Steep hill in Porto

Looking up Rua do Comércio do Porto which runs down to the riverside , behind the Bolsa and Sao Francisco church. The street was named after one of the city's newspapers which was printed here from the 1850s.

As with much of Porto the street is built on a steep hill. This is unavoidable as the river Douro cuts a deep valley through much of central Porto before leveling off just before the coast.

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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…