Miragaia Street - Porto

Looking down Rua de Tomás Gonzaga in Porto. This is at the heart of the Miragaia district which clings to the hillside above the river just west of the Ribeira.

This is proper Porto - a maze of streets lined with buildings in various states of disrepair but still home to a community of locals and not (yet) converted into holiday rentals.

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Porto is considered the capital of the north and as the second largest city in Portugal, rightfully so. There are really very few similarities between Porto and Lisbon – they are both near the coast, on the banks of large rivers and have some fairly daunting hills, but that’s really where it ends. The two cities have a totally different feel and different charms.Porto’s most striking…