FOOTBALL: Porto are one of the best teams in Europe
CULTURE: The Museum of Serralves (a park & museum of modern art)
COCKTAILS: 'Porto Tonico' is a cocktail drink you may never have heard of - made of white port and tonic
Porto's Powerful Football Club:
Climbing to the top of Porto's famous football club's 'Dragao'
(pronounced drag ow) stadium will take your breath away, and so will the view of the game unfolding hundreds of metres below you. The view is- you guessed- breathtaking, that is if you have any left after your climb.
CULTURE: The Museum of Serralves (a park & museum of modern art)
COCKTAILS: 'Porto Tonico' is a cocktail drink you may never have heard of - made of white port and tonic
Porto's Powerful Football Club:
Climbing to the top of Porto's famous football club's 'Dragao'
(pronounced drag ow) stadium will take your breath away, and so will the view of the game unfolding hundreds of metres below you. The view is- you guessed- breathtaking, that is if you have any left after your climb.
View from atop of Porto's famous Estádio do Dragao.
If you wish to cheer the team on you have to practice saying 'Porto, Porto' but will need to get the pronunciation correct. Try saying 'poor toe, poor toe', this may even afford you a smile from the nearest supporter wearing the famous blue and white club colours.
A smile from Porto's famous blue and white clad supporters
The Seducing Effect of Serralves Museum:
The Servalles museum is situated in the leafy northern suburbs of Porto, a few blocks from the Atlantic shoreline at Foz.
The Servalles museum is situated in the leafy northern suburbs of Porto, a few blocks from the Atlantic shoreline at Foz.
Serrvales Museum, Porto
After a morning of culture and taking in the latest modern art has to offer why not take a stroll through the manicured and landscaped garens of the museum. For an up to date programme of events visit http://www.serralves.pt/en/
The manicured gardens of the Servalles museum
Your First 'Splash' :
Porto, Portugal's second city, straddles a gorge where the great Douro river enters the Atlantic Ocean. In the days when ships had sails, manoeuvring past the sandbars to enter the mouth of the river must have been a challenge.
On the southern bank of the river lie the cellars of the famous Port brands, and the home of an almost unknown yet deliciously cool cocktail known as a 'splash' or offically in Portuguese, a 'Porto Tonico'.
Porto, Portugal's second city, straddles a gorge where the great Douro river enters the Atlantic Ocean. In the days when ships had sails, manoeuvring past the sandbars to enter the mouth of the river must have been a challenge.
On the southern bank of the river lie the cellars of the famous Port brands, and the home of an almost unknown yet deliciously cool cocktail known as a 'splash' or offically in Portuguese, a 'Porto Tonico'.
A 'Splash' or 'Porto Tonico'
Should you decide to make this tongue-tingling drink at home and hold a 'Splash' party, here is the recipe; take a tall glass with crushed ice, add an inch of white port, a small amount of tonic water and a slice of lemon, it is as simple as that. Here's to your first 'Porto Tonico' and remember that Alec put you on to it.
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Alec
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Alec
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