{"id":3754,"date":"2025-10-28T13:14:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T21:14:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesimplehouse.com\/?p=3754"},"modified":"2025-10-28T13:14:33","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T21:14:33","slug":"portugal-2025-day-twelve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thesimplehouse.com\/?p=3754","title":{"rendered":"Portugal 2025 | Day Twelve"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Our last full day in Portugal before we were to get up at 3:30am for our early flight out and our 27 hour trip home. We had booked a tour of the Pal\u00e1cio da Bolsa, the stock exchange building. In Portugal, this is more like the local Chamber of Commerce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Main lobby of the Pal\u00e1cio do Bolsa.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Intricacies throughout.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

It was formerly a convent that burned during the siege of Porto in 1832. Attached and adjacent is the Igreja de S\u00e3o Francisco, which was not destroyed. I’ll leave the jokes about separation of church and state to your imagination. But it made for some interesting thoughts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We are ready to go home.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The interior is extremely detailed in the neo-classic style, generally, with an eclectic mix of other styles as well. The Arab Room is called “the jewel of the palace” and is definitely the highlight of the tour.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Arab Room at the Pal\u00e1cio.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We also toured the adjacent Igreja, which did not burn.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since we were in the neighborhood, we walked across the Dom Lu\u00eds I bridge, designed by the Eiffel Tower engineer. We walked across the top, enjoyed the scenery, had lunch in Gaia, then walked back across the lower level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Porto from the top of the Dom Lu\u00eds I Bridge.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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It was almost my birthday, and we found this Pizza Hut sign interesting. No, we didn’t eat there.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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View of Porto from Gaia across the Douro River.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

That evening was our last dinner in Portugal and we found a little cocktail bar just a block from our hotel. The host was Lucas and the bar was Cais Nobre, Bar Et Cocktails. We thought it was amazing. We later found out it has 96 reviews on TripAdvisor. And 96 five star reviews. Nothing lower. Unheard of.

Wanting to eat light, since we were getting up very early, we just had a chicken wrap and some mushrooms. And I FINALLY found a good hazy IPA. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

On our last night here. Go figure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chicken wrap, mushrooms and, yes, a good beer!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We walked back to our hotel and set our alarm for 3:00 am.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Our last full day in Portugal before we were to get up at 3:30am for our early flight out and our 27 hour trip home. We had booked a tour of the Pal\u00e1cio da Bolsa, the stock exchange building. In Portugal, this is more like the local Chamber of Commerce. It was formerly a convent … <\/p>\n

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