PORTO - Don’t make THESE Mistakes - Time savers, Transport, Port Tastings, Excursions

[@SuitcaseMonkey]

All attraction, hotel, restaurant, transport info put into this free PDF Guide 👇 drive.google.com/file/d/1GKrxChX1VJtWCxVgYhSTzloWDFA654gP/view?usp=share_link

[@BackpackGringo]

Great video! I really enjoy all your vlogs. You even inspired me to start my own! Long way's from being monetized, but its all part of the process. Keep up the great videos, and wish you continued success 😁😁😁

[@SuitcaseMonkey]

Keep at it! Doing it because you enjoy it is literally the number 1 goal. And try to make good stuff also, I find helps. Although some people make awful stuff and still succeed so it’s a win, win!

[@BackpackGringo]

@@SuitcaseMonkey Appreciate the kind response :) The real goal is to make some content that I can look back on years down the road to enjoy when I’m older and senile 😂 Anyhow, keep up the awesome content, looking forward to your next video! Cheers from the U.S

[@SuitcaseMonkey]

Thanks. There’s actually a new Carry on Monkey (my second channel) video coming next week!

[@BackpackGringo]

@@SuitcaseMonkey I’ll check it out 🙏🏼

[@joanamoreira1354]

I'm from Porto and all the information and tips that you give are brilliant and so accurate! It's great to see my hometown so well presented. It's a beautiful city, with amazing and kind people. 😊

[@SuitcaseMonkey]

Thank you that’s always great to hear from a local!

[@carolinaa.4407]

Thank you Paul for putting the time into these guide videos, they are very informative and helpful, plus entertaining

[@vernonprevatt-usmc]

Thanks for the great series of videos (and pdf) on Porto. Very useful!

[@SuitcaseMonkey]

Glad it helped

[@Followthebeard]

Always informative and funny, thank you for the top tips .

[@Ohelojam]

Best looking food video on Portugal Iʻve seen.

[@SuitcaseMonkey]

Of wow thank you

[@jc9552]

Great video! Love the editing and your comments. I also love your sarcasm. Every video you post has at least one super sarcastic comment in it. 😂

[@SuitcaseMonkey]

I try! Thank you. ☺️

[@agatha8174]

I always love your videos, quality, very informative, and you make it fun, thank you

[@leouisegrech722]

Loved Porto and Lisbon. Porto was smaller so walking was easier from one spot to another Ready to revisit ASAP!,,💕💕💕💕

[@popsock1]

Just wanted to pop in to say I really enjoy your videos and am wowed each time about the abundance of helpful information you share. Thank you! Your videos are entertaining, informative and super useful 😊😊

[@SuitcaseMonkey]

Thanks for popping in!

[@Boy370]

Recommendations were spot on! Glad I found your channel. Love the sarcasm, keep it up.

[@twentyseveneleven]

I always like your videos before watching

[@tibbyjohnston3318]

We’re looking forward to our trip to Lisbon & Porto next week. You are our kind of humor. Looking forward to the eats you’ve liked

[@SuitcaseMonkey]

You’ll have a great time!

[@otiliaamaral1853]

Thank you for your video. It’s very insightful and informative. I am going to Lisbon and Porto in February.

[@geometric75]

Thank you so much for this comprehensive guide and the PDF was particularly useful. My 10 year old daughter will love the Mac Donalds!

[@SuitcaseMonkey]

Haha glad it helped!

[@adventureswithangelaandwayne]

Thank you ..... once again a great vlog very informative and I must get to Portugal. Love your humour, Michael Fish, tell your kids you paid, and McDonald's music 😂 always look forward to you vlogs

[@SuitcaseMonkey]

Haha thanks! Yes, even after watching so many times, I still chuckle at those lines, even if I say so myself!

[@kruxxme5372]

Visited Lisbon once and Porto 6 - 7 times. Says it all really :)

[@8twc]

Thanks for all the tips👍 we were in Porto almost a year ago in Dec. on a guided tour, we thoroughly enjoyed this city! We were only there for 2 short nights and didn’t get to do a lot of things. Can’t wait to visit this beautiful city again on our own and would love to cruise down the Douro river. We prefer Porto more than Lisbon as well, it’s just more appealing to us.

