Freedom Day in Porto, Portugal Photo Gallery by Ruth Rosenthal at pbase.com

Freedom Day in Porto, Portugal

April 25 was an important holiday (Freedom Day/Carnation Revolution/start of democracy), so I wasn't sure what to expect in Porto on our stop there. Would things be closed? But it was fine. And it surprised me that it was only 1974 that Portugal became a democracy after its bloodless coup.

Cruise ships dock in Leixoes, a 20-30 minute ride to center city. We took the offered shuttle, which dropped us off at the Alfandega waterfront location in Porto. Porto was absolutely amazing. I didn't get to see everything I wanted to see, but it's OK. I'd love to go back.

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Falconer at McD's near Alfandega shuttle drop is paid to keep pigeons away	Viking, AMA & another river ship are in the house; docked on the Gaia side	Beautiful Leixoes terminal was built in 2015 for 50M euros	Ceiling of terminal	Leixoes port terminal with its ribbons	It's always fun to watch harbor pilot transfer from cruise ship to pilot boat
Leixoes port terminal from side when leaving	Matasinhos Sul lighthouse from our ship	Our home for 12 days	Portuguese flag on Sirena. Tomorrow Spanish flag will be flying there.	Farol de Leca aka Boa Nova in Palmeira from port (next gallery = Santiago de Compostela)

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