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Things to do in Oporto?

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I am going to Oporto as part of a cruise and will only be there for one day. Can anybody recommend a good place to eat and some interesting things to see and do?

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  1. Oporto is in Portugal, not Spain:)


  2. Here are some major attractions in Porto or 'Oporto'

    1- 12th century cathedral or se. Huge cathedral founded in the 12th century but extensively altered in the 18th. Open from 9am to 12:30 and 2:30 to 7.

    2- Igreja de Sao Francisco - Gothic church with a plain facade but tons of gold-leaf gilding inside. There is also a museum and catacombs below, which we found more fascinating than many guidebooks did.

    3- Ponte de D. Luis, the city's emblematic iron bridge, built by a disciple of the famous Eiffel.

    4- Don't miss the Ribeira do Porto, the cluster of buildings, smoky bars and seafood restaurants along the waterfront.

    For some good restaurants:

    Porto is a spectacular city, and a great place to eat. Imagine ordering a bottle of Dao wine, Portugal's celebrated red, in a little churrasqueira (barbeque chicken joint) and watching as the waitress carefully wipes the cobwebs off of a bottle of 1995 before serving it. Now guess the price of this wine. If you guessed less than 5 Euros, you are correct. The whole chicken meal with all the trimmings for two and an aged vintage wine came to 12.90 Euros, quite a bargain. But click the second link below if you'd like to read a review of a great restaurant in the Taylor Port Cellars.

  3. go to one of the port factories, they are interesting and fun to go through.

  4. get very drunk on some of the finest alcohol in the world - what else?

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