We have just spent a couple of days in Porto. We ended up staying at a beachside campsite about 4 km south of the town after first driving around the outskirts trying to find a campsite which we had identified from trip advisor which no longer exists.

The bus ride into town from the campsite was equal to any driving we encountered in Italy as the bus careered down narrow streets with inches to spare between the walls on either side. It was obvious the drivers were well practiced as they did slow down on the sections with parked cars by the side of the road, I assume because walls don’t move day to day but parked cars may!

Pont Luis I – Porto

Once we got into town we felt a bit lazy so decided to get an open bus tour, great value at 10 euros, but after 2 hours we were bussed out. Time to taste some port, so we headed to the Taylors port house for 3 euro tour with 3 glasses of port, after which we headed for some bars where Sharon was determined to get white port and tonic, failed on both occasions!

Porto

The second day we decided to get the bikes out and cycle from the campsite up the south bank of the Douro river, across the Pont Luis I bridge, then down the north bank and north up the coast to the cruise ferry terminal, returning by the same route with the exception of getting the little ferry across the river as opposed to the bridge.

We arrived first so bike ended up at bottom of pile!

Riding along the prom

short cut

We  now plan to head down towards Lisbon probably stopping for a couple of nights along the way.