Portugal Historic Centre of Porto

“My first day, as I said was not planned, I intended to walk around just to get my bearing and if I saw something of interest then to go an explore…..there is a lot to explore in Porto! [...] For anyone visiting, get to like hills and stairs; not Kilimanjaro but still loads of hills and stairs – if you’ve been to Edinburgh….that’s for beginners! I must have done 8-10km on the first day, getting lost in the old city which dates back to before the medieval times [...]”

“I wondered through countless back streets and felt safe at all times [...] I find the backstreets the most interesting and where possible chose them as my preferred route; it is a poor city, vacated and abandoned houses and if you look carefully many have fire damage.”