Tag: Porto

Here are your travel contests for this week. You can win trips to London, England; Europe; Fiji; Porto, Portugal; Venice, Italy; Egypt; the Dominican Republic; Costa Rica; Vancouver, Canada; …

An introduction to Portugal In Spring 2017, I spent a few weeks in Portugal. It was my first time in the country, aside from having taken a brief day …

This is the second time I’ve had to write something like this in less than a month, following Scott Hutchison’s death in May. Someone who I’d never met, yet …

If you’re looking for a great day trip from Porto, the beautiful medieval town of Guimarães is just 25 miles away, making it a perfect escape from the city. Guimarães is …

Let’s face it, if you’ve gone to Porto to drink, you’ve gone there for one thing only: port. But if you’re tired of port tasting in Porto, the city …

While there are many great reasons to visit the beautiful city of Porto, port tasting is a must-do. The city’s position at the mouth of the Douro River has …

Every great city needs a great sandwich. Porto, Portugal has one that might be one of the greatest sandwiches in the world: the francesinha. The francesinha is an absolute …

Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling lived in Porto, Portugal during the early 1990s. During this time period, she created an outline of what would eventually become the full set …