Douro Valley and Porto
We took a three hour train from Lisbon to Porto which was pretty quick and easy. We took a quick uber to our hotel, which was the Hospes Infantes Sagres . I booked it on Amex FHR which includes free breakfast, early checkin and late checkout (both of which we did not end up using), and $100 resort credit which we used at the hotel restaurant. The hotel was located pretty centrally, about a 10 minute walk to the Ribeira which is the main tourist drag on the harbor. Unlike Lisbon, the city of Porto was mainly unscathed in the 1755 earthquake that toppled most of Lisbon and thus has a lot more preserved city architecture. Porto was originally a port city, famous for shipping and storing port that was made in the Douro Valley. Now the port is driven in on trucks so I believe the river and the port are mainly used for tourism. We dropped off our bags at the hotel, then walked down Rua das Flores (Flower Street) which was a classic tourist street full of fun shops and restaurants. ...