Exploring Porto

143 photos in Porto and Aveiro, Portugal added

Photos from the start of our first vacation to Portugal. Three days of walking, exploring, eating, and drinking across Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia.

  • Hello, Portugal
  • Handed a glass of Rosé port at check-in
  • A Pour of Port in Porto, Portugal
  • View from the Yeatman Hotel. Excited to use that pool.
  • The Douro River
  • Portugal has a thing for these cocks. They're pretty fun.
  • Cooling off in the Yeatman Pool
  • Headin out to explore the city
  • Porto streets
  • Looking at Porto from Gaia
  • Kicking things off with some Sardines and the local beer: Super Bock
  • Hangin at this little snack bar
  • Steps
  • The Luís I Bridge
  • Airing out the lion blankie
  • Chilling in the park at Jardim do Morro
  • Porto.
  • Dinner and beer at Brasao
  • First francesinha. Half order
  • This Francesinha looks incredible
  • A patient lady and her Francesinha
  • Francesinha is insane
  • French fry scarpetta
  • This is actually how I became friends with Josh Lueck. Drinking milk and talking shit over lunch in the cafeteria at college.
  • The Imperial McDonald's in Porto is wild
  • Look at this fancy-ass McDonald's
  • Imperial McDonald's
  • São Bento Station
  • São Bento Station
  • The tile murals in Porto are wild
  • São Bento Station is wild.
  • Dress well for less, only here.
  • A happy lil polar bear
  • Street art and graffiti are everywhere in Portugal
  • Tags
  • Kitty in the ruins
  • Pedestrians and light rails share the bridge
  • Porto hillside homes
  • Looking toward our hotel, which happened to be right next to Taylor's aging cellars
  • Sunset watchers at the park in Jardim to Morro
  • Sunset over Porto
  • Just Port stuff
  • Porto Street stuff
  • Doors to fit the space
  • Sunset over the Douro River
  • Walking back to the hotel in Gaia
  • Pedestrian alleys
  • Smuggled a dewsk
  • The Livraria Lello bookstore
  • Hello
  • This bookstore is chaos
  • Upstairs at Livraria Lello
  • Some beautiful stairs at Livraria Lello
  • Little faces in the books at Livraria Lello
  • Stopping for tea and some Pastel de Natas (maybe the best we had the entire trip. So, so tasty)
  • Pastel de Natas
  • Heading toward Torre dos Clérigos
  • Torre dos Clérigos. I think nothing in Porto is allowed to be taller than this.
  • The inside of the Clérigos church
  • Zombie Jesus
  • This Zombie Jesus was wild
  • Portuguese hot dog time
  • This is the only kind of hot dog I want from here on out
  • Walking up to the Porto Cathedral
  • Tile work outside the Porto Cathedral
  • Looking out at Torre dos Clerigos
  • Porto Cathedral
  • Porto Juxtapositions
  • Porto Cathedral tile murals
  • Porto Cathedral Shrine
  • Looking across the courtyard of the Porto Cathedral
  • Wildly ornate rooms inside the Porto Cathedral
  • Some fun fountains
  • The Porto Cathedral
  • The Porto Cathedral alter is insane
  • Some goth kids checking out the altar
  • Oh yeah, baby
  • Holy shit, a fish!
  • A fun little mural
  • I liked the pixelated flower amongst these old roofs