Every bit as rustic and romantic as I hoped, I was smitten with Lisbon the moment I laid eyes on it so I couldn’t wait to get back to Portugal. Over our long weekend in the Portuguese capital, we whittled away the hours just wandering the cobbled, tiled covered streets and eating gloriously delicious food; essentially my dream situation. I had imagined that a weekend in Porto would be much the same but that’s probably doing Portugal’s second city a bit of a disservice.
The cobbles and tiles are similar, as is the casual vibe and comfortable pace of life, but this compact riverside city has an endearing charm of its own. We were lucky enough to have the sun shining throughout our visit, making the whole city shine and giving us the perfect weather for our own food tour, because as we discovered, the one thing these two cities definitely have in common is great food!