A “Rest Day” in Porto

After a late dinner at DiverXO in Madrid, we had 4 hours of sleep before we rose to catch our flight to Porto.

1970 Port, a year before I was born!

DiverXO was quite the experience. The food was amazing and the matched drinks were divine. After 4 hours, and knowing we had an early start, we headed back to our hotel. An evening well spent and one we’ll never forget.

Madrid airport was buzzing at 5:00am with people getting Iberian Airlines flights to all over Europe.

It was a quick 1:15 flight to Porto where we arrived just after sunrise.

Porto is an hour behind Madrid so we arrived shortly after we left. The streets of Porto were quiet as our taxi made its way into the old town and our hotel Moon & Sun.

It was time to get eating pastille de nata (Portuguese custard tarts, mum would’ve loved it here) and het walking. I’ll let the photos tell the story.

View from the Cathedral tower
The Bishops House
Sardines!!!
Lunch – port and a cod & cheese croquettes
The world’s busiest bookstore
Scenes from Harry Potter were filmed here
Who says books are dead?
Guitar store. Move on
What, you can gondola this thing!
Port town

We had a delicious dinner at a small restaurant near our hotel then retired to the rooftop for a complimentary drink. What else but port. Tomorrow our Camino begins.

So much for a rest day.

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