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Lisbon, Portugal has a rich seafaring past, superb beach resorts, wistful towns and a landscape wreathed in olive groves, vineyards and wheat fields. Savoring life slowly is a Portuguese passion, and much of the best is humble. Portugal’s second-biggest city, Porto, has a brawny beauty all its own. Built on granite bluffs above the Rio Douro, its heart is a tangle of World-Heritage-listed lanes tumbling steeply down to a medieval waterfront. It’s hard not to be wooed by Porto’s atmospheric riverside, dotted with old port-wine boats, and shadowy archways.
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