Porto / Oporto is Portugal’s 2nd largest city with 1.2 million people in the metro area. It is an industrial and trade city built in granite stone, hence the dark colours you will see in the pictures.
As in Lisbon, the city’s downtown is an open-air gym to exercise your legs: you will have to deal with steep streets to discover the city, but it is worth the effort. Sadly the weather condition was not the best to take pics :bash:

Igreja da Lapa

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Trindade

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Town hall

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Avenida dos Aliados

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São Francisco church. Sadly I can't post pics of the best 2 spots in Porto, which are this church extreme baroque decoration and the Stock exchange palace's gorgeous rooms. A-mazing, but cameras aren't allowed :bash:

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São Bento train station hall

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Ribeira quarter

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Infante brigde is soooo elegant, I love it. There're 6 bridges in Porto, 2 of them for railways.

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These 3 pics are taken from the south shore of Douro river, in Vila Nova de Gaia, which is not just a Porto suburb but the other side of the city. It is here where Port wine is stored :cheers:

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Rua dos Clérigos area

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View from Torre dos Clérigos

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Some shop facades I liked

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A glimpse of modern Porto. The metro takes you...

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...to European Champion stadium, FC Porto's estádio do Dragão :D

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Rem Koolhaas’ Casa da Música concert hall

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Some glass in Boavista area

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After a long sightseeing day, a beer is what I need: Beer festival!!

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Nearby area:

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Before going back to our hotel, a stopover at a bar named “My Mercedes is bigger than yours” :D Great music :cheers:

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That’s all folks.

Great pics! In which language is the city called Oporto?

In Spanish, English.
We call it Porto.

It doesn't work.

ainda nao consegui ver foto nenhuma, que foi o que aconteceu.

Portugal's second city is nothing short of amazing...thanks for the pics! Really nice...

Ainda bem que ja resolveste o problema com o photobucket.com :)

My second favourite city, after Lisbon.

Fantastic photo's. I really want to learn more about this city, and I must visit it!

Wonderful photos. Thank's for posting them.

thanks vapour. Very interesting pics.

why do they call it OPorto in England and rest of the world?