{"id":290,"date":"2026-05-07T22:15:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T22:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.williamsitconsulting.com\/?p=290"},"modified":"2026-05-07T22:15:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T22:15:06","slug":"april-29-30-2026-porto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.williamsitconsulting.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/07\/april-29-30-2026-porto\/","title":{"rendered":"April 29, 30, 2026 – Porto"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Sadly, our first breakfast in Porto was restricted to indoors. Mother nature decided that some rain was appropriate, and wow, can it rain here!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We enjoyed a slow breakfast, multiple (adequate) coffee then grabbed our rain gear and headed out as the rain died down. We had a port tour booked for 3:00 pm, but decided to just wander town with no plan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

There are old buildings… lots of them! Stacked up it seems \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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And churches? Perhaps a few. We don’t like to pay for churches unless they are spectacular, but here’s a few free ones, and even some of those are amazing. Baroque. I always thought that meant “broke”… but not with all the gold spread through those facilities!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We stumbled into a shop that had exhibits and an artist doing Portugese Filligree. Wow, the detail is absolutely stunning! Some of the nicer pieces were for sale @ 20-30,000 Euros!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Need a new rug? This shop was amazing. They are a Portugese style, which isn’t a normal knotted rug, these are embroidered! And of course, the prices reflect the amount of work that go into an embrodery of that scale!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our port tour was to 3 smaller port houses. Trying to break into a long established industry. Some are making wine as well. Lots of education and a wee bit of drinking. Lots of socializing with the other people on our tour. It was a fun couple of hours! Two of the 3 port houses are below. I’m not sure what the third one was. Quevedo had some very nice product!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A full day, followed by a very delicious dinner at a small local resturant buying a bottle of port, and back to the hotel and a great nights sleep!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Having enjoyed Taylor Fladgate port in Canada, I wanted to tour their facilities. I had read they have a self guided tour through their facilities followed by a port tasting! That was our plan for the afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n