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Portugal’s romantic second city has undergone sweeping investment over recent years, injecting new energy and fresh style into its charming historic streets.

Today, the old riverfront port houses of Vila Nova de Gaia and the charismatic, twisting lanes of Ribeira that made up the city’s classic travel offering are bolstered by a constellation of Michelin-starred restaurants; the country’s most exciting new museum, World of Wine; and, following a four-year renovation, the reopened Mercado do Bolhão, a 19th-century marvel of wrought iron that now serves as the beating heart of Portugal’s epicurean north. A short journey east brings you to the wine estates of the Douro Valley; depart by train from São Bento station, one of Europe’s most beautiful railway terminals, awash with 20,000 azulejo tiles depicting great Portuguese battles, or embark on a scenic, private cruise down the Douro River on a traditional Rabelo riverboat.

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