Holidays to Portugal: How to spend the perfect 48 hours in Porto Rosie Fitzmaurice
For years it has been in Lisbon s shadow, but now, Porto, with its colourful buildings decorated with pretty azulejos and growing scene of hipster bars and restaurants, is a popular city break destination in its own right.
The city has a superb selection of Airbnbs which are very reasonably priced, starting at around £40 a night, while for those with a bigger budget, you d be hard pushed to find better views of Porto than at the Yeatman.
So, how to make the most of this fantastic city? Here is a guide to having the perfect 48 hours there and, naturally, it involves lots of eating and drinking.
Holidays to Portugal: How to spend the perfect 48 hours in Porto Rosie Fitzmaurice
For years it has been in Lisbon s shadow, but now, Porto, with its colourful buildings decorated with pretty azulejos and growing scene of hipster bars and restaurants, is a popular city break destination in its own right.
The city has a superb selection of Airbnbs which are very reasonably priced, starting at around £40 a night, while for those with a bigger budget, you d be hard pushed to find better views of Porto than at the Yeatman.
So, how to make the most of this fantastic city? Here is a guide to having the perfect 48 hours there and, naturally, it involves lots of eating and drinking.
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Acclaimed chef Nuno Mendes returns to his hometown to share his favourite hole-in-the-wall bars and trendsetting restaurants
On tour with Chef Nuno Mendes
Credit: Francisco Nogueira
I’ve been to plenty of bars with art on the walls, loads with exposed industrial fittings, even one full of taxidermied cats. But never one with a vast collection of tinned fish as the mainstay of its aesthetic. And certainly not one that manages to do this and still somehow be as effortlessly, thoughtlessly cool as Sol e Pesca.
But then I was in Lisbon – a glorious pre-pandemic Lisbon. And Lisbon, as everyone knows, is the coolest city in the world – perhaps now dented by its latest (recently ended) lockdown, but never defeated.
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