Things to do in Porto

Porto tumbles down a granite hillside to the Douro river, its Ribeira quarter a tangle of tiled houses, steep stairways and riverside cafés beneath the iron arches of the Dom Luís I bridge. Across the water in Vila Nova de Gaia, the port-wine lodges have aged wine in oak for centuries.

Upstream, the Douro Valley is one of the oldest demarcated wine regions in the world. Its hand-built vineyard terraces, river boats and family quinta estates make it the classic day out from the city.