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Designated a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1996, Porto is a mesmerizing city, which has a distinctive ambience with elegant communities and sizable villas perched on winding cobblestone alleys and is situated in the north of Portugal at the exit of the Douro River.

People typically think of traveling to Portugal’s capital city, Lisbon, when they first consider doing so. Although Porto, which was named “The City to Visit This Year” by Forbes in 2017, is the country’s second-largest city after Lisbon, but not the second-best! The lovely city of Porto is situated along the Douro river 280 kilometers north of Lisbon. Porto, one of the top 100 cities in the world with the most foreign tourists, is the home of Port wine, street art, and “francesinhas.”