The first bit of sightseeing that we did was in the Porto train station... apparently this place is the location of the oldest tile murals in the country.
Porto is the second largest city in Portugal, but it didn't really feel like a big city at all. It was mostly residences and restaurants.
Porto and the city of Guia are separated by the Douda river. the next couple photos were all taken from the bridge that connects the two cities.
As the sun kept going down, the view kept getting better.
Guia is a much more primitive setting, and was really cool to walk through. We were told that this area does not get a lot of tourists, because most people looking for a trip to Portugal go to Lisbon. We were the only Americans that we saw while we were in this country.
We ate in Guia, on the river with a pretty sweet view of Porto at night.
The night time view of Porto looking to the North...
And the view looking to the South.
The next day we went on a little cruise of the Douda river
After the cruise we went searching for a location to do a Port wine tasting... this lead to a pretty long walk uphill through what seemed like deserted neighborhoods.
The view of Porto, Guia, and the Douda river from the wine storehouse.
This is the storing house for Graham company's Port wines.
The next day we went on a canyoning adventure. Canyoning is basically hiking, but you are following a river the entire time.
Following the river includes its waterfalls, there were times when we would repel down next to them,
And times when we would jump off of them.
The hike took us all over a mountain, through a river, and even through an old WW2 mine.
Besides surfing in Morocco, Canyoning in Portugal was one of the main highlights of my experiences in Europe.
Guia City??? Douda river? Oldest tile murals on the country? Morocco in Europa?? Even the shot at night overlooking the river: south??? Geeeee never read so much ignorance in my life
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