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Porto & Northern Portugal
Trip Planning & Itineraries
Portugal's second-biggest city, Porto (Oporto to foreigners), has a brawny beauty all its own. Built on granite bluffs above the Rio Douro, its heart is a tangle of World Heritage-listed lanes tumbling steeply down to a medieval waterfront.
The Alto Douro (upper Douro) east of Peso da Régua is a harsh, hot landscape heavily refashioned by two millennia of pumping out wine. Terraced vineyards wrap around every precipitous, crew-cut hillside, and whitewashed port-wine quintas (estates) dot the valley.
Suggested Itineraries: Porto & Around
Porto - Portugal's second city - has a vibrant cultural scene bubbling with nightlife, history, arts and sporting action. This is also a region rich in history, dotted with extraordinary monasteries, age-old bridges and a unique collection of Stone-Age art.
Despite being a popular seaside resort, the salty-dog town of Vila do Conde retains much of its historical character as a ship-building port, also famous for its lace and handicrafts.
Amarante is also famous for its eggy pastries - and not just the phallic cakes that appear during the cheerful festivals of São Gonçalo.
- Plan Porto vacations on Yahoo! Travel
- Portugal tourism information from PlanetWare
