Bach's "Bist du bei mir" by Marilyn Horne

Porto

Foz

Igreja dos Grilos...

... and the view from its impossibly romantic miradouro

Where Douro meets the sea

The spectacular cloister of Serra do Pilar Monastery

Clérigos Tower, the city's landmark

In 1809, during the second French invasion, people from Porto drowned in the Douro river when trying to flee the troops, when the bridge known as Ponte das Barcas collapsed under the weight of the crowds. A small landmark indicates the place of the tragedy. More than two centuries later, you still find candles there lit by old ladies for the alminhas (little souls).