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It would be hard to dream up a more romantic city than Portugal's second largest
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. Laced with narrow pedestrian laneways, it is blessed with countless baroque
churches, epic theatres and sprawling plazas. Its Ribeira district - a Unesco World Heritage
site - is just a short walk across a landmark bridge from centuries-old port wineries in Vila
Nova de Gaia, where you can sip the world's best port. And though some walls are crum-
bling, renewal - in the form of spectacular modern architecture, cosmopolitan restaurants,
burgeoning nightlife and a vibrant arts scene - is palpable.
