Pocket Rough Guide Porto (Travel Guide)

The ultimate travel guide to Portugal's second city and its surrounding area. It leads you through the city with reliable information and comprehensive coverage of all the sights and attractions, from port wine lodges to river cruises and art galleries to museums.

Detailed maps and up-to-date listings pinpoint the best cafés, restaurants, hotels, shops, bars, and nightlife, ensuring you make the most of your trip, whether passing through, or staying for the weekend or longer. The Pocket Rough Guide: Porto also covers the top places to visit outside the city, including Vila do Conde, Penafiel, Amarante, Peso da Régua, Lamego, Pinhão, Vila Nova de Foz Côa, and Barca d'Alva. Also included is all the practical information you need for traveling in and around Porto and the Rio Douro, including accommodation, transportation, food, drink, costs, health, and information on sports.

Rough Guides are written by expert authors who are passionate about both writing and travel. They have detailed knowledge of the areas they write about—having either traveled extensively or lived there—and their expertise shines through on every page. It's priceless information, delivered with wit and insight, providing the down-to-earth, honest read that is the hallmark of Rough Guides.

Matthew Hancock is a freelance journalist writing regularly for national newspapers, mostly on Portugal, including The Telegraph, The Guardian, The Independent, and High Life (British Airways' in-flight magazine). Hancock is also the author of Rough Guide Directions: Madeira, Lisbon, and the Algarve. He is the coauthor of The Rough Guide to Portugal.