Pretty Porto (2023)

Porto, another UNESCO World Heritage site in a planet crowded with such sites, is a coastal city in northwest Portugal known for its stately bridges and port wine production. Cobbled and sloping narrow streets lined with colourful homes and ornamental windows face the river and have now repurposed themselves into cafes and bars for tourist benefit. São Francisco Church is known for its lavish baroque interior with ornate gilded carvings. The palatial 19th-century Palácio de Bolsa, formerly a stock market, was built to impress potential European investors. And the Sao Bento railway station of Porto is more a museum than railway terminal with its exquisite artwork in azulejos, that quintessential Portugese tile art.