It’s cheaper to do your own tours. You can customise them to your hearts desire. You can leave and return according to your mood. And public transport timetables. And that’s what I’ve been doing for decades. Why pay someone else money to do something you can do perfectly well yourself for next to nothing? There’s … Continue reading Douro Valley Tour
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Shabby Chic Porto
Our pre-travel familiarisation programme for Porto consisted of a quick read through the Eyewitness Top Ten guide book, Richard Ayoade’s always entertaining Travel Man and a reasonably well produced YouTube vlog, StayClassy. But as is usually the case, Anthony Bourdain’s Parts Unknown (Season 9, Episode 8) proved the most informative. I’m still rather sad the … Continue reading Shabby Chic Porto

