Plot: Michael explores highlights and hidden secrets of the country, starting out in the cosmopolitan second city of Porto, whose chic shopping boulevards and tourist hotspots hides a proud industrial past making it the 'Manchester of Portugal'. In Braga, he finds the awe-inspiring Bom Jesus shrine, built into the side of a mountain, visits one of Portugal's biggest festivals, the Feiras Novas, where a million revellers enjoy three days of singing and dancing, and discovers a network of busy canals in Aveiro, reminiscent of Venice

Portugal With Michael Portillo - Season 1 - Porto (Episode 1)
Episode Aired On:
Saturday, March 1 2025
Released within the last year
Saturday, March 1 2025
Released within the last year
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