[@SuitcaseMonkey]

Glad you enjoyed! Another score point for Porto!

[@CarlAtherton-ye4bj]

Great channel and super helpful PDF. Your Porto videos have inspired our next City break. 🤝🤝🤝

[@SuitcaseMonkey]

Great to hear!

[@KillerTacos54]

Phenomenal! Thank you as always

[@davidabache9432]

Wow, spectacular footage as usual and love the gorgeous brit humour. Now this is a Vlog!

[@SuitcaseMonkey]

Thanks for watching!

[@davidabache9432]

@SuitcaseMonkey I just worked out your humour reminds me of Clive James and the Travelling documentaries he once did, probably way before your time.

[@SuitcaseMonkey]

No I watched that! I’m older than I look, lol. That’s quite the compliment thank you.

[@davidabache9432]

@SuitcaseMonkey very welcome!

[@robg1374]

Incredible video! So detailed and the PDF is a great idea! Thanks for taking so much time over this. We're off to Porto > Lisbon in a month and this is super helpful :)

[@godleads1]

Best travel channel. You put your heart into each video. Thank you.

[@SuitcaseMonkey]

Thank you my friend. I do and sometimes it feels it doesn’t get noticed enough. Please share with your friends.

[@SparkySenor]

Planning to visit in April. Thank you for the great vlog and PDF which will serve to be very useful

[@Finn_Dutch]

I visited Porto a few years ago and I LOVED it! What a stunning city and great food. Very nice video!🥰

[@relaxingmusicofyourinnervoice]

Lovely city, thank you 😍😍😍

[@factsarenotopinions]

visited in 2019. beautiful city. I got to sail up the river to spain...do it folks its gorgeous

[@marciasouza4897]

👏🏻👏🏻 😘 🤝 Thank you both for the posts Suggestion for your next trip to Portugal: Algarve

[@gregrussell4459]

Great video - thankyou

[@SuitcaseMonkey]

Thanks Greg

[@muhammadtulustirta6913]

Hi, I'm from Indonesia, and I love your video and everything about the countries or places you have visited. Moreover, it's essential for foreigners or tourists who will visit these places because you can describe everything very clearly and easy to understand. I hope you can come to my hometown, Indonesia. If you want to visit this country at a particular time, I suggest you visit Bali Island, Yogyakarta, Bandung, and Labuan Bajo. Don't worry about the season and whether because the sun always shines throughout the year. I hope you learn about local culture and have experiences you don't get in other countries.

[@SuitcaseMonkey]

Thank you. Glad you enjoy. I’ve been to Bali before and loved it.

[@costasworldofmusicmemories5792]

Harriet and I have been to Portugal many times. Spent a lot of time in both Lisboa and Porto. Both are great cities. It never gets old for us. However, if we had to choose Lisboa or Porto ? We would choose Porto, simply because of the pace of life. You have done your homework. A great and smart video. 👍👍 Harriet, Jim and Yuki Richmond, Va.

[@streetfoodnetworkpk]

Very Nice Superb Video

[@margsangster8994]

Thanks guys, loving your videos which I’ve just discovered! Yes, like you I fell in love with Porto on my first visit a few years ago. Then I actually stayed in a hotel right on the river which was fabulous. I had a ball exploring there so I’m heading back again to do more discovering there later this year. I must have been lucky re getting into the bookstore, although it was a few years ago and not during peak season, but I just walked straight in with few others there! I loved the ambience of the Majestic Cafe too, but thought it very overpriced! Next time I’ve decided to try a different hotel up the top closer to the rain station on a pedestrian street near a square for a different vibe, so can’t wait to be there to see the Christmas celebrations. Did you go to the Cristal Gardens when you were there? I especially loved wandering around there and all the hidden lanes near it! Cheers from Australia

[@SuitcaseMonkey]

Hey yeah we did go to the Crystal Palace gardens. There’s a few shots from it in here I think. Welcome to the channel. Please share with your friends.

[@Shaheedasahib6666]

PORTUGAL BEAUTIFUL 🇵🇹❤️💎🌹

[@hocheye]

Just returned from Portugal last week, Porto was very nice! Except for the thick smoke from the fires! It was present the whole time we were there. Very unique city, food was great, if you get a chance go to Frida. Best Mexican food we have ever had! Been to Mexico four times and funny how we find this in Porto. Across the street from our Airbnb. Portugal is very nice, the people very friendly!

