Walking Around in Porto, Portugal 🙂

I wrote a post with the same title, except then I was walking around in Lagos, some time ago. Well, during my vacation in Portugal I also had the opportunity to walk around in Porto. I like to use this title because that was mainly what I was doing, I didn't really have the energy to do much sightseeing and Porto was crazy busy with tourists everywhere (even hard to get a table at a restaurant).

First I spent 2 nights in Porto after a dance festival I went to in the Algarve, if you are interested you can read more about that experience here. I visited Porto because my next retreat was about one hour outside of Porto, a plant medicine retreat (I also plan to write about that experience). And after that gathering, I returned to Porto for 3 nights to recover, before making the journey back to Lisbon. So this post actually consists of more than one walk in Porto. I hope it'll not be too confusing 🙂

1st walk in Porto

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The 4 pictures below are from my first exploration of Porto. I was tired after the intense dance festival and the rather long journey I had made to get to Porto afterward. It started to get hot outside (over 30 degrees Celsius) and my body was also fighting some kind of mild infection. I didn't have the energy to stay out the whole day. The first 3 pictures were taken close to Porto Cathedral (which I don't really have a good picture of...).

The picture below is not really from my walk, it's the view from my balcony for the night. I enjoyed a very nice sunset there so I had to include it here 🙂 (sorry!)

2nd walk in Porto

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This walk took place after I had returned to Porto again after the plant medicine gathering. This was my last day in Porto (the previous days I had been too tired to go outside, something that is kind of normal after 2 intense plant medicine journeys). But I felt I kind of 'had to' see a bit more of Porto. But it was hot now, nearly 40 degrees Celsius. But I can deal with heat pretty well actually. It was more my stomach that was a challenge. It had been upset since the plant medicine (no surprise to me).

One of many churches in Porto.

There was also some nice street art, even though I don't think I managed to spot most of it.

I was happy to find a park.

These sculptures were interesting. They had a couple of similar ones in that park.

The park was on the way to a tea house that I was curious about (Rota Do Chá). I really liked how it was decorated and how quiet it was when I visited (they also had a garden that was busier but only tables in the sun were available and that was just too hot at the time). They had a lot of teas to choose from but unfortunately not any herbal ones. And nothing vegan on the menu. (Luckily I had already had lunch).

This was on my way back to my hotel (actually the only night I spent in a hotel so I wanted to take advantage of the increased comfort level as much as possible).

3rd walk in Porto

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After I had rested for a while in my room I went out again to cross one of the bridges to Gaia (which is actually not a part of Porto but it's the best place to be if you actually want to have a view of Porto).

Crossing the bridge Ponte Infante Dom Henrique (Gaia on the other side).

View of Porto from Mosteiro da Serra do Pilar in Gaia (above and below).

Here I'm crossing the bridge (Luis I Bridge) seen in the 3 pictures above, on my way back from Gaia. And you can now see the first bridge I crossed in this picture 🙂

This was about it from Porto. The next day I was off to Lisbon for my last 2 nights in Portugal.

Thanks for reading 🌸

Love and blessings to you all 💚