Egg tarts and Flowers. Portugal plus Chelsea.

[drron]

Not all buildings are attractive.

 

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The Atlantic coast and the main beach of Porto


The Duoro river entrance. Lots fishing from it's banks.



Things will be a little out of sequence as my phones battery was getting a bit low so these are from the Camera.
Waiting to change from the redline bus to the blue line. Fortunately the main stop is very near the Cathedral.

 

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So now back to the phone pictures driving beside the Douro river.

 

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Back at the change over point. There are other options to see the city -TikTok’s, vintage cars and sidecars.



Now on the blue route.

 

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We passed an Army base.









The Yeatman an upmarket hotel.

 

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Wasn't really that much on the other side of the river apart from wineries and port houses.

 

[jkbaus]

We passed an Army base.
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The Yeatman an upmarket hotel.
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[jkbaus]

Stayed at the Yeatman in 2016.
expensive but worth it.

also, worth doing self guided street art walking tour in Porto.
Local govt had pamphlet giving directions.

 

[drron]

Stayed at the Yeatman in 2016.
expensive but worth it.

also, worth doing self guided street art walking tour in Porto.
Local govt had pamphlet giving directions.

Thought about the Yeatman as it is a the Virtuoso program. But still over twice the price of the Intercontinental and I wanted 40 nights with IHG this year which will give me a year of lounge access.

 

[drron]

There is a definite underclass in Porto and many of them on the cliffs above the Douronear the bridge.










Back into the CBD and at a stop we could change to the red line again.

 

[drron]

The stop was right outside a bakery so time for another Portugese tart.


Then we continued the circuit.

 

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One of the reasons for going around again was to stop at alittle garden I noticed. Spring is great for Gardens.

 

[drron]

An arena was behind the garden.

 

[drron]

We then had to wait across the road for the next bus. A pretty little church.




And if you thought you were staying in a palace well.......



Construction of the Metro affecting a lot of Porto.

 

[drron]

More construction.


The bus stops at the Art Gallery.


Some nice homes getting toward the sea.



But they are disappearing.



But facing the Atlantic some better ones.

 

[TheRealTMA]

Thought about the Yeatman as it is a the Virtuoso program. But still over twice the price of the Intercontinental and I wanted 40 nights with IHG this year which will give me a year of lounge access.

Very good restaurant for lunch!

 

[Quickstatus]

@drron
Comment on the weather / humidity appreciated...

 

[drron]

Not too bad. when getting to 1000 metres in the mountains it has been cold,foggy with some rain.
Down in the valley only 1 quite cold day in Pinhao the rest mainly blue sky and temperature ~ 20C.
However just woken in Lisbon on the first day of their daylight saving and large black clouds approaching from the east.
Not humid at all.

 

[drron]

Closer to Porto itself individual homes were rare and unit blocks predominated.



Then an old fort at the mouth of the Douro river.





Trams made an appearance.