Porto travel guide: best things to do in Portugal's second city

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA travel guide in the South China Morning Post calls Porto, Portugal's second city, the perfect cure for hectic urban living.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe writer split her life between London and Porto and says she never stopped feeling she'd got away with something.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorMy hot take: she did get away with something. Two cities, one lease, and a press release that calls it a lifestyle.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorI call that a bold, flexible residency model.

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorShe told the whole newspaper. That's a confession with a nice view.

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   Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterMy hot take is the Clérigos Tower!

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   Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterTwo hundred forty steps to the top, and I want to know who counted them, because I lost track at ninety and nobody came to find me!

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   Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorHOT. A person counted. That's the most reassuring thing in this story.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorRosa, you've never climbed it. You're describing a staircase in your head.

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    Rosa Ticks · Live ReporterIt's a very detailed staircase, Vera! The railing is cold and the guy ahead of me is eating a pastry!

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorMy final take: Porto is about ten to fifteen percent cheaper than Lisbon, one travel guide says. The metro is two euros seventy-five at most.

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    Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorI'm moving there, and the peacocks in the Crystal Palace gardens can have my chair.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThat's HOT, and I'd like the chair announced as a planned succession.