by-side, but not connected, for two different orders.
One chapel...
And the "other" one...
More buildings
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| Bookstore of Harry Potter fame |
This roundpoint monument commemorates the alliance with Portugal of England (the lion) to defeat Spain (the Eagle).
Casa de Música (House of Music) museum
This monument commemorates the massive loss to the fishing village here - before the breakwater was built, the seas could get very rough. Within sight of the people on land, but too far to help, most of the village fishermen died. These are their wives, watching in anguish.
A sculpture in a roundpoint - a giant fishing net! It tells you how important fishing is here
This is the "Nice" of Portugal - a mayor's wife enjoyed her visit to Nice so much, she wanted a bit of it recreated right here...
On to another viewpoint, where we sipped some tawney port and enjoyed the breeze, views, and stories of Portugal
Then we drove across the river Douro, and up to the Monastery - to these views!
If you wondered if Porto was steep, this should tell you - just to the right of the bridge is one of the funiculars, struggling up the hill
Here's a close-up
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| Monastery |
Looking down from the monastery courtyard - we got from there to here in about a block of steeeeep climbing!
From here, we almost went on to port-tasting, but decided it would be smarter to call it a day. And what a day!
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