We started the day with some business calls and eventually left the hotel at 10:30. The first order of the day was to fill up with Petrol. While this is not normally a major task, this morning it turned out to become one. Relying on our navigator (which was still set to scenic mode) to take us to a Petrol station only 2 km away from our hotel within the old town of Manteigas, we were truly given the scenic tour of the old town, traversing very narrow cobblestone roads. We eventually reached the petrol station after having criss crossed the town for about 20 minutes.
Once on the road, we picked the interim destination village of Vila Nova de Paiva to prevent the navigator to bring us too close to the larger cities on our way to Porto. The distance to be covered was just over 100 kms. Departing Manteigas, we were again taken onto a spectacular mountain pass with outstanding views. Once clear of the mountains, we continued to travel along scenic roads until reaching our interim destination at around 14:00 hours.
After a short lunch break we continued towards our final destination for the day, which was a pre-booked hotel in the historic part of Porto. Unexpectedly, we were able to enjoy some more scenic mountain passes. Unlike the surronds of Lisbon, we were treated to scenic routing until only 6 kms away from the hotel. The hotel turned out to be very nice with modern rooms although only rated as a two-star B&B. We had traveled 239 kms during the day. The dinner in one of the restaurants close to the hotel was again first class although somewhat more expensive then we were used to from Lisbon.
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