Vapour
August 3rd, 2004, 05:55 PM
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
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/Lapa.jpg
Trindade
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/Trindade.jpg
Town hall
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/CMporto.jpg
Avenida dos Aliados
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/Aliados1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/Aliados2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/Aliados3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/Aliados4.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/Igreja2.jpg
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:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/IgrejaSFrancisco.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/baixa.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/baixa2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/estatua.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/igreja4.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/igreja5.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/teatro.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/stacatarina.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/Igreja.jpg
São Bento train station hall
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/SBento.jpg
Ribeira quarter
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/Ribeira.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/Ribeira2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/Ribeira3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/Ribeira4.jpg
Infante brigde is soooo elegant, I love it. There're 6 bridges in Porto, 2 of them for railways.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/Ribeira5.jpg
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:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/Ribeira6.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/gaia546.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/gaiabarcos2.jpg
Rua dos Clérigos area
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/Clrigos3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/Clrigos2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/Clrigos.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/naomelembro.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/Torre.jpg
View from Torre dos Clérigos
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/Torre2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/Torre4.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/Torre5.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/Torre7.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/Torre9.jpg
Some shop facades I liked
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/farmacia.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/reisfilhos.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/vicent.jpg
A glimpse of modern Porto. The metro takes you...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/Portometro.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/Portometro2.jpg
...to European Champion stadium, FC Porto's estádio do Dragão :D
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/estadio.jpg
Rem Koolhaas’ Casa da Música concert hall
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/PortoCasaM.jpg
Some glass in Boavista area
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/PortoBoav2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/PortoBoav.jpg
After a long sightseeing day, a beer is what I need: Beer festival!!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/PortoSB01.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/PortoSB03.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/PortoSB06.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/PortoSB07.jpg
Nearby area:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/PortoFoz.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/PortoFoz2.jpg
Before going back to our hotel, a stopover at a bar named “My Mercedes is bigger than yours” :D Great music :cheers:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/Mercedes.jpg
That’s all folks.
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
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/Lapa.jpg
Trindade
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/Trindade.jpg
Town hall
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/CMporto.jpg
Avenida dos Aliados
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/Aliados1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/Aliados2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/Aliados3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/Aliados4.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/Igreja2.jpg
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:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/IgrejaSFrancisco.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/baixa.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/baixa2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/estatua.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/igreja4.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/igreja5.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/teatro.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/stacatarina.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/Igreja.jpg
São Bento train station hall
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/SBento.jpg
Ribeira quarter
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/Ribeira.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/Ribeira2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/Ribeira3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/Ribeira4.jpg
Infante brigde is soooo elegant, I love it. There're 6 bridges in Porto, 2 of them for railways.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/Ribeira5.jpg
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:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/Ribeira6.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/gaia546.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/gaiabarcos2.jpg
Rua dos Clérigos area
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/Clrigos3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/Clrigos2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/Clrigos.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/naomelembro.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/Torre.jpg
View from Torre dos Clérigos
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/Torre2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/Torre4.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/Torre5.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/Torre7.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/Torre9.jpg
Some shop facades I liked
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/farmacia.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/reisfilhos.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/vicent.jpg
A glimpse of modern Porto. The metro takes you...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/Portometro.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/Portometro2.jpg
...to European Champion stadium, FC Porto's estádio do Dragão :D
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/estadio.jpg
Rem Koolhaas’ Casa da Música concert hall
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/PortoCasaM.jpg
Some glass in Boavista area
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/PortoBoav2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/PortoBoav.jpg
After a long sightseeing day, a beer is what I need: Beer festival!!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/PortoSB01.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/PortoSB03.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/PortoSB06.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/PortoSB07.jpg
Nearby area:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/PortoFoz.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/PortoFoz2.jpg
Before going back to our hotel, a stopover at a bar named “My Mercedes is bigger than yours” :D Great music :cheers:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v153/sashimigadaisuki/Portugal/Porto/Mercedes.jpg
That’s all folks.