08h - Acordar no Hotel Memória com uma vista fabulosa sobre o Rio Douro, hotel maravilhoso, remodelado recentemente que manteve os seus elementos anteriores como a pedra portuguesa, as paredes e tetos trabalhados. Arranjar-se e descer para tomar um delicioso pequeno almoço numa bonita e silenciosa sala com vistas para o rio. 09h – Mesmo ao lado do Hotel Memória encontra-se a Igreja de São Francisco. Um dos mais bonitos monumentos da cidade, que não podemos deixar de visitar. Os frades franciscanos começaram a construir a Igreja em 1245. Embora a origem dessa igreja seja românica, posteriormente foi transformada ao…

Portugal is improving all the time as it becomes better known confirmed by the latest study by Expat Insider, one of the largest studies in the world that analyses the expatriate’s way of living (executives, qualified professionals, students and retired people who live outside their own country of origin). The country was elected 1st in Europe and 5th in the world as the best destination to live and work in. The study resulted from more than 12500 people interviewed who work outside their own country and from 166 nationalities responsible for the steep increase in Portugal’s ranking – it rose…

Reputedly the second largest river in the Iberian Peninsula the Douro River crosses the North of Portugal and flows through Porto and Vila Nova de Gaia. In olden days and for a very long time it was a difficult river to navigate but today with the help of dams it has become a totally safe and navigable river resulting in the many cruises and daily tourist visits. The original name has several folk versions from antique Celtic, shining stones (of gold) that rolled up there or even the corruption of the Latin duris describing its tough margins and crossings but…