Portugal’s second city has long played understudy to Lisbon, but Porto has a magnetism all its own—raw, layered and quietly confident. Built across steep hills above the Douro River, it delivers the full sweep of Portuguese culture in a compact, walkable package: Gothic churches draped in gold leaf, hand-painted azulejo tile façades, historic port wine lodges and a food scene that is serious without being pretentious. The UNESCO-listed Ribeira quarter anchors the city’s most iconic pleasures, bu...
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