Port in Porto, but first a church.

IGREJA DE SANTO ILDEFONSO
PORTO

The church took thirty years to build and was completed in 1739 is named in honour of the 7th C Visigoth bishop of Toledo; Ildephonsus.

The façade has over 11,000 classic blue and white azulejos, which were added in 1932, depicting the life of Saint Ildefonso and stories from the bible.

There is very little else to say about this church so here are some stained glass windows, take a look and then we shall bugger off elsewhere.

Vinho do Porto

The alcoholic drink of port, is a product of the Douro Valley in Portugal, it is normally sweet and red and is a protected product under eu legislation, meaning that fortified wine produced elsewhere in the world are legally unable to call it "port"

The Burmester Wine Cellars are located in Gaia, just over the bridge from Porto overlooking the river Douro.

The business, actually started in London in 1750, when Henry Burmester joined John Nash to establish the company Burmester, Nash & Co. and they began exporting Port wine from Gaia to Europe.

I am always sceptical of these tourist trap places, the barrels looked good but are they authentic, I was assured they were.

Only did the cheap tour (and that was a waste of a handful of euros), so just two samples, no bread no cheese. and no drinkee the samples, the consensus of opinion was "fucking hell thats horrible". I knew from past experience that port is an acquired taste, not for me no thank you very much. I don't actually know anyone who drinks this stuff.

Cheap stuff

Expensive stuff.

and... How much? You are taking the piss.