what's this? ham and cheese good morning guys here in porto portugal i wanted to show you
this cool cafeteria where we're starting right in the city center it is very unique
today we're gonna go on uh a walking tour of the city so i can get you guys some
interesting historical facts and things about the city that we can share with you
so we'll see you on the city tour we find ourselves on the santa catarina street and
here is the coffee shop majestic cafe where in historic times the rich the oligarchs the
politicians came to have a coffee and next to it the socialist party building interesting
here a coffee will run you at four or five euros and a continental breakfast at 35 euros
but it's because it's very beautiful on the inside so we're gonna skip that legend has it that jk
rowling the harry potter author came here every morning when she was a young english teacher in
porto to uh have breakfast there every morning and above us these ribbons or flags represent
masks and depression during the whole pandemic we've been going through the last year and a half
and this is the commercial shopping area of porto
and we have lots of people walking out here enjoying their time
a very busy place here in the middle of the day last night we came here it was pretty empty
here we have the oldest functioning store more than 100 years in service and it is
like a tea store and this store traditionally brought products from the portuguese colonies
and the portuguese interestingly enough were the ones to bring tea to europe wow
i'm here in the city center on the party street of porto portugal
and you can just see it has the party ambiance behind us
here's where the famous porto tonic the gin and tonica of puerto portugal was born and before
the pandemic this is where all the magic happened the party the fun the clubs everything in between
and right next to the party street we have one of the most famous bookstores in all of europe
she says these stairs the staircases inside are very beautiful and it said that the staircases
used in the harry potter movies in hogwarts were inspired by the staircases inside there and we
have a line that's very long because it costs five euros to get in and obviously one of the most
popular tourist attractions here in puerto portugal so if you're into bookstores elegant
bookstores check it out online but if you're here in portugal you can check it out yourself
and so if you want to come and get drunk on a porto-tonic and
read a book or buy a book this is your place
behind me is the university of porto one of the most important universities in portugal the second
biggest and during the salazar dictatorship that lasted more than 40 years students would often
come here bravely to protest and interestingly enough salazar he got fed up with that he shut
the university down and the students protested to get it back open for four years straight
before they finally reopened so the students won in the face of the dictatorship
but not without a cost the cost being that salazar started some of the earliest concentration camps
in europe sending political prisoners and opposers to his regime to cape verde off the coast of
africa cape verde is an island off the coast of africa where people that oppose the colonies were
sent and oppressed and sometimes didn't return behind me is the most narrow house in all of
it's between these two churches here where that green gate is
right in the middle the most narrow house in porto who would have thought
we're here at a lookout in porto and the rio duaro beneath us and down that way is
the medieval part of the city which you saw in some of the video last night but uh we're gonna
head down there later and i'll give you a closer in-depth look of the medieval part
of the city and we have the big bridge over there and the other side of the river which
has all the wine bodegas so quite a beautiful city here in puerto vallarta
so now we're at a place called tamisa and we're gonna have menu of the day lunch
just look at all these prices these are big plates you guys portugal is very affordable
and later tonight i think we're gonna try bakala which is like the famous dish here
here we go you guys look at this complete meal and she's got the franzashina wow it's like a grilled
cheese with steak ham cheese egg on top tomato sauce it is delicious i had it last night and
what i like about so far eating in portugal is it seems like the meals for how affordable they are
they're very thorough they have several different things on one plate and it's different than just
like in spain getting tapas which i love tapas but i don't know this just seems more complete
i gotta be honest all right so here is uh what it looks like we got that steak ham cheese bread
and the tomato sauce all right give it a try delicioso she doesn't have to say anything
we're just outside the romanesque maine cathedral in the city of porto here oh we got a tuk-tuk
and you can see the cranes in the distance all maintaining or doing maintenance on the
buildings throughout this city over there there's construction here there's construction this is
under maintenance and that's because if you've been watching this video in the previous videos
that i made the city seems to be a little bit dilapidated old rustic for sure medieval
mythological and in serious need of maintenance and that's sort of the cost of maintaining this
