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Granite, river fog, and port lodges on the far bank. Smaller than Lisbon and quietly convinced it is the better city.
A bookshop with a queue and a ticket price. The staircase is genuinely worth it.
Petiscos in a room full of hanging plants. Book, or eat at the counter.
Terraced gardens dropping to the Douro, with peacocks that own the place.
The food is heavier than anyone warns you about and the wine makes up for it. Lello was the one disappointment — a queue and a ticket to stand in a bookshop where you cannot really look at the books. Everything else was excellent.
Better than Lisbon for what I do. The city stacks vertically along the river so every street gives you a frame for free, and the fog comes up the Douro most mornings before eight. Four days was not enough.
