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Old Aug 19th, 2021 | 12:22 PM
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Porto or Guimarães?

We've only one day as it will be a cruise ship stop. We have several excursion choices. We can't do both in one day. Which one should we do? Porto or Guimarães?

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Old Aug 19th, 2021 | 05:42 PM
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Originally Posted by srsmartin
We've only one day as it will be a cruise ship stop. We have several excursion choices. We can't do both in one day. Which one should we do? Porto or Guimarães?

Thanks for your thoughts.
I would choose Porto because it has more to see and experience.
Guimaraes is smaller with less to experience. It is however of great historical importance since it is the birthplace of Portugal.
Guimaraes is about 1hour east of Porto and that's time you could use in Porto. Assuming you're docking in Porto.
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Old Aug 19th, 2021 | 08:06 PM
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Thanks! Makes sense.

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I would choose Porto because it has more to see and experience.
Guimaraes is smaller with less to experience. It is however of great historical importance since it is the birthplace of Portugal.
Guimaraes is about 1hour east of Porto and that's time you could use in Porto. Assuming you're docking in Porto.
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Old Aug 21st, 2021 | 07:26 AM
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Since you don’t have time to see both, choose Porto. Hopefully you will gravel to Portugal again and will be able to visit Guimaraes.
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Old Aug 21st, 2021 | 07:29 AM
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Thanks.
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Old Jun 29th, 2025 | 12:51 PM
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[QUOTE=HappyTrvlr;17275604]Since you don’t have time to see both, choose Porto. Hopefully you will travel to Portugal again and will be able to visit Guimaraes which I actually preferred.
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Old Jun 30th, 2025 | 09:33 AM
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My vote: Porto
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