old look as a european city as we look below here is that lots of things are under construction so
still is very beautiful though so we're going to head to the bridge that has probably the
best views of the whole city and it's like seven o'clock at night so the sun's setting
but we're getting some great views of the city beneath us
wow
now from this side it doesn't look to be under construction and we have like a plaza up here
let's go see what views we can get over here what
in some regards
interesting observation i haven't been to cartagena colombia
but she being from venezuela has so
very good observation
now here in portugal some people say with it being the
country furthest southwest in europe that it's the gateway to europe and it's on the iberian
peninsula and you see the sun shining in my face well that's because in general down here
in the iberian peninsula there's more sun than anywhere in europe
additionally it's along the atlantic coast which makes for great sailing and so it makes sense that
the portuguese have always been really fond of the ocean the sea and the things that live there
so they're one of the biggest consumers of seafood in the world
now we're on the big massive pedestrian bridge
that was designed by the same architect as the man who designed the eiffel tower
and these are the banks of the rio de juero the river that starts in northern spain
central northern spain and just look at how how difficult it must have been to construct
these buildings into the riverbanks here and how a city that dates back to pre-roman times
has still maintained everything that exists as we see it and so behind me on this side of the city
this is the part where all the bodegas are for the wine to be stored shipped consumed
and this side of the city has the medieval historic center a unesco world heritage site since
the year 1996 and our hotel is up there which we got at a good price about 45 euros a night
it's just a very charming town i mean it has a very distinct vibe it's not like spain or the
spanish cities that i've been to and that's what i like about it it's very unique in that sense
and the tourists seem to be liking it as well here's where you're going to want to come eat if
you want some good wine along the riverbanks on a night like this i can't think of a better setting
but if you want to save a little bit of money you're going to want to go a little bit outside
of the historic center and the river zone here but in general the prices are relatively the same most
places you go you can get uh menus of the day for anywhere between six to ten euros beers are about
180 to two euros i mean it's one of the cheaper places in europe for sure
so we're gonna try one of these they're five euros
and here they uh prepare them he's preparing it right now wow handmade hand crafted
all right here's the taste test bakalau croqueta let's go
there's cheese in there wow very soft very crunchy
very flavorful highly recommend we should get a whole plate of these
so we're at some plaza here and as you can see it's just full of people
so a tip i have for you if you're visiting porto is if you want to get a table it's going to be
hard after about 9 30. it's uh 11 o'clock here and almost every place we've encountered here
has been full everywhere around here including the river area where i showed you before is just full
so you're going to want to grab a table or make a reservation before nine o'clock at night something
you'll see in these european cities is not many fast food restaurants and so people come
to these local places that at least in portugal and spain for that matter are very affordable
and so they avoid the cheap fast food they come for the nice environment the terrace life and they
eat out because it's affordable and wow look at this guy's got the flame on the on the food there
oh
we found we found the food and the restaurant it took us
about 45 minutes but you see the rio tuero ai that's the river we were crossing earlier
and i'm getting the classic dish francescina which to me is like a grilled cheese on steroids
it smells delicious we have the steaks the chorizo pineapple and like a garlic sauce
okay all right
oh what a legend the us the best portuguese server in all of portugal
and again you guys these are so affordable this plate right here this is massive 7 euros 95 cents
all her food 11 euros we are taking advantage advantage and i tried that steak it is so good
this is unbelievable especially for the price you guys
it's not that hard to make a woman happy you guys
you have to come to this restaurant you guys the greatest server in portugal
we just finished eating and all that food including the drinks was 25 euros oh yeah
we had dessert too and one of the things i wanted to comment on the portuguese food is
it is delicious one because it's like homemade food and the portion sizes are just huge
additionally it's like they make it fresh you get a full plate sometimes two or three
plates in one meal and it's like usually around 10 euros or less and it seems that
in 2021 that just like doesn't happen anymore que piensas de la comida in general in portugal okay
hola how is the food
it's great all right there you go these guys love the food we love the food honestly that was uh
it's been one of the best surprises i've had in our short time here in portugal