With our campsite being on the opposite bank
to Porto we hopped on a local bus which took us to the heart of the city. Looking at the map of Porto and it all seemed
quite straight forward until we realised that 80% of the city is built on
hills.
However, we did manage to see the
Stock Exchange Palace and the Romantic museum and Les climbed the vertiginous Clerigos
tower (I chickened out at the first platform) before getting our breath back at
Ribeira and walking over the Iron bridge to sample the port.
There are many Port wine tours
available but we had heard that Taylor’s has a lovely view over the city so …. on
we slogged, up yet another hill. What a
reward awaited us - an informative tour
of the cave, three ports to try:- 1)
Chip-dry 2) Late bottled vintage 3) 2009
Vintage Tawny and just for luck we treated ourselves to a 20 year old Vintage
taster. Yes, you have guessed it …… the
20 year old was the best. Oh, and Spot
came with us today of course.
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