[@Roddy1965]

Great informative video!

[@marivelalarconveliz2172]

Hermosa ciudad

[@hespro3523]

Both Lisbon and Porto are great. The difference I would make is that Porto is perfect for a long weekend but there is enough to do in and around Lisbon for a whole week.

[@SuitcaseMonkey]

Interesting! We were in Porto for longer and had just as many or more things on our list. Maybe because we were there longer though I was looking for more things to do which is likely. But still, we still didn’t get to do everything on our list. We were there for 6 days but only filmed for 4.

[@kruxxme5372]

Cintra being a highlight!

[@SeanONeill-wx4re]

This is so good. I visit Porto next month as planning to move to Portugal/Spain in 2025 - this will help so much. Is there a "buy me a coffee" link or something similar?

[@SuitcaseMonkey]

Thank you. The best way to support the channel (at no cost to you) is to book a hotel or trip through one of the links in the description which gives us a small kick back. Otherwise there’s a monthly Patreon option with some extra perks. But it’s the thought that counts either way! Thank you

[@JudithSaNo-pm7fu]

Genial 👌🏻

[@dmgsoultogetherness6667]

cant wait to go sept 24

[@cjs5790]

15.00 Does Totoro always come on holiday too?

[@paulmorris3613]

Thank you for your informative guide to your visits. A question I often want to ask in such productions is are they accessible to disabled people> My partner cant walk steps and often is in a wheelchair, so do these places enable such folks to access the places to visit.? Even in the UK, most places are not accessible by wheelchair users, eg on the tube in London as thy mostly do not have lifts. So wondering if you could add to your great guides such issues, as access, although I realise some places to visit are in older parts of a town or unable to be disabled access.

[@SuitcaseMonkey]

Hi there. Thanks for your comments. I have previously been asked about this and thought about including. I ultimately didn’t because it isn’t something I feel I could speak to in enough first hand experience or position of authority for it to be meaningful. I know for London for example, there are sites that specialise in this topic (I don’t have any names but I’ve heard people talk about them) so I’m assuming there are similar blogs or videos or Reddits about the subject that would be ultimately more helpful than whatever I can add. That being said in general, maybe not through lack of trying but Porto is very hilly with lots of steps and such so I would do some research before booking there. Sorry I couldn’t be more helpful.

[@paulmorris3613]

Don't be sorry , Thank you for replying, Most grateful Paul @@SuitcaseMonkey

[@alisuyantoherli9754]

Hi, we're from Indonesia and will go to Lisbon at the end of August 2024 for a vacation. We will be there for 2 weeks. How far the distance of Lisbon - Porto? Hopefully you can also suggest us the cities, the culinaries, the street foods, the sceneries, the transport from one place to another place, the hotels (not too expensive but comfortable) et cetera. Thank a lot.

[@wanderslust1781]

Thank you for the Video. I will be in September there. Just one question though. The prizes for the dishes. Were they for two persons? It sounds expenaive. I was hopeing to survive as single person with a 50€/ day Budget. For food

[@SuitcaseMonkey]

Hi. I’m not able to rewatch the video at the moment but I believe it says in the text that it was the total for 2 people. So you should be fine for 50 euro a day for food if you eat sensibly

[@AbelAlencar-dg6jr]

Hermoso

[@AnniSantana-c9k]

very helpful video thanks! going in a few weeks. What was the name of your hotel in Porto?

[@SuitcaseMonkey]

Hey thanks. It’s linked in the videos description

[@MagdalenaCachiqueperez-je9fn]

Bien

[@dudafigueiredo-lr4ro]

Paul,if a day u come here, Do u let me to meet u? That would be nice...thank you and have a nice day.

[@SuitcaseMonkey]

Depends on if you plan to murder me

[@dudafigueiredo-lr4ro]

​@@SuitcaseMonkeyNever!!! Wow, please, try not tô think of me like this way...Only good vibes,Only good things...

