BP GEOGRAPHIC

Arrival in Porto with view over the Douro River during approach.

In the background of the photos the Ponte de Dona Maria Pia is visible, a bridge designed by Gustave Eiffel in 1877, twelve years before the Eiffel Tower.

Porto is the second largest city of Portugal after Lisbon. It has a long recorded history of over two thousand years, with earliest settlements reaching back thousands of years more.

It is located near the coast to the Atlantic Ocean which influences its weather.