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Porto

Porto is a thriving, buzzing, port city on the mouth of the Douro River where history collides head-on with a hedonistic, 21st century population beneath the sombre gaze of monumental architecture and blue-faced churches. Portugal’s […]

Food & drink

Café Society in Guimaraes

The line between bars and cafés in Guimaraes, and indeed in Porto, is distinctly blurred. Having been brought up in a pub culture where bars serve alcohol by default and coffee by exception, it was a novelty to see alcohol drinkers in cafés and coffee sippers in bars. […]

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Guimarães

“We used to be important.” It’s a statement that reveals why the people of Guimarães exude pride peppered with a hint of an inferiority complex. As the birthplace of Portugal there’s no questioning its noble […]