[@SuitcaseMonkey]

Phew! That’s a relief, many thanks for the offer, will see if we’re ever back there! 😀

[@liacamposflores-ll2ti]

Interesante

[@ahmedahmedawy1273]

im going porto next month and i have lots of places saved. what places would you skip

[@SuitcaseMonkey]

Hey. Watch my Porto travel vlog as that more covers what to do

[@joseperniamusic4820]

Bien

[@AndryNieves]

❤❤❤

[@factsarenotopinions]

I was not a fan of Lisbon because i found it to be like every other international city in the world. It's just not fun to visit big international cities. Porto felt like a more authentic Portugal experience. You didnt have to go far from the beaten path to meet regular everyday Portuguese people (awesome folks btw). It felt like "home" and i would go back 1000 times.

[@MelissaLlancolavado-fc5vz]

Como

[@Mercury1234]

Porto vs Lisbon: In Porto, they don't try to sell you cocaine on every corner. I've been to both, multiple times, would choose Porto every time.

[@AlonsofernandoCahuanasur-jk8lv]

Como

[@andresgar2011]

Como

[@bluearrowsU18]

Too bad the hotel drove up the price :(

[@LADmob]

What the point of having 2 channels and posting same kind of videos. Literally same !

[@SuitcaseMonkey]

Videos on here take me up to 4-6 weeks of editing, planning, filming 250 shots a day. Facts are checked. Pronunciations checked. They are for travel planning and inspiration on new travel places. Videos on Carry On take 1-3 days, with 250 shots per week and I do whatever I want to do, mostly for sh*ts and giggles, aimed specifically at my own audience without the pressure of growing. As an editor, Carry On is a lot more fun, with less pressure where it doesn’t matter if no one watches. It allows me to take a break from the main channel, and return back to the main channel energised. So that’s the point.

[@LADmob]

@SuitcaseMonkey you misunderstood what I said ... What's the point of posting same kind of videos on 2 channels ? Voice-over on a selection of 250 videos what will take you 1month and a half to edit ... Would be better to do that one channel 1, and channel 2 something else ? I'm saying that just because I'm running a few channels and all of them are different than other :)

[@chrisg1774]

“Where it doesn’t matter if anyone watches” yet on instagram asking everyone to watch it to get that channel monetised 😅 contradictory

[@SuitcaseMonkey]

lol. I’m still going to try and get people to watch but it doesn’t matter if they don’t.

[@abokhaleelAbokhaleel]

Why don't you activate translation into Arabic?

[@SuitcaseMonkey]

How do you mean? KZbin does it automatically?

[@abokhaleelAbokhaleel]

@@SuitcaseMonkey Automatically, okay, but you specify which language you want to translate into. It currently translates English. You can add all the languages ​​of the world from your settings. Thank you for your interest in my suggestion.

[@SuitcaseMonkey]

Thanks but I still don’t really understand what you mean. If I go on my channel from another account I can change the subtitles to almost any language in the world.

[@abokhaleelAbokhaleel]

@@SuitcaseMonkey do you have Instagram account?

[@badannyrey4296]

Why don't you activate translation into Arabic?

[@SuitcaseMonkey]

Hi. Because I’ve always assumed you can change the subtitles to any language on KZbin?

[@SuitcaseMonkey]

And I’ve just turned the subtitles to Arabic watching through my personal account. So the real question is: why don’t you activate translation into Arabic?

[@josecorreadequeiros9062]

Video with the tired "walkable" tourist itinerary no more than 10% of what the truly effervescent city has to offer... it's a shame they don't get the proper information and follow itineraries with purely commercial interests! I am deeply sorry. Prosit!

[@SuitcaseMonkey]

Don’t be such an elitist snobby tourist. People can do whatever they want for their holidays and if lots of that involves the popular stuff lots of other people do, cool. Enjoy your own holiday.

[@josecorreadequeiros9062]

@@SuitcaseMonkey Please provide your email address or WhatsApp number and I will be on hand to show you real places of interest, geographical and restaurants with typical local foods.

[@josecorreadequeiros9062]

@@SuitcaseMonkey It is not a question of elitism but of assertive and informed knowledge about the places to visit and enjoy during vacation. Let's be rational and intelligent!

[@AnthonyVilca-qp8wz]

Como